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What Makes a Leader?
Leadership & Managing People Magazine ArticleWhen asked to define the ideal leader, many would emphasize traits such as intelligence, toughness, determination, and vision--the qualities traditionally... -
The Leadership Odyssey
Leadership Magazine ArticleIt’s not easy to become less directive and more empowering. Here’s how to navigate the challenges. -
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... -
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. But when properly managed,... -
The Top 20 Business Transformations of the Last Decade
Organizational Development Digital ArticleNetflix, Adobe, and Amazon top the list. -
Sarcasm, Self-Deprecation, and Inside Jokes: A User's Guide to Humor at Work
Leadership & Managing People Magazine ArticleHumor is widely considered essential in personal relationships, but in leaders, it's seen as an ancillary behavior. Though some leaders use humor instinctively,... -
From Purpose to Impact
Leadership & Managing People Magazine ArticleOver the past five years, there's been an explosion of interest in purpose-driven leadership. Academics, business experts, and even doctors make the case... -
Structure Your Presentation Like a Story
Communication Digital ArticleTo win people over, create tension between the status quo and a better way. -
5 Principles to Guide Adaptive Leadership
Adaptive leadership Digital ArticleHow you respond to a crisis will have repercussions for years to come. -
How to (Actually) Change Someone's Mind
Communication Digital ArticleThree strategies to turn your adversaries into allies. -
A New Model for Ethical Leadership
Leadership & Managing People Magazine ArticleRather than try to follow a set of simple rules ("Don't lie." "Don't cheat."), leaders and managers seeking to be more ethical should focus on creating... -
Leadership That Gets Results
Leadership & Managing People HBR BestsellerA leader's singular job is to get results. But even with all the leadership training programs and "expert" advice available, effective leadership still... -
Adaptability: The New Competitive Advantage
Strategy & Execution Magazine ArticleTraditional approaches to strategy assume that the world is relatively stable and predictable. But globalization, new technologies, and greater transparency... -
How to Intervene When a Manager Is Gaslighting Their Employees
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleWhat leaders can do when they spot this bad behavior. -
How to Develop Your Leadership Style
Leadership & Managing People HBR BestsellerBosses often sense that something is missing in an employee's tool kit but can't put a finger on what it is. They say something like "You need certain... -
You Need Two Leadership Gears
Leadership & Managing People Magazine ArticleThe debate about the best way to lead has been raging for years: Should you empower your people and get out of their way, or take charge and push them... -
Be Real with Your Team
Be transparent and authentic with your team. A ukulele can help. -
How to Navigate Feelings of Confidence and Self-Doubt After a Promotion
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleMost new leaders err too far in one direction or the other. -
The Most Common Type of Incompetent Leader
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleWhy an absentee boss is worse than an abusive one. -
Listen for Your Clients' Real Needs
Careful listening can uncover unexpected-and effective-customer solutions.
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An Overview of Risk and Risk Management
Finance & Accounting Case Study8.95View Details This note was developed to summarize how some managers and firms are approaching risk management, and to provide a risk assessment tool that can be used... -
Wells Fargo: Setting the Stagecoach Thundering Again
Strategy & Execution Case Study8.95View Details This case raises contemporary issues pertaining to strategy and leadership. It helps to demonstrate that (a) sound economic rationale is a necessary but... -
MicroFridge: The Concept
Sales & Marketing Case Study8.95View Details Robert Bennett, who has a Master's degree in engineering, wants to exploit his idea to combine a refrigerator, freezer, and 500-watt microwave into an... -
Roustam Tariko, Russian Entrepreneur: An Iconoclast in a Maelstrom
Leadership & Managing People Case Study8.95View Details This case looks at entrepreneurial leadership and business development on several levels. It addresses issues that typically arise in new ventures and... -
Ethics Without the Sermon (Harvard Business Review Classics)
Corporate values and corporate operations have always been dynamically intertwined, but today more than ever the trend toward focusing on the social impact... -
Man Jit Singh at Sony Entertainment Television (A)
Organizational Development Case Study14.00View Details Explores the role of CEO Man Jit Singh and his senior management committee in leading Multi Screen Media Pvt. Ltd. (formerly SET Pvt. Ltd.), a leading... -
Humanocracy: Creating Organizations as Amazing as the People Inside Them
Strategy & Execution BookIn a world of unrelenting change and unprecedented challenges, we need organizations that are resilient and daring. Unfortunately, most organizations,... -
Rospil.info
Leadership & Managing People Case Study8.95View Details What should business leaders do about corruption? In December 2011, four HBS alumni met to debate how to engage the unprecedented protests against Vladimir... -
FJ Management Inc.
