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- 27 Sep 2004
- Research & Ideas
How Leaders Build Winning Streaks
winning streaks, the number of leaders multiplies along with the momentum of the streak. Winning teams and successful organizations become increasingly less dependent on the person called the commander-in-chief—even though, ironically,... View Details
Keywords: by Rosabeth Moss Kanter
- 06 Oct 2014
- Research & Ideas
Why Businesses Need a Language Strategy
leading their teams in a way that ensures there's equity of contribution and evaluation. There's a great deal of performance anxiety in global organizations, where people are worried about how they are being... View Details
Keywords: Re: Tsedal Neeley
- 05 Sep 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, September 5, 2017
leading design firms, and its human-centered innovation culture and processes. It is an example of what managers can do to make their own organizations more innovative. In reaction to a rapidly changing competitive landscape, a View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 14 May 2012
- Research & Ideas
Breaking the Smartphone Addiction
guide for anyone who is on a team or leads a team—whether a junior or senior manager, from big organizations or small, in the United States or abroad—and wants to make the impossible possible: turning off... View Details
Keywords: by Leslie A. Perlow
- 29 Jul 2002
- Research & Ideas
Get Off the Dime!
articles had been sent to the execs about the good and the bad aspects of the existing systems. A small team of people had focused carefully on the economic analysis, looking closely at our current software programs, in particular. At the... View Details
Keywords: by John P. Kotter & Dan S. Cohen
- 20 Sep 2006
- Research & Ideas
The Power of Ordinary Practices
gets set up when people are feeling good that leads to more flexible, fluent, and original thinking, and there's actually a carryover, an incubation effect, to the next day. NB: How do the leaders, the managers, affect this? Amabile: The... View Details
Keywords: Re: Teresa M. Amabile
- November 1995
- Case
Ernst & Young United Kingdom (B)
By: John J. Gabarro and Samantha Graff
Discusses progress made by mid-1995 on the three challenges identified by the change leadership at the end of 1993. First, it describes the decision-making process that resulted in a general consensus to reorganize the huge London office, and it highlights certain... View Details
Keywords: Change Management; Leading Change; Management Teams; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Restructuring; Problems and Challenges; Decision Making; Adaptation; Perspective; United Kingdom; London
Gabarro, John J., and Samantha Graff. "Ernst & Young United Kingdom (B)." Harvard Business School Case 496-010, November 1995.
- 12 Jun 2019
- Research & Ideas
Investors Have More Than Money to Offer Entrepreneurs
first-time CEO, or other member of the C-suite. I’ve seen investors coach leaders on everything from how to lead their teams and handle challenging employees to how to run a great board meeting. I’ve also... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Austin
- 30 Jul 2024
- Research & Ideas
Do Social Movements Sway Voters? Not Really, Except for One
important implications in an election year marked by widespread protests. Harvard Business School Professor Vincent Pons teamed up with Amory Gethin, a fellow economist at the World Bank Development Research Group, to study 14 major... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 09 Feb 2004
- Research & Ideas
Got a New Strategy? Now Make it Happen
division, for example, everyone knew about the tensions between the regional entities and the functional departments. Everyone was aware that the senior team wasn't managing effectively, and many managers doubted Camp's ability to View Details
Keywords: by Michael Beer & Russell A. Eisenstat
- 08 Jan 2016
- Research & Ideas
Is it Worth a Pay Cut to Work for a Great Manager (Like Bill Belichick)?
15 games in 2003, leading the team with 57 catches for 803 yards; in Super Bowl XXXVIII, Branch caught 10 passes for 143 yards and a touchdown. The following season, after suffering an injury, Branch... View Details
- 16 Jan 2019
- Research & Ideas
What Football Firings Teach Managers About Staying Relevant
understood the implications of the change. After being 22nd in the league in passing attempts in 2004, the team jumped to fifth the following season. Over the following years, the Patriots would win two more Super Bowls and advance to... View Details
- 11 Dec 2012
- First Look
First Look: Dec. 11
what they should decide. Paper: http://hbr.org/2012/12/how-much-is-sweat-equity-worth/ar/1 When Identities, Interests, and Information Collide: How Subgroups Create Hidden Profiles in Teams Authors:Polzer, Jeff, and Lisa Kwan... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Mar 2017
- Research & Ideas
A Good Thing Happens When Doctors Start Talking to Their Patients
patient can lead to better outcomes and less cost. Source: Data Visualization by Blair Storie-Johnson “Maybe that pre-surgical conversation costs an extra $100, in a physician’s or nurse’s time; but if you can save $5,000 in rehab, that’s... View Details
- 08 Dec 2015
- Research & Ideas
You Won't Make It If You Fake It
through the hard steps of developing yourself from within. With the visible failures of leaders who tried to fake it, people have developed sensitive “sniff tests” and can quickly identify who is authentic and who is not. If you fake leadership, people will be... View Details
Keywords: by Bill George
- 13 Feb 2013
- Research & Ideas
5 Weight Loss Tips From Behavioral Economists
samples taken before and after the posing measured testosterone and cortisol levels." Medical studies suggest that a high level of cortisol, known as "the stress hormone," leads to an excess of abdominal fat. That means lowering cortisol... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 19 Dec 2005
- Research & Ideas
Public Education Goes to School
They include some of the country's largest cities, including Boston, Chicago, Memphis, and San Francisco. Based on a rigorous selection process, the Harvard team invited the districts because each had a performance-improvement strategy... View Details
- 08 Aug 2017
- First Look
First Look at Research and Ideas, August 8, 2017
achieved global acclaim by launching successful missions to the moon and Mars at a fraction of the cost of prior Western missions. It is now faced with an important strategic dilemma—whether to continue exploring deep space in collaboration with NASA and other View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 07 Feb 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research: February 7
Mortgage Housing Corporation, a governmental organization focused on the residential housing market, is charged with leading change at the organization. The case follows this process of change step by step and looks at the challenges... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 11 May 2015
- Research & Ideas
A Road Map to Fix America’s Transportation Infrastructure
Any highway commuter who has wasted hours stuck in traffic can see the cracks in the United States' transportation system, as can any airline passenger who has been stranded overnight in an airport. Yet while many agree that the need for infrastructure change is... View Details