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It's Time to Define Your Company's Principles
Strategy & Execution Magazine ArticleCompanies need to develop strong guiding principles that go beyond generic mission statements and values, the authors argue. Well-articulated principles... -
How to Fix HR
Organizational Development Magazine ArticleHR departments should be held responsible for their companies' performance, not just for programs that provide services and support to staff. -
Don't Let Your Corporate Purpose Get Lost in the Daily Grind
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Change Management in Government
Organizational Development Magazine ArticleSince the days of John F. Kennedy's New Frontier, the American public's regard for the competence of public agencies and the value of the services they... -
What Executives Should Remember
Leadership & Managing People Magazine ArticleIn more than 30 essays for Harvard Business Review, Peter Drucker (1909-2005) urged readers to take on the hard work of thinking--always combined, he... -
Learning in the Thick of It
Organizational Development Magazine ArticleThe U.S. Army's Opposing Force (OPFOR) is a 2,500-member brigade whose job is to help prepare soldiers for combat. Created to be the meanest, toughest... -
How to Reframe What Work Means to You
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleTransform your job from something you endure to something that brings you meaning. -
Craft a Measurable Company Purpose
Strategy Digital ArticleStep one: Make sure your purpose statement includes key stakeholders. Step two: Make sure your KPIs align. -
Defining Your Organization's Values
Organizational Development Digital ArticleWhat are the bedrock principles underlying your company's mission? This issue's Spotlight package examines how understanding and openly recognizing them... -
Can You Say What Your Strategy Is?
Strategy & Execution HBR BestsellerCan you summarize your company's strategy in 35 words or less? Would your colleagues express it the same way? Very few executives can honestly say yes... -
What Does Your Company Really Stand For?
Personal purpose and values SpotlightAlign what matters to you as an organization with what matters to your employees. -
The Best Entrepreneurs Are Missionaries, Not Mercenaries
Entrepreneurial management Digital ArticleAsk three questions to figure out which one you are. -
Don't Let Opportunism Compromise Your Corporate Mission
Strategy & Execution Digital ArticleStrategy begins with a clear decision about what business you're in. -
Making Purpose Real
Leadership & Managing People Digital Article"Despite its sudden elevation in corporate life, purpose remains a confusing topic," the authors write. A primary cause of this confusion, they say, is... -
Put Meaning at the Center of Your Business Model
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The Eight-Word Mission Statement
Organizational Development Digital ArticleDay one of the PopTech conference in Camden, Maine was a polyglot delight. Presentations covered topics as far afield as the establishment of jaguar preserves... -
The 3 Things Employees Really Want: Career, Community, Cause
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When Failure Isn't an Option
Organizational Development Magazine ArticleSome teams, by the very nature of their work, must consistently perform at the highest levels. How do you--as a team leader, a supervisor, a trainer,... -
Transforming Giants
Strategy & Execution Magazine ArticleLarge corporations have long been seen as lumbering, inflexible, bureaucratic - and clueless about global developments. But recently some multinationals... -
4 Strategies to Cultivate an Authentic Corporate Purpose
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleHow to bridge the gap between profit and genuine societal contribution.
