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Understanding Leadership (HBR Classic)
Leadership & Managing People Magazine ArticleThe would-be analyst of leadership usually studies popularity, power, showmanship, or wisdom in long-range planning. But none of these qualities is the... -
Company Culture Is Everyone's Responsibility
Organizational Development Digital ArticleA top-down approach doesn't work anymore. -
How to Run a Meeting
Organizational Development Magazine ArticleSuccessful meetings begin by identifying their objectives as information-digestive, constructive-originative, or legislative. A chairperson should draw... -
Power of Talk: Who Gets Heard and Why
Leadership & Managing People Magazine ArticleMost managerial work happens through talk--discussions, meetings, presentations, negotiations. And it is through talk that managers evaluate others and... -
Six Basics for General Managers
Leadership & Managing People Magazine ArticleSuccessful general managers stress fundamentals. Whatever their leadership style, they invariably focus their efforts on the six tasks that lay the foundation... -
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,... -
Making of an Expert
Leadership & Managing People Magazine ArticlePopular lore tells us that genius is born, not made. Scientific research, on the other hand, reveals that true expertise is mainly the product of years... -
First, Let's Fire All the Managers
Leadership & Managing People Magazine ArticleExecutives don't realize it, but a hierarchy of managers exacts a hefty tax on any organization: Managers are expensive, increase the risk of bad decisions,... -
Executive Women and the Myth of Having It All
Organizational Development Magazine ArticleWhen it comes to having a high-powered career and a family, the painful truth is that women in the United States don't "have it all." At midlife, in fact,... -
Skills of an Effective Administrator (HBR Classic)
Leadership & Managing People Magazine ArticleEffective administration depends upon three basic personal skills which, for analytical purposes, can be classified as technical, human, and conceptual.... -
Getting 360-Degree Feedback Right
Organizational Development Magazine ArticleOver the past decade, 360-degree feedback has revolutionized performance management. But one of its components--peer appraisal--consistently stymies executives... -
Extreme Jobs: The Dangerous Allure of the 70-Hour Workweek
Organizational Development Magazine ArticleToday's overachieving professionals labor longer, take on more responsibility, and earn more than the workaholics of yore. They hold what Hewlett and... -
Teaching Smart People How to Learn
Leadership & Managing People Magazine ArticleCompetitive success depends on learning, but most people, including professionals in leadership positions, are not very good at it. Learning is a function... -
Narcissistic Leaders: The Incredible Pros, the Inevitable Cons (HBR Classic)
Leadership & Managing People Magazine ArticleIn the winter of 2000, at the height of the dot-com boom, business leaders posed for the covers of Time, BusinessWeek, and the Economist with the aplomb... -
What's Holding Women Back?
Organizational Development Magazine ArticleThe research firm Catalyst presents new findings on the barriers that keep women from advancing through the corporate ranks. Its recent survey of Fortune... -
Curse of the Superstar CEO
Leadership & Managing People Magazine ArticleWhen struggling companies look for a new chief executive today, the one quality they prize above all others is charisma. But once they've recruited a... -
Be Real with Your Team
Be transparent and authentic with your team. A ukulele can help. -
Change Through Persuasion
Leadership & Managing People Magazine ArticleFaced with the need for a massive change, most managers respond predictably. They revamp the organization's strategy, shift around staff, and root out... -
Share the Vision
Strategy & Execution VideoWhatever your role, you need to understand why your job matters and how it fits into the larger organization. -
How to Stay Stuck in the Wrong Career
Leadership & Managing People Magazine ArticleEveryone knows a story about a talented businessperson who has lost his passion for work or a person who ditched a 20-year career to pursue something...
