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- 13 Apr 2022
- News
Ranjay Gulati (Harvard Business School) - Finding a Deeper Purpose
- 20 Dec 2022
- Blog Post
Thinking About an MBA? Think About Your Purpose
kind of Pollyanna pronouncement. I have found in my research that executives who committed to a deeper purpose at their companies were more likely to post superior financial results in the long term. The companies were as diverse as Lego... View Details
- 22 Mar 2022
- Cold Call Podcast
How Etsy Found Its Purpose and Crafted a Turnaround
- May 2014
- Article
From Purpose to Impact: Figure Out Your Passion and Put It to Work
By: Nick Craig and Scott Snook
We offer opinions on leadership. A need is seen for executives to have a strong belief in the purpose of their lives as individuals and within an organization to be effective leaders and to accomplish their personal goals. Executives are urged to examine their lives to... View Details
Keywords: Leadership
Craig, Nick, and Scott Snook. "From Purpose to Impact: Figure Out Your Passion and Put It to Work." Harvard Business Review 92, no. 5 (May 2014): 105–111.
- October 2019
- Exercise
Business Model Exercise: Purpose and Overview
By: Shikhar Ghosh and Christopher Payton
Ghosh, Shikhar, and Christopher Payton. "Business Model Exercise: Purpose and Overview." Harvard Business School Exercise 820-708, October 2019.
- Guest Column
What Is the Purpose of Business?
By: Rakesh Khurana and Herbert Gintis
Keywords: Business Ventures
Khurana, Rakesh, and Herbert Gintis. "What Is the Purpose of Business?" Your Turn. BizEd 7, no. 1 (January–February 2008).
- September 2019 (Revised June 2021)
- Case
Dove and Real Beauty: Building a Brand with Purpose
By: Mark R. Kramer, Myriam Sidibe and Gunjan Veda
Unilever subsidiary Dove soap became a "brand with a purpose" and created shared value when the company decided to launch a Campaign for Real Beauty to combat the artificial media-driven stereotype of female beauty that causes appearance anxiety in women and girls... View Details
Keywords: Stereotype; Body Image; Female; Self-Esteem; Brands and Branding; Mission and Purpose; Advertising Campaigns; Gender; Resource Allocation
Kramer, Mark R., Myriam Sidibe, and Gunjan Veda. "Dove and Real Beauty: Building a Brand with Purpose." Harvard Business School Case 720-361, September 2019. (Revised June 2021.)
- 2022
- Book
Purpose + Profit: How Business Can Lift Up the World
By: George Serafeim
The roadmap and best practices to reap the enormous value that can emerge when your business prioritizes social and environmental goals—such as climate change, diversity and inclusion, and sustainability—right alongside the pursuit of profit.
We not only... View Details
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Keywords: ESG (Environmental, Social, Governance) Performance; Profitability; Business And Society; Organizations; Mission and Purpose; Goals and Objectives; Social Issues; Environmental Sustainability; Value Creation; Organizational Change and Adaptation
Serafeim, George. Purpose + Profit: How Business Can Lift Up the World. New York: HarperCollins Leadership, 2022.
- Comment
Public Purpose and Accountability in the Indian State
By: Akshay Mangla
Mangla, Akshay. "Public Purpose and Accountability in the Indian State." India in Transition (December 1, 2014).
- 28 Nov 2022
- Podcast
Dilhan Pillay Leads Temasek Holdings’ Ongoing Purpose Journey
Temasek Holdings is an investment firm owned by the Government of Singapore with a diverse, global portfolio. It owns energy companies and a major airline. It’s also committed to a green future, which generates unique challenges for the firm. CEO Dilhan Pillay says the... View Details
- 15 May 2024
- News
Ranjay Gulati on the Power of Deep Purpose
- 20 Sep 2022
- News
Larry Fink at BlackRock: Linking Purpose to Profit
- 2023
- Article
Turn Your Purpose Into a Superpower for Growth
By: Ranjay Gulati
Gulati, Ranjay. "Turn Your Purpose Into a Superpower for Growth." Inc.com (2023).
- 13 Nov 2023
- News
4 Strategies to Cultivate an Authentic Corporate Purpose
- 20 Aug 2019
- News
181 Top CEOs Have Realized Companies Need a Purpose Beyond Profit
- January 2018
- Teaching Note
Still Leading (B1): Hon. Bob McDonald—Profiting from Purpose
By: Rosabeth Moss Kanter and Ai-Ling Jamila Malone
This case is included in the Still Leading series, which is part of an opening series of cases used in the Advanced Leadership Initiative at Harvard University. This case can also be taught as a standalone case as it is rich with many key leadership lessons that fall... View Details
- 09 Jan 2023
- News
The Pursuit of Profit with Purpose Requires Patience
- 20 Jan 2021
- Video