by Tiziana Casciaro - Publications - Faculty & Research

25 Jul 2005
Research & Ideas

Fool vs. Jerk: Whom Would You Hire?

found that if someone is strongly disliked, it's almost irrelevant whether or not she is competent; people won't want to work with her anyway. By contrast, if someone is liked, his colleagues will seek out every little bit of competence... View Details

Keywords: by Tiziana Casciaro & Miguel Sousa Lobo

13 May 2014
Working Paper Summaries

The Contaminating Effects of Building Instrumental Ties: How Networking Can Make Us Feel Dirty

Keywords: by Tiziana Casciaro, Francesca Gino & Maryam Kouchaki; Legal Services

01 Jan 2002
News

Awards

McKinsey Award Finalist

By: Amy C. Edmondson

Finalist for the 2019 McKinsey Award for the Best Article in Harvard Business Review for "Cross-Silo Leadership" (May–June 2019) with Tiziana Casciaro and Sujin Jang. View Details

01 Oct 2021
News

Power? You Likely Have More Of It Than You Think

13 Oct 2021
News

A Transactional Approach to Power

6 PM – 7 PM EDT, 23 Sep 2021
Virtual Programming

Power, for All: How it Really Works and Why Its Everyones Business

Power is one of the most misunderstood--and therefore vilified--concepts in our society. But is it all bad? How could it be used by anyone no matter their wealth and status--for good? To find out, please join Harvard professor Julie Battilana and University of Toronto... View Details

23 Aug 2021
News

Power Can Be Abused, Scholars Say, or Harnessed for the Greater Good

29 May 2012
First Look

First Look: May 29

PublicationsOvercoming Resistance to Organizational Change: Strong Ties and Affective Cooptation Authors:Julie Battilana and Tiziana Casciaro Publication:Management Science (forthcoming) Abstract We... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

31 Aug 2021
Book

Feeling Powerless at Work? Time to Agitate, Innovate, and Orchestrate

them.” About the Author Jay Fitzgerald is a writer based in the Boston area.[Image: iStockphoto/Apisit Suwannaka] What would it take for employees to gain more power in organizations? Share your thoughts in the comments below. Book Excerpt Power, for All Julie... View Details

Keywords: by Jay Fitzgerald

21 Sep 2021
Office Hours

Readers Ask: How Can I Gain Power and Influence?

seeks to democratize and demystify power. In their new book, Power, for All, Battilana and co-author Tiziana Casciaro, a professor at the Rotman School of Management at the University of Toronto, outline the fundamentals of power and the... View Details

Keywords: by Kristen Senz

09 Feb 2015
Research & Ideas

Professional Networking Makes People Feel Dirty

networking is beneficial to their careers, they often don't do it," says Francesca Gino, a professor in the Negotiation, Organizations & Markets unit at Harvard Business School, who coauthored the study with Tiziana View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

04 Oct 2021
What Do You Think?

How Do We Make Sure the Right People End Up with Power in Organizations?

copy of an extensively researched recent book, Power, for All, by Professors Julie Battilana and Tiziana Casciaro. The authors define power as “the ability to influence others’ behavior, be it through... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

24 Aug 2021
News

The 10 New Leadership Books to Wrap Up Summer and Kick Off Fall

Power, For All: How it Really Works and Why it's Everyone's Business

Battilana and Casciaro offer a timely, democratized vision of power. While hierarchies tend to stay in place because power is often sticky, by agitating, innovating, and orchestrating change, they show how those with less power can challenge established... View Details

01 Sep 2021
News

In Print: Faculty Books

19 Jan 2022
In Practice

7 Trends to Watch in 2022

is fundamentally a crisis of power concentration. As my co-author Tiziana Casciaro and I explain in our new book Power, For All, power comes from controlling valued resources. Over the past four decades,... View Details

Keywords: by HBS News

30 Apr 2013
First Look

First Look: April 30

Julie, and Tiziana Casciaro Abstract—We propose a relational theory of how change agents in organizations use the strength of ties in their network to overcome resistance to change. We argue that strong ties... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

May–June 2019
Article

Cross-Silo Leadership

By: Amy C. Edmondson, Tiziana Casciaro and Sujin Jang

Today the most promising innovation and business opportunities require collaboration among functions, offices, and organizations. To realize them, companies must break down silos and get people working together across boundaries. But that’s a challenge for many... View Details

Keywords: Cross-functional Management; Collaborative Innovation and Invention; Innovation Leadership; Groups and Teams; Employees; Attitudes

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2021
Book

Power, for All: How It Really Works and Why It's Everyone's Business

By: Julie Battilana and Tiziana Casciaro

We want to change how people see power: not just as a blunt tool reserved for the privileged few, or as a dirty business that one should stay away from, but as energy for everyone to harness to make our life, work, and society better. We hope that our democratizing... View Details

Keywords: Power Relationships; Power and Influence; Change; Society