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    Michael Beer

    MICHAEL BEER

    Mike Beer is the Cahners-Rabb Professor of Business Administration, Emeritus at the Harvard Business School and author Fit to Compete: Why Honest Conversations About Your Company’s... View Details

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    Owner/President Management

    insight into driving operational excellence, OPM is a game changer that can help you advance your company's agenda and your leadership growth. You will emerge a visionary entrepreneurial leader, ready to inspire an agile culture, lead... View Details
    • 2020
    • Working Paper

    Nonprofit Boards: It Is time to Lift Your Gaze and See the System

    By: Shamal Dass, Kristy Muir and V. Kasturi Rangan
    Nonprofits the world over have faced significant crises in 2020, leaving them and their constituents in precarious positions. Responses to these crises have demonstrated incredible agility. However, they have also demonstrated that the first two levels of governance... View Details
    Keywords: Nonprofit Organizations; Governing and Advisory Boards; Health Pandemics; Governance; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; System; Framework
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    • December 2023
    • Case

    Davivienda Bank's Upskilling and Reskilling Strategy in Colombia

    By: Jorge Tamayo, Raffaella Sadun and Jenyfeer Martinez Buitrago
    Set in 2022, this case describes the digital transformation strategy of Davivienda— a leading player in Colombia’s commercial banking and one of the companies belonging to Grupo Bolívar, a major Colombian financial conglomerate—and the bank’s upskilling and reskilling... View Details
    Keywords: Change Management; Transformation; Decision Choices and Conditions; Digital Strategy; Digital Transformation; Internet and the Web; Mobile and Wireless Technology; Innovation and Management; Innovation Strategy; Growth and Development Strategy; Business Strategy; Corporate Strategy; Organizational Culture; Talent and Talent Management; Training; Banking Industry; Latin America; Central America; South America; Colombia
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    • 2012
    • Working Paper

    When Supply-Chain Disruptions Matter

    By: William Schmidt and Ananth Raman
    Supply-chain disruptions have a material effect on company value, but this impact can vary considerably. Thus, it is important for managers and investors to recognize the types of disruptions and the organizational factors that lead to the worst outcomes. Prior... View Details
    Keywords: Supply Chain; Operations; Performance Efficiency
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    • May 2025 (Revised May 2025)
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    Daiichi Sankyo: Steering a Global Organization

    By: Tiona Zuzul, Amy C. Edmondson and Cat Huang
    In the spring of 2023, Sunao Manabe, CEO of Daiichi Sankyo, reflected on a pivotal decision. A large Western pharmaceutical company had made a bid to partner with Daiichi Sankyo to develop the next three products in its oncology pipeline. Daiichi Sankyo, a 125-year old... View Details
    Keywords: Strategy; Culture Change; Decision-making; Leadership; Culture; Innovation; Psychological Safety
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    Leading in the Digital Era

    build more agile organizations, you will advance in your personal leadership journey and develop new skills that enable you to optimize the use of technology and overcome obstacles to progress. Details Evolve new ways of leading and... View Details

      Michael A. Wheeler

      Mike Wheeler joined the HBS faculty in 1993 and has taught extensively in its MBA, Executive, and distance learning programs. His highly interactive 8-week/40-hour HBS Online Negotiation... View Details

      Keywords: arts; construction; e-commerce industry; energy; federal government; green technology; internet; legal services; nonprofit industry; petroleum; pharmaceuticals; publishing industry; real estate; service industry; sports; state government; utilities
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      Strategic Marketing for Driving Growth

      Summary Strategic agility and an unyielding focus on growth are essential for the success of any organization, especially when new technologies such as generative AI are profoundly changing how businesses acquire, engage, and retain... View Details
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      Managing Turbulence

      innovation and productivity. Details Optimize your organization's capacity to survive and thrive Understand the building blocks of organizational transformation Measure organizational readiness, resilience, and agility Apply value-based... View Details
      • 02 Jan 2024
      • Research & Ideas

      10 Trends to Watch in 2024

      The lightning-fast ascent of generative AI isn’t the only sea change on the horizon for businesses in the new year. The global economy is in flux as war, climate change, trade issues, and infrastructure problems demand attention. Many companies continue to struggle to... View Details
      Keywords: by Rachel Layne
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      Designing and Executing Corporate Revitalization

      transformation. If your company is at an inflection point, how do you proceed? Will your business be held back by old ways of thinking or is it willing to embrace new frontiers? Will your company be static and hesitant in the face of a changing environment or is it... View Details
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      Leading and Building a Culture of Innovation

      Summary Today's leaders are evolving their approaches to leadership and innovation in response to quantum shifts in how we work and live. In the midst of economic, societal, and technological disruptions, leaders must build and lead agile... View Details
      • 2015
      • Book

      What Great Service Leaders Know and Do: Creating Breakthroughs in Service Firms

      By: James L. Heskett, W. Earl Sasser and Leonard A. Schlesinger
      Based on decades of collective field experiences, the authors present anecdotal evidence in support of eight things that great service leaders know and do. Great service leaders know that (1) leading a breakthrough service is different, and they take steps to ensure... View Details
      Keywords: Management; Leadership; Service Operations; Service Delivery
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      Leading Change and Organizational Renewal

      innovation and agility across your organization Diagnose organizational problems that hinder innovation Embed new ways of doing things within your corporate culture Build a shared vision of success around change initiatives Promote... View Details
      • 31 Jan 2022
      • Research & Ideas

      Where Can Digital Transformation Take You? Insights from 1,700 Leaders

      for people who apply their creative sparks to the insights they gain from data, artificial intelligence, and feedback from colleagues. Learning and performance are twinned, not split as is often the case at companies that have yet to embrace View Details
      Keywords: by Linda A. Hill, Ann Le Cam, Sunand Menon, and Emily Tedards
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      Advancing Women of Color in Leadership

      that deliver results Inspire others and foster their development and impact Take charge of your career growth Become more agile at navigating organizational politics Develop strategies for identifying and overcoming common obstacles to... View Details
      • September 2019
      • Case

      Teaming Up to Win the Rail Deal at GE (A)

      By: Amy Edmondson, Ranjay Gulati and Rachna Tahilyani
      In 2012, Nalin Jain, then head of GE aviation for South Asia, was given the added responsibility for GE’s transportation business in India, including bidding for a $2.5 billion contract to manufacture, service and maintain 1,000 diesel locomotives for state owned... View Details
      Keywords: Recruitment; Selection and Staffing; Human Capital; Groups and Teams; Leadership Style; Leading Change; Organizational Design; Organizational Structure; Industrial Products Industry; Manufacturing Industry; Rail Industry; Transportation Industry; United States; India
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      • 11 Apr 2023
      • Op-Ed

      The First 90 Hours: What New CEOs Should—and Shouldn't—Do to Set the Right Tone

      and the way unexpected crises can emerge rapidly, leaders must move faster and display more strategic agility than ever before. Much of Watkins’ advice about how company officials should assume a leadership post still holds true. It’s... View Details
      Keywords: by John Quelch
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      Technology & Operations Management - Faculty & Research

      different perspectives had been raised with arguments for and against partnering. While a partnership might expedite access to Western markets, R&D executives worried about compromising the company's independence and agility in scientific... View Details