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4 Areas of Cyber Risk That Boards Need to Address
Technology & Operations Digital ArticleHow companies can build a long-term strategy that will keep them secure. -
The C-Suite Skills That Matter Most
Succession planning SpotlightMore than ever, companies need leaders who are good with people. -
Social-Impact Efforts That Create Real Value
Organizational Development SpotlightCompanies don't win over investors just by issuing sustainability reports and engaging in other standard ESG practices. What they need to do, says Harvard... -
10 ESG Questions Companies Need to Answer
Government policy and regulation Digital ArticleOr risk being left behind. -
Why Incentive Plans Cannot Work
Employee incentives Magazine ArticleWhen reward systems fail, don’t blame the program—look at the premise behind it. -
Stepping into a Leadership Role? Be Ready to Tell Your Story.
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleHit the ground running with a thoughtful personal pitch. -
10 Proactive Questions Every Board Member Should Be Asking
Finance & Accounting Digital ArticleDon't wait for a crisis to have tough conversations. -
What Makes Great Boards Great
Leadership & Managing People Magazine ArticleIn the wake of meltdowns at WorldCom, Tyco, and Enron, enormous attention has been focused on the companies' boards. It seems inconceivable that business... -
CEO Incentives - It's Not How Much You Pay, But How
Organizational Development Magazine ArticleAttention to how much CEOs are paid diverts public attention from how they are paid. A statistical analysis of executive compensation concludes that top... -
A Diverse Board Is an Independent Board
Boards Digital ArticleAnd window dressing doesn’t cut it. -
The Successor’s Dilemma
Collaboration and teams Magazine ArticleLeadership transitions go awry with alarming frequency, often the result of an emotionally charged power struggle between the CEO and his would-be heir. Four practices, however, can help successors defuse the crisis—and make it to the top. -
Google’s Stock-split Plan Would Replace Stewardship with Dictatorship
Technology and analytics Digital ArticleWhen Google introduced a controversial dual-class share structure at the time of its IPO in 2004, I had reservations (as you would expect of someone whose specialty is corporate governance). But the founders’ passionate advocacy of the need to follow a “long-term, innovative approach” resonated with me. However, its recent proposal to effect a 2-for-1 […] -
Will Tim Cook Ever Escape Steve Jobs's Shadow?
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Digital ArticleYesterday's extravaganza is a cause for concern. -
Boards Can’t Wait for CEOs to Prioritize Digital Change
Boards Digital ArticleAnd in some cases the boards themselves will have to change. -
Why Good Boards Aren't There When You Need Them
Organizational Development Digital ArticleThere has been a lot of talk about governance in the wake of the financial crisis. People have been wondering: where were the directors when numerous... -
Even When Women Ask for a Raise, They Don't Ask for Enough
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleThey need to up their expectations. -
Six Ways to Tell if You Have a Bad Board
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleIt would be nice for shareholders to know in advance of a potential corporate crisis whether they have good directors or not. This is especially the case... -
Criteria for Choosing Chief Executives
Succession planning Magazine Article“Did I find it frustrating as the White House Chief of Staff? Toughest job I ever had, but…if you find it unpleasant to cope with a complex problem that is simultaneously the business of four or five Cabinet departments, several public interest groups, and the Congress, and one that the President will finally decide, then […] -
Oil and Troubled Waters
Power and influence Magazine ArticleWhen a crisis forces outside directors to navigate major changes, investors and directors must adopt new roles. The largest such case to date provides some useful lessons. The Royal Dutch/Shell Group was a 60/40 joint venture between Royal Dutch Petroleum and Shell Transport and Trading. It was run by a five-person committee of managing directors […] -
How to Be a Good Board Chair
Organizational Development Magazine ArticleThe majority of board chairs are former CEOs, who are used to calling the shots and being stars. So it's no surprise that many start behaving as if they...
