Publications

July 1998 (Revised March 2000)
Case

Champion International

By: Michael Beer and James Weber

Richard Olson, a long-tenured employee, was named CEO of Champion in 1996. Champion had been conducting an organizational transformation since the early 1980s that could be considered successful on most operational and social measures. However, due to industry... View Details

Keywords: Change Management; Transformation; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Organizational Design

December 1970 (Revised May 1983)
Case

David Alpert (A)

By: Jay W. Lorsch

Interpersonal day-to-day dealings of a product manager with others in the division, including his comments on these dealings. View Details

Keywords: Business Divisions; Interpersonal Communication; Management Teams

12 Mar 2019
Blog Post

What I Learned in the Africa Rising Short Intensive Program

pipeline of talented managers and team members capable of sustained high-quality execution. Having spent a few years in the US before coming to HBS, I have been repeatedly asked different variations of the... View Details

October 1997 (Revised March 1998)
Case

HansaBank AG

The top management of a prestigious German bank is trying to understand why it has failed to develop the next generation of management. View Details

Keywords: Leadership Development; Management Teams; Banking Industry; Germany

11 Apr 2023
Op-Ed

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

individual executives. Lock down your management team. As an outsider, you’ll need to surround yourself with a mix of respected and dedicated senior executives (ones who have no interest in challenging you for your role), as well as new... View Details

Keywords: by John Quelch

September 2021
Case

Worldreader: Helping Readers Build a Better World

By: Marco Bertini, Elie Ofek and Julia Kelley

Founded in 2010, Worldreader was an international nonprofit organization that promoted reading to children around the world. For many years, Worldreader distributed e-readers to under-resourced communities and funded its operations primarily through philanthropic... View Details

28 Jun 2011
First Look

First Look: June 28

Chantel Lenard, Ford's Group Marketing Manager for Global Small Car and Midsize Vehicles, and Connie Fontaine, Ford's Manager of Brand Content and Alliances, pushed for a bold approach to marketing the new... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

17 May 2018
Blog Post

HBS/HKS Alum Regan Turner on Empowering Veterans

About the HBS/HKS Joint Degree Program The HBS/HKS joint degree programs serve a growing need of critical importance to global society: their mission is to develop leaders, skilled in management and the shaping of innovative public... View Details

2001
Case

Crown Point Cabinetry

By: Vijay Govindarajan, David VanderSchee and Julie Lang

In 1993, Brian Stowell, CEO of a family-owned cabinet manufacturing business, created a vision for his 85 employees that focused on high quality products with less rework and wasted material. Eliminating production line managers and adopting a team-based management... View Details

Keywords: Business or Company Management; Production; Groups and Teams; Business Strategy; Construction Industry; Consumer Products Industry

Profile

Omowale Casselle

expectations of our consumers, retailers, and brand partners." "In addition to managing our product lines, I also lead our operations team, which means that I make sure that each retail partner (Walmart, Walgreens, Kroger, and... View Details

Keywords: Technology; Consumer Products

10 Sep 2014
Research & Ideas

Become a Value Creator

argues that managers who adopt a value-creating mindset hold the key to becoming truly successful leaders. "Business is a team sport. It's soccer, not golf. Nobody plays by themselves and wins in... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

July 2010
Case

Mekong Capital: Building a Culture of Leadership in Vietnam

By: Christopher Marquis, Vinay Ganti, Kevin Smith and Doug Guthrie

Mekong Capital, a private equity firm specializing in investing in Vietnam, had grown dramatically since its inception in 2002 and faced numerous organizational issues in 2007. There was a shortage of qualified middle managers, an overall lack of leadership, and a... View Details

Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Leading Change; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Organizational Culture; Performance Improvement; Groups and Teams; Alignment; Financial Services Industry

26 Apr 2023
In Practice

Is AI Coming for Your Job?

You Might Also Like: ChatGPT: Did Big Tech Set Up the World for an AI Bias Disaster? Swiping Right: How Data Helped This Online Dating Site Make More Matches When Bias Creeps into AI, Managers Can Stop It by Asking the Right Questions... View Details

Keywords: by Kristen Senz; Technology

June 2007
Case

Buddy March

Entrepreneurial general manager (GM) ignores specific directives from his boss (GVP) to discontinue a new venture that the GM is championing. View Details

Keywords: Leadership; Corporate Entrepreneurship; Rank and Position; Management Teams

15 Aug 2023
Research & Ideas

Why Giving to Others Makes Us Happy

as they did when deciding to help someone of their own volition, she says. To make charitable giving more effective, a manager designing a charitable donation drive for employees, for example, could take care to ensure that employees have... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

October 27, 2022
Article

4 Types of Innovators Every Organization Needs

By: Andy Wu, Goran Calic and Min Basadur

Every company strives to be innovative, but most are missing key ingredients. How can you identify which ingredients your organization needs — and which employee styles can fill in the gaps? The authors’ research distills four key innovation styles that can lead to... View Details

Keywords: Innovation Leadership; Innovation and Management

October 1984 (Revised April 2002)
Case

NIKE (C)

Explores the president of Nike's leadership, and focuses on his general management style, his personal philosophy, and his pattern of working with key members of management. View Details

Keywords: Management Style; Leadership Style; Management Teams; Apparel and Accessories Industry; Sports Industry