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The Women's Leadership Forum
roles Enhance your organization's culture and leadership capacity Develop talent and leadership qualities in others Create an internal culture that thrives on excellence, diversity, and View Details
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Leadership for Senior Executives
Summary Uncertainty and change are relentless challenges for today's leaders. Between expanding globalization, rapid technological shifts, and evolving social norms, how can leaders make the right strategic decisions and View Details
- 09 Jan 2020
- News
Advancing Change
institutional change should be the responsibility of aspiring and accomplished leaders everywhere,” says Kanter. Why do we need advanced leaders now? Problems like climate change, racial and gender disparity, health issues, and... View Details
- October 2022
- Case
Margaret Thatcher: Changing the World
By: Robert L. Simons and Shirley Sun
This case traces the rise of Margaret Thatcher, the daughter of a shopkeeper, from a small industrial town in England to the longest-serving leader in the Western world. The case describes how she became interested in politics at an early age, attended Oxford, and... View Details
Keywords: Politics; Leadership Style; Personal Characteristics; Business ＆ Government Relations; Values And Beliefs; Work-life Balance; Mission And Purpose; Government Administration; Power and Influence; Great Britain; Europe
Simons, Robert L., and Shirley Sun. "Margaret Thatcher: Changing the World." Harvard Business School Case 123-021, October 2022.
- 25 Sep 2012
- News
Ten Reasons People Resist Change
- 2017
- Chapter
Platforms, Open/User Innovation, and Ecosystems: A Strategic Leadership Perspective
By: Elizabeth J. Altman and Michael Tushman
Platform, open/user innovation, and ecosystem strategies embrace and enable interactions with external entities. Firms pursuing these approaches conduct business and interact with environments differently than those pursuing traditional closed strategies. This chapter... View Details
Keywords: Platforms; Open/user Innovation; Ecosystems; Crowdsourcing; Strategic Leadership; Top Management Teams; CEO Role; Business Strategy; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Leadership; Managerial Roles; Digital Platforms
Altman, Elizabeth J., and Michael Tushman. "Platforms, Open/User Innovation, and Ecosystems: A Strategic Leadership Perspective." In Entrepreneurship, Innovation, and Platforms. Vol. 37, edited by Jeffrey Furman, Annabelle Gawer, Brian Silverman, and Scott Stern, 177–207. Advances in Strategic Management. Emerald Publishing Limited, 2017.
- February 2016
- Teaching Note
Advanced Leadership Pathways: Raymond Jetson's MetroMorphosis and the Effort to Transform Baton Rouge
By: Rosabeth Moss Kanter, Tessa Natanay Hamilton and Ai-Ling Jamila Malone
Building on his successes as a politician and preacher in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Rev. Raymond Jetson sought to empower Baton Rouge citizens to innovate solutions for their community challenges. After stepping down as the head of the Louisiana Family Recovery Corps,... View Details
- 05 Apr 2021
- News
Leadership Truths that Transcend the Pandemic
- April 2006 (Revised April 2020)
- Case
"The Case of Leadership Inertia"
The CEO of an international bank has raised the bank's performance by emphasizing a new culture of leadership that empowers people at all levels. Managers are rated both on their business results and their leadership—how they model new behaviors—but 12 senior managers... View Details
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Senior Executive Leadership Program—China
to tackle challenges in the Chinese market, such as copycat competitors, labor costs, and other factors that can slow growth. Taught in a series of modules offered in Boston and China, this China senior executive leadership program helps... View Details
- 10 Nov 2015
- Op-Ed
Authentic Leadership Rediscovered
Bennis. True North assembled this developmental process in an original approach that enabled people to develop themselves as authentic leaders. In order to see how leadership has changed in the past decade,... View Details
Keywords: by Bill George
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Senior Executive Leadership Program—India
change agents. Taking place in three modules, the Senior Executive Leadership Program–India accelerates the transformation of experienced senior executives into capable leaders who can drive business... View Details
- 14 Dec 2021
- Op-Ed
To Change Your Company's Culture, Don't Start by Trying to Change the Culture
Culture change is probably on your leadership agenda. You may want (or feel forced) to create a post-pandemic culture, or become more collaborative, innovative, or aggressive. But most companies fail in this... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Beer
- 15 Nov 2024
- News
Driving Change
Speaking to nearly 700 alumni at the Women’s Leadership Summit last week, HBS Professor Robin Ely addressed both current and emerging challenges facing women in leadership roles, while emphasizing the critical importance of continued progress. “Today, we face a fresh... View Details
- 2017
- Working Paper
Platforms, Open/User Innovation, and Ecosystems: A Strategic Leadership Perspective
By: Elizabeth J. Altman and Michael L. Tushman
Platform, open/user innovation, and ecosystem strategies embrace and enable interactions with external entities. Firms pursuing these approaches conduct business and interact with environments differently than those pursuing traditional closed strategies. This paper... View Details
Keywords: Platforms; Open/user Innovation; Ecosystems; Crowdsourcing; Institutional Logics; Strategic Leadership; Top Management Teams; CEO Role; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Digital Platforms; Innovation and Invention; Organizational Design; Strategy; Managerial Roles
Altman, Elizabeth J., and Michael L. Tushman. "Platforms, Open/User Innovation, and Ecosystems: A Strategic Leadership Perspective." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 17-076, February 2017. (Revised April 2017.)
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Changing the World: Life Choices of Influential Leaders
By: Robert Simons
This project studies the life choices made by a variety of people who have left a lasting legacy. Using biographical data, we are examining the choices that high-impact individuals faced in their lives and the paths they chose to follow. The leaders we study come... View Details
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Trust: The Foundation of Leadership
By: Frances Frei and Anne Morriss
The authors contend that if leadership is about empowering others, in your presence and your absence, then trust is the emotional framework that allows that service to be freely exchanged. Based on their experiences advising individuals and organizations, their basic... View Details
Keywords: Trustworthiness; Authenticity; Empathy; Trust; Leadership; Competency and Skills; Behavior
Frei, Frances, and Anne Morriss. "Trust: The Foundation of Leadership." Leader to Leader 99 (Winter 2021): 20–25.
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High Potentials Leadership Program
Balance your personal leadership style with the demands of the organization without compromising your principles Adjust your leadership approach as your responsibilities grow and View Details
- 01 Jun 2015
- News
Creating Change
(HBS Archives Photographs: Student Life) In 1970, there were no female members of the Harvard Club of New York City, and women entered the club through a separate entrance. Alumna Roslyn Payne (MBA 1970) and her classmates were determined to View Details
Keywords: April White