Leadership Development And Career Planning - Publications - Faculty & Research

16 Sep 2014
First Look

First Look: September 16

multinational investment in host economies, and this chapter reviews this research. The focus is primarily on developing country host economies and more broadly on the global... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

March 2024 (Revised April 2024)
Supplement

From "BIG" Ideas to Sustainable Impact at ICL Group (B)

By: Linda A. Hill and Lydia Begag

In August 2023, Raviv Zoller, CEO of ICL Group, discussed his upcoming business trip to St. Louis with Eduard Croitoru, VP of ICL Corporate Initiatives, to commemorate the construction of ICL's new $400 million advanced manufacturing facility. In preparation for the... View Details

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08 May 2006
Lessons from the Classroom

Writing the Case for Public School Reform

The state of public education in the United States is a perennial hot-button topic, with rhetoric often outpacing any real sense of progress. The Public Education Leadership Project (PELP), a 2003 joint initiative of HBS View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Education

October 2019
Case

GRIT Fitness

By: Lynda M. Applegate and Olivia Hull

In December 2018, GRIT Fitness was a growing chain of boutique fitness studios offering a variety of workout classes, including weightlifting, high intensity interval training, and cardio dance. With 400 members and three Dallas studios, CEO Brittani Rettig believed... View Details

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27 Sep 2004
Research & Ideas

IBM Finds Profit in Diversity

aligned with the effort, and a strong and well-articulated business case for action. IBM's diversity task forces benefited from all four. Demonstrate Leadership Support It's... View Details

Keywords: by David A. Thomas

13 Aug 2020
Research & Ideas

6 Ways to Support COVID-Weary Employees

as their mental well-being—a forthcoming article in American Psychologist examines current organizational psychology research to help business leaders manage COVID-related fallout in the workplace and View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

06 Mar 2007
First Look

First Look: March 6, 2007

Balanced Scorecard, to a public school district. As part of a continuous improvement initiative, the Director of Planning and Policy facilitates the development of a strategy... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

23 Jul 2014
Lessons from the Classroom

Innovation Is Magic. Really

They also developed a learning experience, titled "Innovation Magic", that builds on their insights and backgrounds as teacher, researcher, and performer. The experience starts... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Consumer Products

17 Jan 2017
Research & Ideas

Can China Maintain Its Economic Power?

leadership of Deng Xiaoping, there was an energy that you could feel—the possibility of stability and maybe a different face toward the outside world. But there was also the reality that it was a country... View Details

Keywords: by Deborah Blagg

27 Apr 2009
Research & Ideas

Building Businesses in Turbulent Times

change in these turbulent times, don't go searching for a change specialist. What you need are leaders with a strong plan for how the company is going to survive today and succeed in the future—leaders who... View Details

Keywords: by Staff

16 Oct 2019
Research & Ideas

Read Our Most Popular Stories of the Quarter

great customer service is no longer the responsibility of just one department. Creating the customer-centric organization. (12,182 visits) What Machine Learning Teaches Us about CEO Leadership Style Researchers use machine-learning to... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

23 Dec 2002
Research & Ideas

Setting the Stage: A Young Scholar at HBS

really a chance to improve my understanding of teaching approaches to a topic I plan to spend a large portion of my career [teaching]. One of the peculiar aspects of training View Details

Keywords: by Laura Linard; Banking; Financial Services

March 2024
Case

Katharine Graham: Changing the World

By: Robert Simons and Shirley Sun

This case traces the life of Katharine Graham from housewife to publisher of the Washington Post. Born into a family of wealth, Graham described herself as a “doormat wife” after she married Phil Graham and stayed at home to raise their children. His unexpected death... View Details

Keywords: Mission and Purpose; Values and Beliefs; Power and Influence; Personal Characteristics; Leadership Style; Success; Work-Life Balance; News; Newspapers; Media; Gender; Publishing Industry

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16 Jul 2021
Op-Ed

For Entrepreneurs, the Benefits of Slowing Down

LinkedIn. Follow Jeffrey Bussgang on LinkedIn to read more of his posts. About the Author Jeffrey J. Bussgang is a senior lecturer in the Entrepreneurial Management Unit at the Harvard Business School as well as co-founder and general... View Details

Keywords: by Jeffrey Bussgang

12 Sep 2006
First Look

First Look: September 12, 2006

small open economy, final goods production is carried out by foreign and domestic firms, which compete for skilled labor, unskilled labor, and intermediate products. To operate a firm in the intermediate... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

12 Oct 1999
Research & Ideas

Spirit at Work: The Search for Deeper Meaning in the Workplace

efforts are designed to reach employees at a deeper level. By engaging more of workers' total selves, organizations hope to develop staff who are more satisfied, productive, and innovative. Indeed, the... View Details

Keywords: by Marguerite Rigoglioso

01 Apr 2008
First Look

First Look: April 1, 2008

development organizations, involved in both research and program design and delivery. This case explores CCL's approach to leadership View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

03 Feb 2009
First Look

First Look: February 3, 2009

Deborah L. Soule and Lynda M. Applegate Abstract This paper examines virtual team learning in new product development situations. New product development activities manifest... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

14 Nov 2019
Book

Lifting the Lid on Turkey's Hidden Business History

Fellow at HBS, were fortunate to have access to the family leadership and archives of the Koç group through the intervention of the late former Dean of the School, John H. McArthur, who sat on the Board of... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne