Strategic Leadership - Publications - Faculty & Research

31 Aug 2016
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Managing McDonald’s Makeover

"He has poured his heart and soul into this business, and cultivated some really strong relationships." Easterbrook would go on to say about Kempczinski that it’s “rare to find a leader that's both a strong strategic thinker and has the... View Details

Keywords: Food Services and Drinking Places; Hospitality

01 Dec 2010
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The Transformers

years after Grossman’s article, Bishop William Lawrence University Professor Michael Porter coauthored a groundbreaking November–December 1999 article titled “Philanthropy’s New Agenda: Creating Value.” The authors made the case that foundations devoted too little... View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services

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Blog | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

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27 Jun 2007
Lessons from the Classroom

Learning to Make the Move to CEO

"Everyone in this program has earned their stripes at a very senior leadership level," Simons notes. "It's important to have that kind of person because participants work in groups and in very intensive classroom... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Education

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Michael Johnson Archives | Social Enterprise

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01 Jan 2012
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Cynthia Carroll, MBA 1989

male-dominated mining community. The first woman and non–South African to lead the 95-year-old company, Carroll, a native of Princeton, New Jersey, was hired as a change agent, and her combination of compassion, strategic vision, and... View Details

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Corporate Finance: Corporate Financial Operations (CFO) - Course Catalog

spring course, Strategies for Value Creation - Abridged (SVC-S) 1418, students cannot take both of them. Career Focus This course provides a general management perspective on corporate finance and is designed to improve your ability to make View Details

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Impact Stories | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

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August 2022
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One Tiger Per Mountain: The He Family Office

By: Lauren Cohen, Fei Wu and Grace Headinger

Roy He, founder and majority shareholder of his family construction material production company, was preparing to pass down the family business through its first generational handover to his children. His decision would establish his familial legacy and set a precedent... View Details

Keywords: Governance Structure; Family Business; Family Ownership; Strategic Planning; Family and Family Relationships; Leadership; Construction Industry; Canton (city, China); Canton (province, China); China

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01 Oct 1996
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Leading In a New Era

Four 1971 classmates — three who serve on the front lines of corporate leadership in the 1990s and one learned observer of the changing role of the senior executive — comment on the complex task of running a successful company in an... View Details

Keywords: Nancy O. Perry

03 Mar 2003
Research & Ideas

The Ingredients of a Deal Disaster

often buttress the existing social contract. When the wrong minds meet. Sometimes problems arise not because of cultural differences but instead because the right people are not involved in negotiations. For example, when two CEOs negotiate a View Details

Keywords: by Ron S. Fortgang, David A. Lax & James K. Sebenius

02 Aug 2022
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PayPal Names Blake Jorgensen as CFO

Jorgensen has also served as CFO at Levi Strauss and Yahoo. He was named to Hasbro’s Board of Directors in April, with the toymaker’s CEO Chris Cocks noting that Jorgensen’s “expertise, leadership skills, and View Details

09 Mar 2021
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Empowering School Leaders to Meet Today's Challenges

other was elevating her students’ achievement scores. To move the needle on both, she took Leading Change, Leading Schools, and Leading People, three of four online courses included in the Certificate of School Management and Leadership... View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie

23 Dec 2008
First Look

First Look: December 23, 2008

and improved margins necessary to meet the "Nestlé model." Purchase the case: http://harvardbusinessonline.hbsp.harvard.edu/ b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=509001 Note on Human Behavior: Differences at Work Part 2: The View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

29 Apr 2002
Research & Ideas

Star Power! How to Win in Professional Services

Limits To Leadership Being the chief executive of any company is a demanding job. Carrying out the responsibilities of a CEO in a professional service firm is exceptionally challenging because the position lacks the inherent power and... View Details

Keywords: by Jay W. Lorsch & Thomas J. Tierney

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Sid Shenai

"Here, I can push ideas and convince others to act on them," Sid says. "I've gained the confidence to be in front of accomplished peers and earn their respect." Sid has assumed numerous leadership roles through a... View Details

Richard J. Kogan

assumed leadership of the company, investing heavily in its antihistamine products, which include Claritin, and making selective strategic acquisitions, including the animal health division of Mallinckrodt. View Details

Keywords: Healthcare

21 Sep 2018
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Joyner to Receive Harvard’s DuBois Medal

partner of Avid Partners, a San Francisco firm that provides strategic consulting services for private equity and venture funds. Also a former member of the Obama administration’s Committee on the Arts and Humanities, she serves as a... View Details

13 Dec 2004
Research & Ideas

Sharing News That Might Be Bad

into false states of euphoria. But, by and large, you've been able to keep your people grounded by helping to develop their strategic and financial wherewithal, by sharing company news and data with a strong sense of the larger context,... View Details

Keywords: by Paul Michelman

01 Mar 2012
News

In Memoriam

Emeritus, passed away in October at the age of 78. His work focused on exploring the strategic uses of technology by corporations and the relationship between technological change and competitive strategy, as well as the social... View Details

Keywords: obituraries; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

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