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Aligning the Stars: How to Succeed When Professionals Drive Results
Most businesses rely on talent to succeed, but none so much as professional service firms. Within this rapidly expanding, trillion-dollar industry, professionals--and... -
Egon Zehnder International: Managing Professionals in an Executive Search Firm
Leadership & Managing People Case Study5.00View Details Compares the management of professionals at Egon Zehnder International, a leading executive search firm, and its competitors. Highlights recruitment,... -
HBR's 10 Must Reads on Leadership (Paperback + Ebook)
Leadership & Managing People Special Offer34.95View Details How can you transform yourself from a good manager into an extraordinary leader? We've combed through hundreds of Harvard Business Review articles on... -
Coca-Cola Co. (B): Douglas Daft Takes Over
Leadership & Managing People Case Study5.00View Details Describes Douglas Daft's first quarter as chairman and CEO of The Coca-Cola Co. Highlights actions taken to resolve issues that arose under M. Douglas... -
Merck & Co., Inc.: Addressing Third-World Needs (B)
Strategy & Execution Case Study5.00View Details Supplements Merck & Co., Inc.: Addressing Third-World Needs (A). -
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... -
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... -
Little Short Stop: Creating Strategy for a Shifting Industry
Strategy & Execution Case Study8.95View Details In early 2019, the general manager of Little Short Stop Stores, a chain of local, family-owned convenience stores in southwestern Ontario, Canada, was... -
Lisa Benton (B)
Organizational Development Case Study5.00View Details Provides a follow-up to Lisa Benton (A). -
Malcolm Turner at Vanderbilt
Organizational Development Case Study8.95View Details Malcolm Turner becomes the new athletic director at Vanderbilt University, tasked with increasing athletics-related revenue and improving on-field performance,... -
Architects Collaborative, Inc.
Sales & Marketing Case Study8.95View Details Although internationally recognized for quality design, the collaborative's billings have been on a plateau for four years and they are losing jobs to... -
E. Rachel Hubka (B)
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study5.00View Details Supplements E. Rachel Hubka (A). -
Kids Are Alright: How the Gamer Generation Is Changing the Workplace
14.95View Details Think video games are kids' stuff? Think again. According to authors John C. Beck and Mitchell Wade, all those hours immersed in game culture have created... -
History of Investment Banking
Finance & Accounting Case Study8.95View Details Describes the history of investment banking. -
Retaining Employees
9.95View Details What can you, as a manager, do to attract top talent and keep your company's high-performing employees? In Retaining Employees, you'll learn ways to stay... -
A New Team at Tier1 Coaching and Development, Inc.
Organizational Development Case Study8.95View Details The co-founder of Tier1 Coaching and Development, Inc., a small training and development firm, had to hire an entirely new staff after 10 years in business.... -
Strategic Review at Egon Zehnder International (C)
Strategy & Execution Case Study5.00View Details Supplements the (A) case. -
Sedalia Engine Plant (A)
Organizational Development Case Study8.95View Details The new plant manager must deal with the problems and potentials contained in this highly participatory management style plant. -
Hard Facts, Dangerous Half-Truths, and Total Nonsense: Profiting from Evidence-Based Management
35.00View Details The best organizations have the best talent. Financial incentives drive company performance. Firms must change or die. Popular axioms like these drive... -
Direct, Personal Leadership
Leadership & Managing People Case Study8.95View Details Argues that to be effective leaders, general managers must focus on substance, not process, and aggressively combat the forces that can lead to the politicization...
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Understanding Leadership (HBR Classic)
Leadership & Managing People Magazine ArticleThe would-be analyst of leadership usually studies popularity, power, showmanship, or wisdom in long-range planning. But none of these qualities is the... -
Company Culture Is Everyone's Responsibility
Organizational Development Digital ArticleA top-down approach doesn't work anymore. -
How to Run a Meeting
Organizational Development Magazine ArticleSuccessful meetings begin by identifying their objectives as information-digestive, constructive-originative, or legislative. A chairperson should draw... -
Power of Talk: Who Gets Heard and Why
Leadership & Managing People Magazine ArticleMost managerial work happens through talk--discussions, meetings, presentations, negotiations. And it is through talk that managers evaluate others and... -
Six Basics for General Managers
Leadership & Managing People Magazine ArticleSuccessful general managers stress fundamentals. Whatever their leadership style, they invariably focus their efforts on the six tasks that lay the foundation... -
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,... -
Making of an Expert
Leadership & Managing People Magazine ArticlePopular lore tells us that genius is born, not made. Scientific research, on the other hand, reveals that true expertise is mainly the product of years... -
First, Let's Fire All the Managers
Leadership & Managing People Magazine ArticleExecutives don't realize it, but a hierarchy of managers exacts a hefty tax on any organization: Managers are expensive, increase the risk of bad decisions,... -
Executive Women and the Myth of Having It All
Organizational Development Magazine ArticleWhen it comes to having a high-powered career and a family, the painful truth is that women in the United States don't "have it all." At midlife, in fact,... -
Skills of an Effective Administrator (HBR Classic)
Leadership & Managing People Magazine ArticleEffective administration depends upon three basic personal skills which, for analytical purposes, can be classified as technical, human, and conceptual....