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Risk Management for Corporate Leaders
By: Robert Simons
As companies adapt to the aftershocks of the global recession, senior executives and boards are discovering that risk management has never been more important. The financial crisis revealed that risk management structures break down just when... View Details
- August 2012 (Revised May 2013)
- Supplement
Milwaukee (B): Civic Leaders
By: Rosabeth Moss Kanter and Matthew Bird
Kanter, Rosabeth Moss, and Matthew Bird. "Milwaukee (B): Civic Leaders." Harvard Business School Supplement 313-058, August 2012. (Revised May 2013.)
- fall 2011
- Article
Becoming a Collaborative Leader
By: Bill George
George, Bill. "Becoming a Collaborative Leader." MWorld: The Journal of the American Management Association 10, no. 3 (fall 2011). (Commentary.)
- Article
Authentic Leaders 'Get' Governance
By: William W. George
George, William W. "Authentic Leaders 'Get' Governance." Directorship 29, no. 8 (September 2003).
- April 29, 1985
- Article
Attacking an Industry Leader
By: M. E. Porter
Porter, M. E. "Attacking an Industry Leader." Fortune (April 29, 1985).
- 25 Oct 2012
- Research & Ideas
Developing the Global Leader
What skills do today's executives need to develop to become effective global leaders of tomorrow? And how do corporations teach these skills to their own leaders? "The shift from a country-centric corporation to one that is more... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna
- 2020
- Book
Think Outside the Building: How Advanced Leaders Can Change the World One Smart Innovation at a Time
Over a decade ago, renowned innovation expert Rosabeth Moss Kanter co-founded and then directed Harvard’s Advanced Leadership Initiative. Her breakthrough work with hundreds of successful professionals and executives, as well as aspiring young entrepreneurs, identifies... View Details
Keywords: Leaders; Advanced Leadership; Advanced Leadership Initiative; Community; Change Leadership; Innovation; Problem Solving; Cross-sector Collaboration; Institutional Change; Leadership; Change; Leading Change; Communication; Innovation Leadership; Collaborative Innovation and Invention; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Business and Community Relations; Civil Society or Community
Kanter, Rosabeth Moss. Think Outside the Building: How Advanced Leaders Can Change the World One Smart Innovation at a Time. New York: PublicAffairs, 2020.
- Article
Business Leaders and Nonprofits
By: J. E. Austin
Keywords: Nonprofit Organizations
Austin, J. E. "Business Leaders and Nonprofits." Nonprofit Management & Leadership 9, no. 1 (Fall 1998): pp. 39–51.
- February 1993 (Revised May 1995)
- Case
Leaders and Challengers (A)
Brandenburger, Adam M. "Leaders and Challengers (A)." Harvard Business School Case 793-101, February 1993. (Revised May 1995.)
- Research Summary
Business Leaders and Corporate Responsibility
By: Thomas R. Piper
Thomas R. Piper is trying to establish an appropriate sense of ethics and corporate responsibility for future business leaders. Earlier research provided compelling evidence that many future leaders seriously doubt that their interpersonal ethics can be brought into... View Details
- April 2024
- Background Note
Leader as a Motivator
By: Boris Groysberg, Robin Abrahams and Katherine Connolly Baden
Groysberg, Boris, Robin Abrahams, and Katherine Connolly Baden. "Leader as a Motivator." Harvard Business School Background Note 424-044, April 2024.
- November 2015
- Teaching Note
Steve Jobs: Leader Strategist
By: Cynthia A. Montgomery and David B. Yoffie
- June 2001
- Article
The Leader as Lobbyist
Keywords: Leadership
Graham, Ginger. "The Leader as Lobbyist." Harvard Business Review 79, no. 6 (June 2001).
- March 2004 (Revised March 2005)
- Background Note
Note on Why Leaders Lose Their Way
By: William W. George
In the seemingly never-ending revelations of corporate scandals that have been exposed since the fall of Enron, the media, politicians, and the general public have taken to characterizing such leaders as "bad people," even to the point of considering them evil. The... View Details
George, William W. "Note on Why Leaders Lose Their Way." Harvard Business School Background Note 404-126, March 2004. (Revised March 2005.)
- 08 Nov 2024
- HBS Case
What Wartime Service Taught These Historic Leaders
growing—with HBS Research Assistant Shirley Sun. Here, Simons discusses three leaders whose service left a powerful mark, leading to their own success. Business leaders might learn some important lessons... View Details
- October 2008
- Article
Creativity and the Role of the Leader
By: Teresa M. Amabile and Mukti Khaire
In today's innovation-driven economy, understanding how to generate great ideas has become an urgent managerial priority. Suddenly, the spotlight has turned on the academics who've studied creativity for decades. How relevant is their research to the practical... View Details
Keywords: Leadership; Commercialization; Managerial Roles; Creativity; Innovation and Management; Social and Collaborative Networks; Diversity
Amabile, Teresa M., and Mukti Khaire. "Creativity and the Role of the Leader." Harvard Business Review 86, no. 10 (October 2008).