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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... -
Let's Hear It for B Players
Organizational Development Magazine ArticleIn the much-heralded war for talent, it's hardly surprising that companies have invested a lot of time, money, and energy in hiring and retaining star... -
How the Best Leadership Teams Navigate Uncertain Times
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleSeven factors that set high-performing executive teams apart. -
Corporate Writing Doesn't Have to Sound Like It's Written by Committee
Communication Digital ArticleClarify your feedback process. -
America's Looming Creativity Crisis
Organizational Development Magazine ArticleThe strength of the American economy does not rest on its manufacturing prowess, its natural resources, or the size of its market. It turns on one factor--the... -
Share the Vision
Strategy & Execution VideoWhatever your role, you need to understand why your job matters and how it fits into the larger organization. -
What Business Can Learn from Nonprofits
Organizational Development Magazine ArticleThe Salvation Army's effectiveness is characteristic of the best nonprofit organizations; in motivating knowledge workers and raising their productivity...
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"Lead, Follow or Get Out of the Way": The Challenges Facing the New Chair of Ophthalmology
Management Case Study8.95View Details The case describes the challenges facing Shlomit Schaal, MD, PhD, the newly appointed Chair of UMass Memorial Health Care's Department of Ophthalmology.... -
Patient Care Delivery Model at the Massachusetts General Hospital
Technology & Operations Case Study8.95View Details Examines the implementation of a new patient care delivery model at Massachusetts General Hospital. Uses clinical and financial data to examine different... -
Allen Distribution Co.
Finance & Accounting Case Study6.95View Details A new credit department manager plans to set the tone of his department by reviewing marginal accounts. -
Zappos.com (B): Strategy Powered by Culture and People
Strategy & Execution Case Study5.00View Details The second part of Zappos case focuses on Zappos's people proposition, which led to high performance and raised barriers to imitation. It demonstrates... -
NerveWire: A Tale of Two Executives, Video
Leadership & Managing People Case Study150.00View Details A series of five segments that include NerveWire, Inc., A Day in the Life of Malcolm Frank, A Day in the Life of Kirk Arnold, Employee Observations of... -
Manage a Difficult Boss
99.00View Details If you love your job but find your boss's behavior difficult, it's up to you to manage the situation. By tailoring your tactics, you can overcome your... -
New Product Development Imperative
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study8.95View Details Introduces students to the best practices for managing new product development projects. Includes concepts and tools related to structuring teams consistent... -
Automation Consulting Services
Finance & Accounting Case Study8.95View Details Illustrates the management control challenges that are associated with rapid growth and geographic expansion. Situated at an offsite Executive Committee... -
Gary Hirshberg and Stonyfield Farm
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study8.95View Details Gary Hirshberg and Stonyfield Farm is the story of one entrepreneur's vision and journey to create a market-leading, environmentally responsible business... -
HBR's 10 Must Reads on Leadership (with featured article "What Makes an Effective Executive," by Peter F. Drucker)
24.95View 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... -
GRIT Fitness
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study8.95View Details In December 2018, GRIT Fitness was a growing chain of boutique fitness studios offering a variety of workout classes, including weightlifting, high intensity... -
Peter Browning and Continental White Cap, Video
Leadership & Managing People Case Study150.00View Details Contains a presentation by Browning to a class of MBA students in March 1986, in which he describes how he handled the first year of his efforts to revitalize... -
Lee and Li, Attorneys-at-Law and the Embezzlement of NT$3 Billion by Eddie Liu (A)
Leadership & Managing People Case Study8.95View Details Dr. C.V. Chen received news that one of Lee and Li's senior assistants had found a loophole in a power of attorney from one of the firm's clients, SanDisk... -
Profit with Gratitude: Building the Foundations of a Grateful Organization
Leadership & Managing People Case Study8.95View Details Infusing a culture of gratitude into an organization can enhance employee engagement and effectiveness. This note makes the case that focusing on this... -
Nike (A) (Condensed)
Leadership & Managing People Case Study6.95View Details Describes the history of Nike, its strategy, and the industry in which it competes. The teaching objective is to ask the student to identify and evaluate... -
Managing with Power
34.95View Details Although much as been written about how to make better decisions, a decision by itself changes nothing. The big problem facing managers and their organizations... -
Troubled Marriages
Leadership & Managing People Case Study8.95View Details Compilation of articles looking at merger integration strategies: "business marriages." Problems of culture, management style, and business goals are... -
Hubtown (A): Designing a Bottom-Up Approach to Performance Management
Organizational Development Case Study8.95View Details In 2014, Hubtown Limited (Hubtown), an Indian real estate development company, was attempting to implement a process to differentiate between its employees... -
American Medical Association
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Rob Parson at Morgan Stanley (C)
Organizational Development Case Study5.00View Details A year after Rob Parson's manager decided to postpone Parson's promotion, Parson's new manager Gary Stuart faces the decision of promotion again. Stuart...
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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....