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Founder-CEO Succession at Wily Technology
Leadership & Managing People Case Study8.95View Details Before he accepts the new CEO position, Dick Williams wants founder Lew Cirne to step down as chairman. While considering Williams' incredible demand,... -
Webster Industries (B)
Organizational Development Case Study5.00View Details Supplements the (A) case. -
Michael Ovitz and The Walt Disney Co. (A)
Leadership & Managing People Case Study8.95View Details Faced with the need to hire a new president, The Walt Disney Co. pursued Michael Ovitz, a founder of the Creative Artist Agency. Although initially disinterested,... -
Frank Addante, Serial Entrepreneur
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study8.95View Details Frank Addante is a 28-year-old serial entrepreneur who is in the process of building his fifth venture. Of his first four ventures, two were sold, one... -
The Berkeley-Haas School of Business: Codifying, Embedding, and Sustaining Culture (B)
Organizational Development Case Study5.00View Details The case discusses the challenges the dean faced as well as future challenges to sustain the culture after the dean steps down at the end of the 2017/2018... -
Asociacion Chilena de Seguridad (ACHS)
Organizational Development Case Study8.95View Details Outlines the history of the Asociacion Chilena de Seguridad (ACHS), a nonprofit organization dedicated to the prevention, treatment, and rehabilitation... -
A Non-Traditional Female Entrepreneur (A)
Strategy & Execution Case Study8.95View Details The president and founder of New Deantronics (ND), launched her sales office in San Francisco, California, in 1985 and then set up her factory in Taiwan... -
Au Bon Pain: The French Bakery Cafe, the Partner/Manager Program
Technology & Operations Case Study6.95View Details In recent years, Au Bon Pain (ABP), a chain of upscale French bakeries/sandwich cafes based in Boston, confronted a set of human resource problems endemic... -
Oracle vs. PeopleSoft (A)
Leadership & Managing People Case Study8.95View Details Focuses on the hotly contested takeover battle between software rivals Oracle and PeopleSoft in 2003 and 2004. Raises novel issues of takeover law under... -
ConAgra Foods: The Next Chapter
Strategy & Execution Case Study6.95View Details In 2005, CEO Bruce Rohde has almost completed the integration of ConAgra Foods' collection of 90 independent operating companies into a focused, value-added... -
Disney's "The Lion King" (C): Repeat Performance?
Technology & Operations Case Study5.00View Details Three of Disney's animated films that followed "The Lion King"-"Pocahontas," "Toy Story," and "The Hunchback of Notre Dame"-were significantly less successful... -
Tom Tierney at Bain & Co. (A)
Technology & Operations Case Study8.95View Details Bain managing director Tom Tierney is contemplating how best to rotate the office head position between two partners at one of the firm's offices. The... -
The Sustainability Sweet Spot at Jiu Zhen Nan Taiwan Pastry
Management Case Study8.95View Details Set in 2022, the case follows the sustainability journey of Jiu Zhen Nan, a 133-year-old Taiwanese pastry brand headquartered in Kaohsiung, the southern... -
Swagbucks
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study8.95View Details In early 2016, Chuck Davis, chairman and CEO of Prodege LLC, parent company of the brand promotion business Swagbucks, and Josef Gorowitz, Prodege's founder... -
Margaret Huebner: Building the Human Resources Function at Oman's Port of Salalah
Leadership & Managing People Case Study8.95View Details This case describes how consultant Margaret Huebner successfully updated the human resources (HR) function for the emergent Port of Salalah in the Sultanate... -
Gender Diversity on Boards: Views from Norway
Finance & Accounting Case Study15.05View Details The issue of gender diversity on boards has received increased attention in U.S markets over the past few years. In 2018, California introduced a law... -
Massachusetts Pay-for-Success Contracts: Reducing Juvenile and Young Adult Recidivism
Sales & Marketing Case Study8.95View Details The case describes the nature of juvenile recidivism in Massachusetts and explores the potential structure of a privately funded, publicly guaranteed... -
Board Director Dilemmas - Sharing Expertise
Leadership & Managing People Case Study8.95View Details This case focuses on a new director who was invited to the board specifically due to her expertise in a technical area. The case allows for discussion... -
August Thyssen and German Steel
Global Business Case Study8.95View Details Presents an important story in the industrial development of Germany. August Thyssen, the head of the company from 1871 until his death in 1926, was one...
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4 Areas of Cyber Risk That Boards Need to Address
Technology & Operations Digital ArticleHow companies can build a long-term strategy that will keep them secure. -
The C-Suite Skills That Matter Most
Succession planning SpotlightMore than ever, companies need leaders who are good with people. -
Social-Impact Efforts That Create Real Value
Organizational Development SpotlightCompanies don't win over investors just by issuing sustainability reports and engaging in other standard ESG practices. What they need to do, says Harvard... -
10 ESG Questions Companies Need to Answer
Government policy and regulation Digital ArticleOr risk being left behind. -
Why Incentive Plans Cannot Work
Employee incentives Magazine ArticleWhen reward systems fail, don’t blame the program—look at the premise behind it. -
Stepping into a Leadership Role? Be Ready to Tell Your Story.
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleHit the ground running with a thoughtful personal pitch. -
10 Proactive Questions Every Board Member Should Be Asking
Finance & Accounting Digital ArticleDon't wait for a crisis to have tough conversations. -
What Makes Great Boards Great
Leadership & Managing People Magazine ArticleIn the wake of meltdowns at WorldCom, Tyco, and Enron, enormous attention has been focused on the companies' boards. It seems inconceivable that business... -
CEO Incentives - It's Not How Much You Pay, But How
Organizational Development Magazine ArticleAttention to how much CEOs are paid diverts public attention from how they are paid. A statistical analysis of executive compensation concludes that top... -
7 Pressing Cybersecurity Questions Boards Need to Ask
Management Digital Article7 Pressing Cybersecurity Questions Boards Need to Ask featuring Dr. Keri Pearlson.