Leadership Succession - Publications - Faculty & Research

Web

Becoming a Board Member - Alumni

succession plan is in place for your position? Is the organization engaged in any significant legal action? What is your leadership style, and how is the organization managed? Were there any significant... View Details

07 Jul 2011
What Do You Think?

So We Adapt. What’s the Downside?

have a guide to the subject, appropriately titled Adapt, written by Tim Harford. Its subtitle is Why Success Always Starts with Failure, immediately raising my suspicions about any assertion that contains the word "always."... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Heskett

21 Oct 2008
First Look

First Look: October 21, 2008

http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=608123 Dogus Group: Weighing Partners for Garanti Bank Harvard Business School Case 709-401 In August 2005, the leadership of Turkey's Dogus Group considered opportunities for... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

26 Apr 2022
Book

What Does Your Business Stand For? Why Building Trust Starts with Purpose

purpose” as a way to build trust and in so doing achieve both impressive economic results and positive social impact. The book demonstrates how purpose-driven business leaders find success by clearly articulating a purpose for the... View Details

Keywords: by Ranjay Gulati

18 Apr 2011
Research & Ideas

It’s Not Nagging: Why Persistent, Redundant Communication Works

moved the team faster, she says. Managers with power spent more time on damage control after assuming an employee had finished the work. That said, the results didn't show that either group was more successful with deadlines or meeting... View Details

Keywords: by Kim Girard

January 2015 (Revised September 2017)
Case

Omar Selim: Building a Values-Based Asset Management Firm (A)

By: George Serafeim, Rebecca Henderson and Shannon Gombos

The sustainable investing market was a recent phenomenon in the first decade of the 21st century. However, an increasing number of investors began to integrated Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) issues in investment decisions. At Barclays Capital, Omar Selim... View Details

Citation

Educators

Purchase

Web

Events - Business & Environment

session will identify success factors, screening questions, and leadership lessons. Interested in joining? Email bei@hbs.edu. Download to Calendar Keywords: Alumni Program, Climate Change Regional Event; Jan... View Details

Web

Business History - Faculty & Research

Corporate Finance ; Equity ; Stock Shares ; Corporate Governance ; Business History ; Compensation and Benefits ; Recruitment ; Leadership Style ; Growth Management ; Management Succession ; Organizational... View Details

Web

The Role of Leaders - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

HBS ISC Strategy Strategy Strategy Explained Business Strategy Creating a Successful Strategy Corporate Strategy The Role of Leaders Related Topics The Role of Leaders The Role of Leaders You can’t outsource strategy. A key role of... View Details

11 Oct 2023
News

Soldier On

in the joint degree program at HBS and the Kennedy School, moving to Newport News after graduation and serving on the city planning commission before launching his successful run for office. A meticulous planner, Jones’s agenda for the... View Details

Web

Curriculum - Business & Environment

concepts: Business and Government Relations, Business Ethics, Corporate Governance Leadership and Corporate Accountability Aviva plc: Examining Net Zero Battle for the Soul of Capitalism: Unilever and the Kraft Heinz Takeover Bid (A) Key... View Details

Teaching Interest

Overview

By: Gerald C. Chertavian

I am currently teaching Social Entrepreneurship and Systems Change (SESC) as a 2nd year Elective Course. The premise of the course is that social entrepreneurs don’t just build organizations, they change systems. The course explores the frameworks, tools, mindsets,... View Details

Keywords: Social Impact; Systems Change; Social Entrepreneurship; Environmental Sustainability; Housing; Climate Change; Entrepreneurship; Food; Governance; Leadership; Measurement and Metrics; Social Enterprise; System; Africa; Asia; Europe; Latin America; North and Central America; South America

13 Mar 2023
Op-Ed

How Leaders Should Leave

want to acknowledge the value you have added to the organization and publicly wish you success in your endeavors. It’s important that you ask your boss if you can see and contribute to the announcement before it’s released. Often, the... View Details

Keywords: by John Quelch

20 Dec 2022
Op-Ed

Employee Feedback: The Key to Retention During the Great Resignation

Kroger, Amazon, and many others have experienced similar conflicts. A recent study finds that “toxic culture”—unethical leadership behavior and disregard for employees’ health, diversity, financial security, and self-respect—is a far more... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Beer

December 2019
Case

Gary Vaynerchuk: #GaryVee

By: Laura Huang and Sarah Mehta

Fresh out of a public social media debacle, Gary Vaynerchuk needs to reconsider the approach he takes in leading his digital media agency, VaynerMedia. Founded in 2009 by Gary and his brother AJ, VaynerMedia has grown into an unconventional creative marketing agency.... View Details

Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Leadership Style; Personal Characteristics; Business Growth and Maturation; Marketing; Social Media

Citation

Educators

Purchase

Article

Don't Let Power Corrupt You

By: Julie Battilana and Tiziana Casciaro

Although power is essential to taking charge and driving change, it makes leaders vulnerable to two traps that can not only erode their own effectiveness but also undermine their teams. Hubris—the excessive pride and self-confidence that can come with power—causes... View Details

Keywords: Humility; Empathy; Hubris; Leadership; Power and Influence; Moral Sensibility; Performance Effectiveness

Citation

Find at Harvard

2014
Book

Can China Lead? Reaching the Limits of Power and Growth

By: Regina M. Abrami, William C. Kirby and F. Warren McFarlan

At the time of the American Revolution, China was the strongest, richest, and most powerful civilization in the world. The Great Qing Empire ruled China and dominated East Asia by a combination of power and cultural prestige. China's economy was the world's largest.... View Details

Keywords: Economic Systems; Leadership; Power and Influence; China

Citation

Find at Harvard

Purchase

Profile

Loujaine AlMoallim

business's factory for the first time. Growing up in a different city in Saudi Arabia meant that I hadn't had many opportunities to witness the inner workings of our family's business. But that day was different – it was like a scene straight out of a movie. Seeing the... View Details

February 2004
Case

The Making of Verizon

By: Rosabeth M. Kanter, Douglas A Raymond and Ryan Raffaelli

Through a series of mergers, Ivan Seidenberg, Verizon chairman and CEO, successfully shared the co-CEO title twice while building the largest telecom company in the United States. The strong and complementary cultures of the companies that Seidenberg and a key group of... View Details

Keywords: Mergers and Acquisitions; Change Management; Transition; Leading Change; Organizational Culture; Risk Management; Telecommunications Industry; United States

Citation

Educators

Purchase

February 2003 (Revised March 2003)
Case

The Nature Conservancy

By: Allen S. Grossman and Jane Wei-Skillern

Almost immediately upon being appointed CEO of The Nature Conservancy (TNC), Steve McCormick undertakes a radical reorganization of this global institution. TNC is the largest and, by most measures, the most successful environment organization in the world, with... View Details

Keywords: Globalization; Leading Change; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Strategic Planning; Natural Environment; Nonprofit Organizations; United States

Citation

Educators

Purchase