Leaders have always faced the job of inspiring others while making important decisions with incomplete information. Today's leaders are confronted with challenges and opportunities that have never been more dynamic or complex. We help leaders effectively understand and manage these forces.
(Family) Size Matters: Nico Oprée and the Decreasing Power of Family Unity over Time
- JUNE 2025
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- Case
Nico Oprée, a fourth-generation (G4) member of his family’s heavy manufacturing business, found himself reflecting on how the firm would navigate a deepening shareholder conflict. While the second generation (G2) had managed the business in harmony, dynamics shifted dramatically by the third...
Scale AI Scales Up
- JUNE 2025
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- Case
Scale AI, the data labeling and AI infrastructure company, had grown rapidly since it was founded in 2016; however, as Scale’s generative AI business was taking off, Alexandr Wang, Scale’s founder and CEO, became concerned that Scale was slowing down. Wang and the Scale team began to focus...
Larry Culp at General Electric: Rebuilding an American Icon
- JUNE 2025
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As he takes over as CEO of the iconic industrial giant General Electric, Larry Culp faces a range of urgent issues as the company is delisted from the DJIA and is seen by many as heading towards bankruptcy. Culp steers GE through a series of carefully thought-out moves to improve the company’s...
Vail Resorts: Responding to Activist Pressure (A)
- JUNE 2025
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On January 27, 2025, the head of a relatively small hedge fund named Late Apex Partners sent a highly critical letter to the board of directors of Vail Resorts, the world’s largest ski resort operator. In his letter, and the 88-slide presentation that accompanied his letter, the activist investor...
How to Manage for Collective Creativity
14 Sep 2014
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Experts Say Market Basket’s Next CEO Should Be from Outside Demoulas Family
Re: Christina R Wing
- 24 Jun 2025
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- Boston Business Journal
The Skills and Habits Aspiring CEOs Need to Build
Re: Nitin Nohria
- 12 Jun 2025
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- Harvard Business Review
‘Misfits’ in Power: When a Company Needs a Leader CEO, But Gets a Manager
Re: Raffaella Sadun
- 12 Jun 2025
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- HBS Working Knowledge
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