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  • 11 Oct 2012
  • News

When the Going Gets Tough, the Tough Do Maintenance

  • 03 Oct 2018
  • News

Why Is The Number Of Female CEOs Declining?

  • 16 Jul 2024
  • Op-Ed

Corporate Boards Are Failing in Their No. 1 Duty

discipline to its operations. That direction enabled him to move forward with clarity. If the board is serious about its responsibilities, it should form a committee to oversee the company’s leadership development process, taking the... View Details
Keywords: by Bill George
  • 03 Dec 2020
  • Research & Ideas

Cut Payroll Costs with Transparency, Fairness, and Compassion

Series How Remote Work Changes What We Think About Onboarding What Leaders Can Do to Fight the COVID Fog It’s Time to Reset Decision-Making in Your Organization What the Stockdale Paradox Tells Us About... View Details
Keywords: by Boris Groysberg and Sarah Abbott
  • December 2016
  • Case

Public Mission, Private Funding: The University of California, Berkeley

By: William C. Kirby and Joycelyn W. Eby
UC Berkley, long known as one of the leading public universities in both the U.S. and the world, has seen turbulent times recently. While student enrollment and costs have increased steadily in recent years, the school, which has been fiercely proud of its public... View Details
Keywords: Public University; University Administration; Conflict Management; State Funding; Competition; Faculty Governance; University Of California Berkeley; Change Management; Volatility; Diversity; Residency; Higher Education; Philanthropy and Charitable Giving; Globalization; Policy; Leading Change; Crisis Management; Growth and Development Strategy; Organizational Design; Privatization; Problems and Challenges; Education Industry; United States
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    Ranjay Gulati

    Ranjay Gulati is the Paul R. Lawrence MBA Class of 1942 Professor of Business Administration and the former Unit Head of the Organizational Behavior Unit at Harvard Business School. His pathbreaking research, which focuses on unlocking organizational and unleashing... View Details

    Keywords: biotechnology; computer; financial services; industrial goods; information technology industry; pharmaceuticals; professional services; retailing
    • 24 Feb 2023
    • Blog Post

    My Classroom Experience During Harvard Business School’s Summer Venture in Management Program

    discussion groups; and trading stories of life experiences and sidesplitting tales of professional gaffes in the HBS courtyard. Whatever awaited me at Harvard Business School, I thought, would be unforgettable. The SVMP Class of 2022 met... View Details
    • 02 Apr 2001
    • Research & Ideas

    What Makes a Good Leader?

    forward to lead his country to victory in World War II." The lesson, says Nohria, is that Churchill and other great leaders are pragmatists who can deal with difficult realities but still have the optimism and View Details
    Keywords: by Deborah Blagg & Susan Young
    • 12 Oct 1999
    • Research & Ideas

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

    they're going to spend a good part of their lives in the office, they'd like that time to be spiritually as well as materially rewarding." Leading experts on the topic, including Peter B. Vaill (MBA... View Details
    Keywords: by Marguerite Rigoglioso
    • 17 Nov 2020
    • In Practice

    How Retailers Can Thrive in a Shopping Season Like No Other

    don't be afraid to scrap your 2019 strategies in 2020. Rembrand M. Koning (@orgRem) is an assistant professor of business administration. Karen Mills: Lift small businesses, support the economy For many Main Street small businesses, the... View Details
    Keywords: by Danielle Kost; Retail
    • 22 Jun 2021
    • Research & Ideas

    The COVID-19 Mutiny: When Teams Leave and Take Their Clients

    conditions will not last. The economic and social fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic will extend for years. The “K-shaped” recovery in the US has insulated professional classes but created financial insecurity on the lower rungs that... View Details
    Keywords: by Robin Abrahams, Boris Groysberg, and Steven L. Manchel
    • 06 Dec 2011
    • First Look

    First Look: Dec. 6

    from research on companies and teams that have sustained success or deteriorated in their performance, as well as research on the leadership and culture in organizations that... View Details
    Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
    • 22 Apr 2002
    • Research & Ideas

    Does Spirituality Drive Success?

    successful entrepreneurs discussed the role beliefs and values play in keeping grounded among the turbulence and long hours that surround new ventures. Jim Sharpe (HBS MBA '76) , CEO of Extrusion... View Details
    Keywords: by Martha Lagace, Sean Silverthorne & Wendy Guild
    • 27 Jun 2017
    • First Look

    First Look at New Research and Ideas, June 27

    relating to political legitimacy and legal authority. The module note was written for students in the first-year course Leadership and Corporate Accountability. Purchase this... View Details
    Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
    • November 2009
    • Article

    What Would Peter Say?

    By: Rosabeth Moss Kanter
    Heeding the wisdom of Peter Drucker might have helped us avoid - and will help us solve - numerous challenges, from restoring trust in business to tackling climate change. He issued early warnings about excessive executive pay, the auto industry's failure to adapt and... View Details
    Keywords: Judgments; Employee Relationship Management; Leadership; Goals and Objectives; Management Practices and Processes; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Business and Community Relations; Business and Government Relations; Business and Shareholder Relations
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    • 2013
    • Book

    What You're Really Meant To Do: A Road Map for Reaching Your Unique Potential

    By: Robert Steven Kaplan
    How do you create your own definition of success—and reach your unique potential? Building a fulfilling life and career can be a daunting challenge. It takes courage and hard work. Too often, we charge down a path leading to "success" as defined by those around us—and... View Details
    Keywords: Career Planning; Vocational Guidance; Job Satisfaction; Satisfaction; Personal Development and Career; Customization and Personalization
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    • 01 Jul 2002
    • Research & Ideas

    What it Takes to Lead Through Turmoil

    When managers need help leading through turbulent times, Harvard Business School professor Rosabeth Moss Kanter suggests taking wisdom from the sayings of that expert on confusion, Yogi Berra. "When you come to a fork View Details
    Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
    • 17 Nov 2023
    • Blog Post

    HBS Veteran Spotlight: Rex Willis (MBA 2024)

    On Veterans Day, we take a moment to honor the courageous individuals who have served in the armed forces. Today, we hear from Rex Willis (MBA 2024), an active-duty officer in... View Details
    • 25 Feb 2014
    • First Look

    First Look: February 25

    Among numerous other activities, the episodes described include his leadership in forging the United States-Singapore Free Trade Agreement (USSFTA), the development and ratification of a charter for the... View Details
    Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
    • 16 Jul 2012
    • Research & Ideas

    Book Excerpt: ‘The Strategist’

    strategy from the top of the organization to a specialist function." Montgomery maintains that it's time for CEOs to reclaim strategy, a point she argues fervently in her new book, The Strategist: Be the... View Details
    Keywords: by Cynthia A. Montgomery