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The DivaCup: Navigating Distribution and Growth
Sales & Marketing Case Study11.95View Details When the mother-daughter founders of DivaCup set out with a mission to disrupt the menstrual care industry with an innovative product form, they initially... -
Lomography: Analog in a Digital World
Sales & Marketing Case Study11.95View Details In spite of the world's move to digital photography, in 2013 Lomography continues to design and offer analog (film) cameras to a loyal following of artistic... -
Dana Hall: Funding a Mission (A)
Strategy & Execution Case Study11.95View Details Dana Hall is a private all-girls school in New England facing a crisis in its mission. As social norms shift away from single-sex education, the school's... -
Dans la rue: Balancing the Heart and the Pocketbook
Leadership & Managing People Case Study11.95View Details This case study of social innovation and entrepreneurship looks closely at the growth of a not-for-profit enterprise. Dans la rue was founded in 1988... -
Dana Hall: Funding a Mission (E): Excerpts from a Letter from Head of School Caroline Erisman, May 2015
Strategy & Execution Case Study5.00View Details Dana Hall is a private all-girls school in New England facing a crisis in its mission. As social norms shift away from single-sex education, the school's... -
Two Ways of Pursuing a Calling
Management Case Study8.95View Details Work can be a means to a financial end, a stepping stone to higher-level jobs, or a meaningful end in itself: a calling. The technical note provides an... -
Merck: Managing Vioxx (B)
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Flourish Fi: Empowering Positive Money Habits
Management Case Study11.95View Details Flourish's co-founders met in a UC Berkeley Haas MBA course and - motivated by financial adversity in their own families - aimed to make saving money... -
Governing OpenAI (B)
Management Case Study5.00View Details In late November 2023, OpenAI's new board of directors took stock of the situation. The company, which sought to develop artificial general intelligence... -
Held Hostage in the 21st Century: Cybersecurity, Ransomware, and Crisis Management (A)
Leadership & Managing People Case Study11.95View Details This case is part of the Giving Voice to Values (GVV) curriculum. To see other material in the GVV curriculum, please visit http://store.darden.virginia.edu/giving-voice-to-values.... -
USAA in the Digital World
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Runa: Driving Social Change through Passion and Profit
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study11.95View Details Near the end of 2008, Tyler Gage and Dan MacCombie enrolled in an entrepreneurship course at Brown University. During the class, they refined the business... -
MOD Pizza in 2017
Leadership & Managing People Case Study5.00View Details This case provides a brief update to Boris Groysberg's, John D. Vaughan's, and Matthew G. Preble's, "MOD Pizza: A Winning Recipe?" HBS No. 416004 (Boston:... -
Merck: Managing Vioxx (C)
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The Robin Hood Army
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Triangle Community Foundation
Strategy & Execution Case Study11.95View Details In February 2000, Triangle Community Foundation (TCF) director of Philanthropic Services Tony Pipa presented the foundation's new mission statement and... -
The UEFA Academy: Enhancing The Beautiful Game Through Co-Creation
Sales & Marketing Case Study11.95View Details In 2020, the head of the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) Academy, faced some tough decisions surrounding co-creation initiatives. The UEFA... -
Higher Ground: How Business Can Do the Right Thing in a Turbulent World
32.00View Details An indispensable guide to help companies navigate the new era of ethical challenges and risks in a volatile global landscape. Today's headlines teem with... -
Making Target the Target: Boycotts and Corporate Political Activity (C)
Management Case Study5.00View Details Supplement to case 317113.
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The DivaCup: Navigating Distribution and Growth
Sales & Marketing Case Study11.95View Details When the mother-daughter founders of DivaCup set out with a mission to disrupt the menstrual care industry with an innovative product form, they initially... -
Lomography: Analog in a Digital World
Sales & Marketing Case Study11.95View Details In spite of the world's move to digital photography, in 2013 Lomography continues to design and offer analog (film) cameras to a loyal following of artistic... -
Alice Saddy: Caring for the Community, Teaching Note
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Turning Mission Statements into Action
Leadership & Managing People Other Article4.50View Details Corporations love to author mission statements because they help an organization figure out its purpose, and help employees work toward that goal. But... -
Dana Hall: Funding a Mission (A)
Strategy & Execution Case Study11.95View Details Dana Hall is a private all-girls school in New England facing a crisis in its mission. As social norms shift away from single-sex education, the school's... -
It's Time to Define Your Company's Principles
Strategy & Execution Magazine ArticleCompanies need to develop strong guiding principles that go beyond generic mission statements and values, the authors argue. Well-articulated principles... -
Dans la rue: Balancing the Heart and the Pocketbook
Leadership & Managing People Case Study11.95View Details This case study of social innovation and entrepreneurship looks closely at the growth of a not-for-profit enterprise. Dans la rue was founded in 1988... -
Dana Hall: Funding a Mission (E): Excerpts from a Letter from Head of School Caroline Erisman, May 2015
Strategy & Execution Case Study5.00View Details Dana Hall is a private all-girls school in New England facing a crisis in its mission. As social norms shift away from single-sex education, the school's... -
Two Ways of Pursuing a Calling
Management Case Study8.95View Details Work can be a means to a financial end, a stepping stone to higher-level jobs, or a meaningful end in itself: a calling. The technical note provides an... -
Dans la rue: Balancing the Heart and the Pocketbook, Teaching Note
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleTeaching Note for case HEC120.
