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April 3, 2020
Article

What FDR, Churchill, and Shackleton Can Teach Us About Leadership During the Coronavirus Crisis: A Harvard Business School Historian Who Focuses on Courageous Leadership Outlines Some Critical Lessons from the Past

Keywords: Crisis Management; Leadership

04 Aug 2003
Research & Ideas

Shackleton: An Entrepreneur of Survival

In recent years, polar explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton has been celebrated through books, memoirs, several films, and a major museum exhibit. His achievements on the ice have much to teach business students and executives, says Harvard... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

2012
Book

Ernest Shackleton, Exploring Leadership

By: Nancy F. Koehn

Broadly speaking, polar explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton was not successful; he never achieved any of the goals he originally set for himself. But when confronted with crushing adversity, he inspired his crew to work together to survive against incredible odds. While... View Details

Keywords: Risk and Uncertainty; Leadership; Cooperation

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2007
Text Book

The Moral Leader: Challenges, Tools, and Insights

By: Sandra J. Sucher

Successful leaders—at any level and in any arena—are inevitably presented with moral and ethical choices. This unique and innovative textbook is designed to encourage students and managers to confront those fundamental moral challenges, to develop skills in moral... View Details

Keywords: Competency and Skills; Decision Choices and Conditions; Judgments; Moral Sensibility; Leadership

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20 Jan 2017
Research & Ideas

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

perspectives might the wealthy businessman draw on as he transitions from CEO to commander in chief? To get a better sense of the months ahead, The Gazette asked Harvard Business School (HBS) faculty members how Trump’s nearly 50 years of... View Details

Keywords: by Christina Pazzanese

12 Dec 2017
First Look

New Research and Ideas, December 12, 2017

protagonist on the precipice of a great crisis: Shackleton marooned on an Antarctic ice floe; Lincoln on the verge of seeing the Union collapse; escaped slave Douglass facing possible capture; Bonhoeffer agonizing over how to counter... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

26 Mar 2008
Sharpening Your Skills

Sharpening Your Skills: Disaster!

Can leaders anticipate disaster? How Does Disaster Change Leadership Goals? Shackleton: An Entrepreneur of Survival On a trek across Antarctica, Sir Ernest Shackleton's ship Endurance became trapped in ice. How did Shackleton lead his... View Details

04 May 2016
What Do You Think?

What Does Boaty McBoatface Tell Us About Brand Control on the Internet?

results of the poll. Sounds like terrific results So, near the end of a particularly long and difficult mission, where the crew and scientists want to draw particular attention among school children to findings, they should simply paint a... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett; Advertising

24 Jul 2007
First Look

First Look: July 24, 2007

displace incumbents. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/07-033.pdf Cases & Course Materials AFL-CIO: Office of Investment and Home Depot Harvard Business School Case 407-097 Describes the AFL-CIO: Office of... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

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