CEO Succession - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Mar 2012
News

Health Care’s New Frontier

Bush Photo courtesy athenahealth Main article: Where Innovation Rules What do you do if your start-up turns out to be a little too far ahead of its time? If you’re Jonathan Bush (MBA 1997), you use what you’ve learned to jump-start a View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg; Health, Social Assistance

01 Jan 2006
News

William H. Donaldson, MBA 1958

the most turbulent periods in the history of corporate America. Bill Donaldson’s glittering résumé reflects the career of a man who has spent more than 45 years at the highest levels of business, government, and academia. Consider some of the highlights: cofounder,... View Details

08 Jan 2007
Research & Ideas

Who Rises to Power in American Business?

Who achieves success and power in the United States? In the twentieth century, the easiest path to power was available to certain individuals—mainly men, mainly white—who were otherwise favored with the right religious, family,... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

31 Oct 2017
Op-Ed

Op-Ed: In Tackling #MeToo, Don’t Ignore Micro-Insults That Harm Women’s Careers

as in wanting a female CEO or cabinet secretary at a dinner party and laughing at her jokes. When I examined success in the workplace decades ago for my book Men and Women of the Corporation, I didn’t want... View Details

Keywords: by Rosabeth Moss Kanter

25 Feb 2020
News

In My Humble Opinion: Mr. Coffee

2018, Keller left his position as global president of the Wm. Wrigley Jr. Company to become CEO of Peet’s Coffee; in January, he was named CEO of JDE Peet’s, a merger that added a portfolio of coffee and tea... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna

07 Dec 2016
Blog Post

Marketing Reimagined: A Recap of the 2016 Marketing Innovation Conference

memorable take-a-ways came out of the session. For example, Matt Taylor, CEO of Tracksmith and Becca Freeman of LOLA shared the power of earned media for early-stage startups. Several of the panelists also addressed paid media; efforts... View Details

Keywords: Entertainment / Media / Sports

13 Oct 2003
Research & Ideas

How to Pick Managers for Disruptive Growth

We suspect that the mistakes happen when firms choose managers at any level—from CEO to business unit head to project manager—based on what we call "right stuff" thinking, borrowing the term from Tom Wolfe's famous book and the... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Raynor

25 Feb 2020
News

3-Minute Briefing: Ellen Pao (MBA 1998)

create a more diverse and inclusive environment. That’s what we’re doing with Project Include. Through our program, a CEO can talk with peers and see data on their startup’s diversity and sentiment levels. You need data to see what is and... View Details

Keywords: April White; photo by Eric Millette

22 May 2007
First Look

First Look: May 22, 2007

traditional outsourcing strategy, organization and processes. In a recent research project, we interviewed managers from 45 projects in over 20 firms to understand the practices that differentiated those firms that reported greater View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

01 Jan 2008
News

Meg Whitman, MBA 1979

Former President & CEO, eBay Inc. Return to Alumni Achievement Awards main page EARLIER EUDUCATION Princeton University, 1977 A.B., Economics SELECTED PREVIOUS POSITIONS Hasbro, General Manager FTD , CEO Disney, Senior Vice President Bain... View Details

02 Oct 2013
What Do You Think?

Is Leadership an Increasingly Difficult Balancing Act?

and customers will react in a business world populated by leaders with these characteristics is another matter. Gerald Nanninga's comment suggests that it may not be an issue. As he put it, "Leaders have never had all the answers. It's about time we admit... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

01 Apr 2024
News

Generosity Multiplied

There’s little doubt that James Reed (MBA 1990) loves his job. After all, he’s the chairman and CEO of Reed, the United Kingdom’s first and largest jobs website, and he takes the company’s slogan—“Love Mondays”—to heart. Even so, he admits he has a side hustle. When... View Details

23 Mar 2016
Research & Ideas

Researchers Prove C-Suite Gender Gap—but Can’t Explain It

they are—unless they can figure out a way to thwart discrimination. That’s the frustrating takeaway of the new research paper “Equal Opportunity? Gender Gaps in CEO Appointments and Executive Pay,” written by Matti Keloharju, a visiting... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

24 Jul 2018
Op-Ed

4 Ways Managers Can Exercise Their 'Agency' to Change the World

among graduates aiming for both success in business and beneficial impact on the world around them. They have come to believe that one can either succeed in business or enhance society—by expanding economic opportunity or by improving... View Details

Keywords: by George Serafeim

Kenneth A. Macke

Macke oversaw a period of growth and expansion for the company. During his CEO tenure, the revenues of Dayton Hudson tripled – from $6.5 billion in 1983 to $19.2 billion in 1994. The number of retail locations also expanded dramatically... View Details

Keywords: Retail

01 Dec 2017
News

In My Humble Opinion: Truth Teller

there’s the adrenaline factor. If you’re coming up to a big hedge, you’re not thinking about what’s going on in the office. You’re wondering whether you’re going to get to the other side.” Successful turnarounds: Five and counting:... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna

Career Coach

Craig Husa

As the founder or CEO, Craig (HBS ’90, USNA ’83) has grown and sold four technology-enabled companies to leading public companies. He attributes most of his success (the rest is luck) to building and leading high performing teams who can... View Details

Keywords: Clean Technology; Energy; Emerging Markets; Entrepreneurship; Technology; Venture Capital; Financial Services (All); Energy; Oil & Gas; Energy; Impact Investing; Financial Services (All)

Henry Wendt

In his term as CEO of the pharmaceutical giant, Wendt focused on a “3 point strategy” to help strengthen the business. His strategy consisted of increasing support of SmithKline’s best products, such as Tagamet, weeding out other... View Details

Keywords: Healthcare

01 Sep 2011
News

Extraordinary People

getting the job done. Over the years he transformed Joh. A. Benckiser SE (JAB) from a small, privately held German company into a successful global powerhouse. In addition to serving as chairman and CEO of... View Details

Keywords: Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries; Arts, Entertainment; Finance; Executive, Legislative, and Other General Government Support; Government; Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations; Personal Services; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services

07 Apr 2003
Research & Ideas

XTV: Xerox’s Attempted Recovery From “Fumbling the Future”

the sponsorship of Adams, and armed with funding from XTV, Domit got the opportunity to develop his strategy outside Xerox's internal development units. Domit became the CEO of AWP, which gave him the resources to turn the... View Details

Keywords: by Henry Chesbrough

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