Effective Leadership In Turbulaent Times - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Feb 2008
What Do You Think?

How Sustainable Is Sustainability in a For-Profit Organization?

of any organization." Carol Holding associated brand value with sustainability: "As brand value will soon be included in a company's valuation ... we can more than ever monetize sustainable behavior." Others see the market... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Heskett

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

05 Jul 2006
Op-Ed

Corporate Governance Activists are Headed in the Wrong Direction

board, however, the outside directors should show their independence by filling the separate chair position with non-executive boardroom leadership of their own choosing. This is an effective solution to a... View Details

Keywords: by Joseph Hinsey

23 May 2011
Op-Ed

Leading and Lagging Countries in Contributing to a Sustainable Society

that integrate neither one.) In order to determine the extent to which investor behavior is changing, we used data made available to us from Bloomberg showing the number of times View Details

Keywords: by Robert G. Eccles & George Serafeim

04 Oct 2021
What Do You Think?

How Do We Make Sure the Right People End Up with Power in Organizations?

(iStockphoto/Rawpixel) The subject of power has a certain intoxicating aura about it. Maybe that’s why I studied and wrote about interorganizational power in channels of distribution while teaching courses View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

05 Jul 2006
What Do You Think?

How Important Is “Executive Intelligence” for Leaders?

is the relative importance of executive intelligence, style, and personality in effective leaders? What importance do these findings have for the selection of candidates for, and the design and execution of,... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

09 Sep 2024
HBS Case

McDonald’s and the Post #MeToo Rules of Sex in the Workplace

effected a dramatic shift in the norms of acceptable behavior in the workplace. Easterbrook was just one of a number of CEOs to get caught in the... View Details

Keywords: by Avery Forman; Food & Beverage

15 Oct 2001
Research & Ideas

Rethinking E-Leadership

conjuring up. 3. Emphasize coaching and mentoring over managing the details. Talent is the most important strategic resource for future success, suggests Hargrove. You can't win the talent wars without putting leadership development at... View Details

Keywords: by Melissa Raffoni

06 Oct 2009
First Look

First Look: October 6

positive externalities for the host country? The evidence so far is mixed varying from beneficial to detrimental effects of foreign direct investment (FDI) on growth, with many studies that find no effect. View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

02 Apr 2001
Research & Ideas

What Makes a Good Leader?

documented the importance of persuasion in his 1992 book Beyond the Hype: Rediscovering the Essence of Management. Nohria believes effective leaders are masters of the classical elements of rhetoric, as... View Details

Keywords: by Deborah Blagg & Susan Young

20 Sep 2017
Research & Ideas

The Three Types of Leaders Who Create Radical Change

research associate at HBS. The article appears in the new issue of Stanford Social Innovation Review. “If you look at the history of any successful social change movement, you’ll see there were moments of really View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

18 Dec 2006
Lessons from the Classroom

Grooming Next-Generation Leaders

to recognize leadership qualities in themselves? It's about leadership in ideas, in actions. "There are some... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

07 Sep 2010
Research & Ideas

Mindful Leadership: When East Meets West

teamed with Tibetan Buddhist meditation master Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche to present a conference on "mindful leadership," a secular process to explore the roles of self-awareness and self-compassion in developing strong and View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

23 Feb 2010
First Look

First Look: Feb. 23

this chapter, we share preliminary results from a collaborative project on leadership for innovation. We studied a dozen effective leaders of innovation in a wide range of... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

04 Jan 2010
Research & Ideas

Best of HBS Working Knowledge 2009

Marketing: What Works? Purchase decisions are influenced differently in social networks than in the brick-and-mortar world, says Harvard Business School professor Sunil Gupta. The key: Marketers should tap... View Details

Keywords: by Staff

01 Apr 2011
Working Paper Summaries

When Power Makes Others Speechless: The Negative Impact of Leader Power on Team Performance

Keywords: by Leigh Plunkett Tost, Francesca Gino & Richard P. Larrick

14 Aug 2006
HBS Case

On Managing with Bobby Knight and “Coach K”

"Is it better to be loved or feared?" Machiavelli asked. At Harvard Business School, Professor Scott Snook uses this classic quote to help students become more effective leaders. Using two of the most successful college... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Sports

23 Nov 2021
Book

What It Takes to Build an Organizational Culture That Wins

because they don’t know how to get there. In the book, Heskett shares a collection of stories that illustrate the real-world ways a number of CEOs have swiftly and effectively tackled cultural change,... View Details

Keywords: by Avery Forman

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

2014
Book

Collective Genius: The Art and Practice of Leading Innovation

By: Linda A. Hill, Greg Brandeau, Emily Truelove and Kent Lineback

Why can some organizations innovate time and again, while most cannot? You might think the key to innovation is attracting exceptional creative talent. Or making the right investments. Or breaking down organizational silos. All of these things may help—but there's only... View Details

Keywords: Innovation; Innovation Leadership; Leadership; Organizational Culture; Innovation and Invention

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