Leadership & Managing People Case Study8.95View Details In late 2015, Crystal Call Maggelet, president and CEO of FJ Management, is working with her investment committee to help set the company's strategic... -
Overhead Reduction Task Force
Leadership & Managing People Case Study8.95View Details A middle manager is about to meet with his boss to discuss her request that he head up a task force to determine how overhead can be reduced by 20%. He... -
Leading Change in Talent at L'Oreal
Organizational Development Case Study8.95View Details Jean-Claude Le Grand just stepped into a new role as Executive Vice-President for Human Resources at the global cosmetics company, L'Oréal. He is now... -
Sony
Leadership & Managing People Case Study15.05View Details Sony used to be synonymous with "innovation" and "cool products". The case reveals how the company lost its edge and describes the leadership initiatives... -
Alex Atala: Bringing Brazil to the World
Leadership & Managing People Case Study8.95View Details Brazilian Michelin-star chef Alex Atala managed four restaurants, a foundation advocating for the environment, and a seminar focused on food and sustainability.... -
Coach K: A Matter of the Heart
Leadership & Managing People Case Study8.95View Details Successful college basketball coach Mike Krzyzewski faces the decision whether to accept a lucrative offer to coach a professional basketball team or... -
Why Do So Many Incompetent Men Become Leaders?: (And How to Fix It)
Look around your office. Turn on the TV. Incompetent leadership is everywhere, and there's no denying that most of these leaders are men. In this timely... -
The National Geographic Society (B)
Organizational Development Case Study5.00View Details This case was written as an update to the case "The National Geographic Society," HBS No. 311-002, published in 2011. The (B) case describes the 2015... -
Concordia Casting Co.
Technology & Operations Case Study8.95View Details Describes five years of development in a centralized data processing activity serving a highly decentralized corporation. Data processing manager discovers... -
Philipp Justus at eBay Germany (A)
Leadership & Managing People Case Study15.05View Details A week after becoming country manager of eBay's recently acquired German auction site, Philipp Justus must steer the company through a massive technical... -
The "Garbage Lady" Cleans Up Kampala: Turning Quick Wins into Lasting Change
Management Case StudyIn 2011, at the newly formed Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA), Judith Tumusiime, an impassioned technocrat who prided herself on operating outside...
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What Makes a Leader?
Leadership & Managing People Magazine ArticleWhen asked to define the ideal leader, many would emphasize traits such as intelligence, toughness, determination, and vision--the qualities traditionally... -
The Leadership Odyssey
Leadership Magazine ArticleIt’s not easy to become less directive and more empowering. Here’s how to navigate the challenges. -
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... -
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. But when properly managed,... -
The Top 20 Business Transformations of the Last Decade
Organizational Development Digital ArticleNetflix, Adobe, and Amazon top the list. -
Sarcasm, Self-Deprecation, and Inside Jokes: A User's Guide to Humor at Work
Leadership & Managing People Magazine ArticleHumor is widely considered essential in personal relationships, but in leaders, it's seen as an ancillary behavior. Though some leaders use humor instinctively,... -
From Purpose to Impact
Leadership & Managing People Magazine ArticleOver the past five years, there's been an explosion of interest in purpose-driven leadership. Academics, business experts, and even doctors make the case... -
Structure Your Presentation Like a Story
Communication Digital ArticleTo win people over, create tension between the status quo and a better way. -
5 Principles to Guide Adaptive Leadership
Adaptive leadership Digital ArticleHow you respond to a crisis will have repercussions for years to come. -
How to (Actually) Change Someone's Mind
Communication Digital ArticleThree strategies to turn your adversaries into allies.