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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.
- April 29, 1985
- Article
Attacking an Industry Leader
By: M. E. Porter
Porter, M. E. "Attacking an Industry Leader." Fortune (April 29, 1985).
- 15 Dec 2003
- Research & Ideas
Women Leaders and Organizational Change
Why are women so dramatically underrepresented in formal leadership positions, and what can be done about it? That's the basic question contemplated in a book of essays called, The Difference "Difference" Makes, edited by Debra L. Rhode. In the book, Harvard... View Details
Keywords: by Mallory Stark
- 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
- 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.)
- 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).
- December 2022
- Article
Fostering Perceptions of Authenticity via Sensitive Self-Disclosure
By: Li Jiang, Leslie K. John, Reihane Boghrati and Maryam Kouchaki
Leaders’ perceived authenticity—the sense that leaders are acting in accordance with their “true self”—is associated with positive outcomes for both employees and organizations alike. How might leaders foster this impression? We show that sensitive self-disclosure, in... View Details
Keywords: Authenticity; Weaknesses; Self-disclosure; Leaders; Impression Management; Leadership Style; Motivation and Incentives
Jiang, Li, Leslie K. John, Reihane Boghrati, and Maryam Kouchaki. "Fostering Perceptions of Authenticity via Sensitive Self-Disclosure." Journal of Experimental Psychology: Applied 28, no. 4 (December 2022): 898–915.
- 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).
- 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
- 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).