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Convincing Your Boss to Make You a Manager
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleWhat to say and when to say it. -
The Leadership Odyssey
Leadership & Managing People Magazine ArticleA paradox of business is that while leaders often employ a hands-on, directive style to rise to the top, once they arrive, they're supposed to empower... -
Know Your Team's Motivational Mindset
Heidi Grant Halvorson, author of "Nine Things Successful People Do Differently," urges leaders to look at the psychological factors that influence behavior... -
The Leader's Guide to Corporate Culture
Organizational Development SpotlightExecutives are often confounded by culture, because much of it is anchored in unspoken behaviors, mindsets, and social patterns. Many leaders either let... -
The Power of Options
Leadership styles Magazine ArticleAlways give yourself four ways to win. -
7 Ways to Make Employees Feel Respected, According to Research
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleBased on data collected from more than 4,500 employees. -
How Self-Reflection Can Help Leaders Stay Motivated
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleStart the morning by writing down three things that make you a good leader. -
Adapt Your Strategy
Strategy & Execution VideoStick to the broad strategic guidelines but adapt your tactics if the market shifts. -
Ancestry CEO Deb Liu Says Women Need to Reframe Their Relationship to Power
Global Business Digital ArticleWhile overt discrimination against women may be on the decline, unconscious bias can be just as limiting. -
DHPT01: Foster Psychological Safety: Meeting Part 3
Management VideoCamilla and Nate discussed a strategy to decrease insurance premiums on a tight timeline. Camila will now gather the entire team to talk about how they'll... -
Leaders Don't Matter (Most of the Time)
Global Business Digital ArticleOrganizations need leaders, but the specific one might not matter. -
How to Develop Your Leadership Style
Leadership styles HBR BestsellerConcrete advice for a squishy challenge -
3 Common Fallacies About Creativity
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleAnd how leaders can avoid them. -
The Real Leadership Lessons of Steve Jobs
Leadership & Managing People Magazine ArticleThe author, whose biography of Steve Jobs was an instant best seller after the Apple CEO's death in October 2011, sets out here to correct what he perceives... -
Small Actions Make Great Leaders
Leadership and managing people Digital ArticleTakeaways from an analysis of more than 1,000 leadership moments. -
The Authenticity Paradox
Sometimes just being yourself is the wrong thing to do--especially as you move into new roles and face new challenges. Learn how how leaders can develop... -
Learning Charisma
Leadership & Managing People Magazine ArticleMany believe that charisma, the ability to captivate and inspire an audience, is innate. But through research in the laboratory and in the field, the... -
The Power of Feedback
Communication VideoSeek productive, honest feedback to strengthen your leadership skills. -
Find Your Purpose in Your Most Challenging Experiences
What are those challenging moments that have tested you, but also reveal who you are? You may discover your sense of purpose by revisiting your past. -
Should Leaders Ever Swear?
Communication Digital ArticleThe BP oil spill has devastated the Gulf of Mexico, pummeled the oil company's market value, and created a lingering problem for the Obama Administration,...
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Innovator's DNA, Updated, with a New Preface: Mastering the Five Skills of Disruptive Innovators
A new classic, recommended by leaders and media around the world. In this bestselling book, authors Jeff Dyer ("Innovation Capital" and "The Innovator's... -
The Chopra Center: Expanding the Consciousness of One Billion People
Strategy & Execution Case Study11.95View Details The case presents a decision point in the development of the California-based Chopra Center from the considerations of the center's Chief Operating Officer.... -
HBR's 10 Must Reads for HR Leaders Collection (5 Books)
Build the workforce of the future. In our volatile and complex era--which boasts a competitive market for top talent--HR's traditional model will fail.... -
Bob Fifer
Organizational Development Case Study11.95View Details Explores the life and concerns of Bob Fifer, HBS class of 1979 and CEO of Kaiser Associates. Explores the many influences on Bob's development and his... -
Becton Dickinson (B): Global Management
Organizational Development Case Study5.00View Details The president of Becton Dickinson (BD) and his top management team struggle with issues of: 1) how to manage the top of the organization, focusing on... -
Nest Fresh Eggs (B)
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study5.00View Details An abstract is not available for this product. -
Blake Sports: Evolution of the CEO and the Executive Team
Management Case Study11.95View Details Cameron (Cam) Barker, CEO and Founder of Blake Sports Apparel, sat in his office at his company's headquarters in Birmingham, England, feeling stunned... -
HBR's 10 Must Reads for Healthcare Leaders Collection (4 Books)
The landscape of today's healthcare industry is constantly changing, and it's your job to lead your team to success. This collection from Harvard Business... -
Sharp Electronics in 2013
Global Business Case Study11.95View Details In 2013 Sharp Electronics shareholders expressed their outrage in the face of the company's unmet technological challenges, plunging share price, and... -
Barenboim: Adaptive leadership (A)
Leadership & Managing People Case Study11.95View Details The four-part case study (text cases A, B, C, and video case D) illustrates key concepts and lessons about leading adaptive change in the context of some... -
Waking the Bear (A): "Danonizing" the Bolshevik Biscuit Factory
Leadership & Managing People Case Study11.95View Details Direct foreign investment in Russia was only 1% of GDP in 1999, and Russian industry was only half as productive in that year as in 1992. Not surprisingly,... -
Angela Merkel's Long Journey (B): Her Final Act
Leadership & Managing People Case Study5.00View Details The case describes Angela Merkel's background, her education, her ascent to power in Germany, and the development of her leadership style. -
Who's Responsible for the Drawbridge Drama?
