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Management Time: Who's Got the Monkey?
Leadership & Managing People Magazine ArticleMany managers feel overwhelmed. They have too many problems--too many monkeys--on their backs. All too often, they say, they find themselves running out... -
What Is Psychological Safety?
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleA culture of trust and belonging doesn't just happen. Here's how you make one. -
The Case for a Chief of Staff
Leadership & Managing People Magazine ArticleNew CEOs are typically focused on creating and implementing a strategy, building a top team, and driving culture change. Optimizing administrative workflow... -
How Apple Is Organized for Innovation
Organizational Development Magazine ArticleWhen Steve Jobs returned to Apple, in 1997, it had a conventional structure for a company of its size and scope. It was divided into business units, each... -
Manage Your Energy, Not Your Time
Leadership & Managing People Magazine ArticleAs the demands of the workplace keep rising, many people respond by putting in ever longer hours, which inevitably leads to burnout that costs both the... -
The Surprising Power of Questions
Leadership & Managing People Magazine ArticleMuch of an executive's workday is spent asking others for information--requesting status updates from a team leader, for example, or questioning a counterpart... -
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... -
The Leader as Coach
Leadership & Managing People Magazine ArticleIn the face of rapid, disruptive change, companies are realizing that managers can't be expected to have all the answers and that command-and-control... -
How to Conduct a Great Performance Review
Developing employees Digital ArticleWhat to do before, during, and after the meeting. -
Creating Psychological Safety for Black Women at Your Company
Organizational Development Digital ArticleWhat organizations tend to get wrong - and how to get it right. -
What Leaders Really Do
Change management Magazine ArticleThey don’t make plans; they don’t solve problems; they don’t even organize people. What leaders really do is prepare organizations for change and help them cope as they struggle through it. -
The Set-Up-To-Fail Syndrome
Managerial behavior Magazine ArticleHow bosses create their own poor performers. -
9 Trends That Will Shape Work in 2023 and Beyond
Business management Digital ArticleAmid a looming economic downturn, employers can expect another tumultuous year. -
Consulting Is More Than Giving Advice
Management Magazine ArticleBy building on a hierarchy of goals, consultants and managers can work toward mutual interests. -
Employees Are Losing Patience with Change Initiatives
Organizational change Digital ArticleA Gartner survey found that employees’ willingness to support enterprise change fell from 74% in 2016 to just 43% in 2022. -
Writing a Rejection Letter (with Samples)
Business writing Digital ArticleA quick no is better than a long maybe. -
Eight Ways to Build Collaborative Teams
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Magazine ArticleExecuting complex initiatives like acquisitions or an IT overhaul requires a breadth of knowledge that can be provided only by teams that are large, diverse,... -
When Great Minds Don't Think Alike
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleTemple Grandin on how to harness different kinds of thinking for creativity, problem-solving, and innovation. -
The Right Way to Fire Someone
Dismissing employees Digital ArticleBe simple and to-the-point. -
The Performance Management Revolution
Employee performance management Magazine ArticleThe focus is shifting from accountability to learning.
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Globalization of CEMEX
Strategy & Execution Case Study8.95View Details CEMEX is a Mexican company that has become a major international competitor in cement while maintaining a higher level of profitability than other, longer-established... -
Senior Leadership Teams: What it Takes to Make Them Great
An organization's fate hinges on its CEO--right? Not according to the authors of "Senior Leadership Teams." They argue that in today's world of neck-snapping... -
Dan Stewart (C)
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C.W. Post
Leadership & Managing People Case Study8.95View Details In 1906, C.W. Post had to move his latest breakfast product--corn flakes--from store shelves into cereal bowls nationwide. Post genuinely believed his... -
VeeV on the Rocks?
Organizational Development Case Study8.95View Details Three pressing challenges (equity split, extent of commitment to social responsibility, and product discoloration) confront VeeV, the world's first alcoholic... -
Whither the Weather (Company): Forecasting 2016
Strategy & Execution Case Study8.95View Details CEO David Kenny led the transformation of the Weather Company from a television business to a Big Data technology company from 2012 until 2016, when IBM... -
Intel Corp.: Leveraging Capabilities for Strategic Renewal
Strategy & Execution Case Study6.95View Details Traces the history of Intel from its earliest days as a technology-driven memory company to its emergence as an increasingly market-focused microprocessor... -
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,... -
Global Unichip Corporation (B)
Strategy & Execution Case Study5.00View Details Supplement for case 613048 -
Upjohn Co.: The Upjohn - Pharmacia Merger
Finance & Accounting Case Study8.95View Details In August 1995, the Upjohn Co. and Pharmacia AB announced a "merger of equals." This case provides background information on the industry, the position... -
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... -
General Electric: Valley Forge (B)
Finance & Accounting Case Study5.00View Details Supplements General Electric: Valley Forge (A). -
City of New York
Finance & Accounting Case Study8.95View Details This case examines the economics of a municipality, and then explores its financial position from the perspective of a bond rating firm. -
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,... -
National Parks Conservation Association
Global Business Case Study8.95View Details The National Parks Conservation Association seeks to help the U.S. National Park Service increase its efficiency by incorporating principles of business... -
Bausch & Lomb, Inc.: Pressure to Perform
Finance & Accounting Case Study8.95View Details Bausch & Lomb is the subject of press attacks and experiences a sharp fall in stock price when management practices are exposed. Aggressive goal setting,... -
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... -
Narrative Presentation: Telling the Company Story
Communication Case Study8.95View Details The Narrative Presentation Assignment offers students an opportunity to gain firsthand experience with an essential managerial communication skill: storytelling.... -
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...
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Management Time: Who's Got the Monkey?
Leadership & Managing People Magazine ArticleMany managers feel overwhelmed. They have too many problems--too many monkeys--on their backs. All too often, they say, they find themselves running out... -
What Is Psychological Safety?
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleA culture of trust and belonging doesn't just happen. Here's how you make one. -
The Case for a Chief of Staff
Leadership & Managing People Magazine ArticleNew CEOs are typically focused on creating and implementing a strategy, building a top team, and driving culture change. Optimizing administrative workflow... -
How Apple Is Organized for Innovation
Organizational Development Magazine ArticleWhen Steve Jobs returned to Apple, in 1997, it had a conventional structure for a company of its size and scope. It was divided into business units, each... -
Manage Your Energy, Not Your Time
Leadership & Managing People Magazine ArticleAs the demands of the workplace keep rising, many people respond by putting in ever longer hours, which inevitably leads to burnout that costs both the... -
The Surprising Power of Questions
Leadership & Managing People Magazine ArticleMuch of an executive's workday is spent asking others for information--requesting status updates from a team leader, for example, or questioning a counterpart... -
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... -
The Leader as Coach
Leadership & Managing People Magazine ArticleIn the face of rapid, disruptive change, companies are realizing that managers can't be expected to have all the answers and that command-and-control... -
How to Conduct a Great Performance Review
Developing employees Digital ArticleWhat to do before, during, and after the meeting. -
Creating Psychological Safety for Black Women at Your Company
Organizational Development Digital ArticleWhat organizations tend to get wrong - and how to get it right.