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  • March 2005 (Revised May 2007)
  • Compilation

Abraham Lincoln and the Civil War

By: Nancy F. Koehn
Analyzes Abraham Lincoln's leadership during America's greatest crisis, the 1861-1865 Civil War. Using Lincoln's own words, the case traces the development of the 16th president's leadership philosophy, ethics, and skills in the years leading up to war. View Details
Keywords: History; Government and Politics; War; Leadership Style; Ethics; United States
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  • May 2018
  • Article

The Leadership Journey of Abraham Lincoln

By: Nancy F. Koehn
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  • November 19, 2013
  • Guest Column

The Road to America Leads Through Gettysburg

By: Nancy F. Koehn
Keywords: American History; Abraham Lincoln; American Civil War; Leadership; United States
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  • February 2016 (Revised July 2017)
  • Case

A Nation Divided: The United States and the Challenge of Secession

By: David Moss and Marc Campasano
Americans elected Abraham Lincoln as the nation's first Republican president in November of 1860. Northern political leaders had formed the Republican Party only a few years before, in large measure to combat the spread of slavery. Southerners had long been wary of... View Details
Keywords: Governance; War; Government and Politics; History; United States
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  • 2017
  • Book

Forged in Crisis: The Power of Courageous Leadership in Turbulent Times

By: Nancy F. Koehn
An enthralling historical narrative filled with critical leadership insights that will be of interest to a wide range of readers—including those in government, business, education, and the arts—Forged in Crisis spotlights five masters of crisis: polar explorer... View Details
Keywords: Leadership; Personal Characteristics; Crisis Management; Biography
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  • 2012
  • Book

Indispensable: When Leaders Really Matter

By: Gautam Mukunda
Will your next leader be insignificant—or indispensable? The importance of leadership and the impact of individual leaders has long been the subject of debate. Are they made by history, or do they make it? In Indispensable, Harvard Business School professor Gautam... View Details
Keywords: Leadership; Decision Making; Outcome or Result; Power and Influence
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  • 27 Jun 2005
  • Research & Ideas

Asian and American Leadership Styles: How Are They Unique?

often a trait of the most effective leaders, as it was in the best-respected of all American political leaders, Abraham Lincoln. Once, when the Civil War was not going well for the Union side, a high-ranking general suggested that the... View Details
Keywords: by D. Quinn Mills
  • 04 Sep 2012
  • Research & Ideas

Book Excerpt: Indispensable: When Leaders Really Matter

were renowned for their work in the antislavery cause. Both were at the peak of their powers and reputation. Instead the convention chose a one-term congressman whose claim to fame was an unsuccessful run for the Senate from Illinois: the convention chose View Details
  • 11 Sep 2012
  • First Look

First Look: September 11

systems that place these leaders in positions of power, Indispensable sheds new light on how we may be able to identify the best leaders and what lessons we can learn, from both the process and the result. Profiling a mix of historic and modern figures-from Thomas... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 12 Dec 2017
  • First Look

New Research and Ideas, December 12, 2017

education, and the arts—Forged in Crisis spotlights five masters of crisis: polar explorer Ernest Shackleton, President Abraham Lincoln, legendary abolitionist Frederick Douglass, Nazi-resisting clergyman Dietrich Bonhoeffer, and... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 20 Jan 2017
  • Research & Ideas

Here’s How Businessman Trump Is Likely to Approach the Presidency

odds. The people I study — from the explorer Ernest Shackleton to Abraham Lincoln to the environmentalist Rachel Carson — all have a great deal of deftness, meaning they understand the precept: “In this... View Details
Keywords: by Christina Pazzanese
  • 25 Jun 2001
  • Lessons from the Classroom

Machiavelli, Morals, and You

would you really love to do,' but 'Given the people you're working with and the pressures you're under now, what can you do?'" In that context, students also grapple with the hard choices that faced Abraham Lincoln, as described in... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
  • 11 Sep 2007
  • First Look

First Look: September 11, 2007

underlies future lock-in. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/07-038.pdf   Cases & Course MaterialsAbraham Lincoln and the Civil War Harvard Business School Compilation 805-115 Analyzes View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 06 Dec 2013
  • Op-Ed

HBS Faculty Remember Nelson Mandela

transition are ones in which a single person at the place at the right time can have enormous impact. As David Ben-Gurion made Israel, and Abraham Lincoln remade the United States, Nelson Mandela reforged... View Details
Keywords: by Nitin Nohria, Linda Hill, Rosabeth Moss Kanter & Gautam Mukunda
  • 16 Nov 2009
  • Research & Ideas

The Times Captures History of American Business

marketing of pottery, I could go back to the few 18th-century newspapers in Britain; when I am chasing Abraham Lincoln down for the book I am currently writing, I can gather rich information from newspapers... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Journalism & News

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