Leadership & Managing People Case Study11.95View Details The "Drawbridge" is the short story of a baroness who, despite orders by her husband not to leave the castle, pays a servant so that she can leave the... -
Moral Voice: Talking About Ethics at Work
Strategy & Execution Case Study11.95View Details This note identifies the importance of employee/moral voice in organizational functioning. Yet despite the many benefits of employee/moral voice for effective... -
Mazda Motor Corporation: Surviving by Partnering with the Giants
Global Business Case Study11.95View Details For 30 years, Mazda Motor Corporation (Mazda) partnered with Ford Motor Company (Ford), helping Ford in small-car engineering and lean manufacturing in... -
NYPD New
Technology & Operations Case Study11.95View Details Police Commissioner Bratten and his staff have led a process designed to create a results-oriented police department from one that previously emphasized... -
Ricardo Semler: A Revolutionary Model of Leadership
Organizational Development Case Study11.95View Details The case follows the story of Brazilian business leader, Ricardo Semler, who took the family marine-pump business, Semco, to multi-national, multi-sector... -
"Do you really think we are so stupid?" A letter to the CEO of Deutsche Telekom (A)
Organizational Development Case Study11.95View Details This three-part case-study illustrates key concepts and lessons about leading adaptive change in organizations in the context of turning around Deutsche... -
Microsoft IT India
Technology & Operations Case Study11.95View Details Raj Biyani faced tough challenges managing Microsoft IT India: leading a remote development organization in which key decisions were made in Redmond,... -
Franco Bernabe at ENI (B)
Leadership & Managing People Case Study5.00View Details Supplements the (A) case.
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Q&A: Ghislain de Charentenay, Sanford C. Bernstein Director of Research, Asia, Video
Organizational Development Digital ArticleIn this video supplement to the HBS case series "Sanford C. Bernstein Goes to Asia," case protagonist Ghislain de Charentenay recalls his leadership priorities... -
EBS in China, Teaching Note
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleTeaching note for case W16844. -
Innovator's DNA, Updated, with a New Preface: Mastering the Five Skills of Disruptive Innovators
A new classic, recommended by leaders and media around the world. In this bestselling book, authors Jeff Dyer ("Innovation Capital" and "The Innovator's... -
The Chopra Center: Expanding the Consciousness of One Billion People
Strategy & Execution Case Study11.95View Details The case presents a decision point in the development of the California-based Chopra Center from the considerations of the center's Chief Operating Officer.... -
Can Sustainability Drive Innovation at Ferrari?
How the luxury automaker used sustainability as a catalyst for innovation internally and in its supply chain. -
Are You a Micromanager?
Leadership development AdviceFor new leaders, it’s a trap that’s easy to fall into. -
LinkedIn’s CEO on Hiring Strategies and the Skills That Matter Most (from The New World of Work)
Adaptive leadership AudioAn interview from the HBR video series The New World of Work with editor-in-chief Adi Ignatius. -
Convincing Your Boss to Make You a Manager
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleWhat to say and when to say it. -
HBR's 10 Must Reads for HR Leaders Collection (5 Books)
Build the workforce of the future. In our volatile and complex era--which boasts a competitive market for top talent--HR's traditional model will fail.... -
The Leadership Odyssey
Leadership & Managing People Magazine ArticleA paradox of business is that while leaders often employ a hands-on, directive style to rise to the top, once they arrive, they're supposed to empower...