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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,... -
How to Fix HR
Organizational Development Magazine ArticleHR departments should be held responsible for their companies' performance, not just for programs that provide services and support to staff. -
Can You Say What Your Strategy Is?
Strategy & Execution HBR BestsellerCan you summarize your company's strategy in 35 words or less? Would your colleagues express it the same way? Very few executives can honestly say yes... -
What Executives Should Remember
Leadership & Managing People Magazine ArticleIn more than 30 essays for Harvard Business Review, Peter Drucker (1909-2005) urged readers to take on the hard work of thinking--always combined, he... -
Using the Balanced Scorecard as a Strategic Management System
Finance & Accounting HBR BestsellerThe balanced scorecard revolutionized conventional thinking about performance metrics. When Robert Kaplan and David Norton first introduced the concept... -
Narrow the Gap Between Company and Employee Purpose
Personal purpose and values Digital ArticleBy personalizing purpose, businesses can boost productivity and job satisfaction. -
To Craft a Purpose That Motivates Your Team, Balance Pragmatism and Idealism
Leadership vision Digital ArticleFour key questions to ask as part of the process. -
The 3 Things Employees Really Want: Career, Community, Cause
Careers Digital ArticleAccording to an analysis of Facebook employees. -
How to Create Company Values That Actually Resonate
Mission statements Digital ArticleFive tips to help you avoid cliches and write something memorable. -
How to Reframe What Work Means to You
Personal purpose and values Digital ArticleTransform your job from something you endure to something that brings you meaning. -
What Is the Purpose of Your Purpose?
Business and society SpotlightYour why may not be what you think it is. -
Learning in the Thick of It
Organizational Development Magazine ArticleThe U.S. Army's Opposing Force (OPFOR) is a 2,500-member brigade whose job is to help prepare soldiers for combat. Created to be the meanest, toughest... -
What Does Your Company Really Stand For?
Organizational Development SpotlightThe authors conducted dozens of studies designed to determine how a clear view of one's values can affect decision-making, motivation, relationships,... -
Is the Business Roundtable Statement Just Empty Rhetoric?
Global Business Digital ArticleCompanies aren't prepared to live up to it. -
Transforming Giants
Strategy & Execution Magazine ArticleLarge corporations have long been seen as lumbering, inflexible, bureaucratic - and clueless about global developments. But recently some multinationals... -
When Failure Isn't an Option
Organizational Development Magazine ArticleSome teams, by the very nature of their work, must consistently perform at the highest levels. How do you--as a team leader, a supervisor, a trainer,... -
Defining Your Organization’s Values
Strategy Magazine ArticleWhat are the bedrock principles underlying your company’s mission? This issue’s Spotlight package examines how understanding and openly recognizing them leads to enhanced relationships with stakeholders and stronger business performance. -
Put Meaning at the Center of Your Business Model
Organizational Development Digital ArticlePanera's founder on looking beyond the numbers. -
Craft a Measurable Company Purpose
Strategy & Execution Digital ArticleStep one: Make sure your purpose statement includes key stakeholders. Step two: Make sure your KPIs align. -
Lofty Missions, Down-to-Earth Plans
Strategy & Execution Magazine ArticleMost nonprofits make program decisions based on a mission rather than a strategy. They rally under the banner of a particular cause. And because their...
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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... -
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... -
Elon Musk at Tesla
Management Case Study8.95View Details This case gives an overview of Elon Musk's career arc through the lens of the 2003 founding of Tesla and its growth through 2022. Background information... -
Merck: Managing Vioxx (F)
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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... -
Merck: Managing Vioxx (G)
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Dana Hall: Funding a Mission (D)
Finance & Accounting Case Study5.00View Details This case is a sequel to Dana Hall: Funding a Mission (A), (B) and (C) cases. It focuses on the causes of recent fund-raising success and the complex... -
Odebrecht's "Transformation Journey" (B)
Leadership & Managing People Case Study5.00View Details The case describes how Odebrecht's board of directors handled the issues raised in the (A) case and continues the story of the Group's efforts to restore... -
TechMission: Jesus, Justice and Technology
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study8.95View Details In early 2009 Andrew Sears, Executive Director of TechMission, a Christian social service nonprofit, faced a challenge known to many not-for-profit organizations,... -
Aurora Cultural Centre
Leadership & Managing People Case Study8.95View Details The Aurora Cultural Centre's mission is to foster a more just community, globally and locally, by providing community education on diversity and cross-cultural... -
AMÓS Health and Hope
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study8.95View Details AMÓS Health and Hope was a Nicaraguan non-governmental organization (NGO) founded in 2007 to empower rural communities to establish their health needs... -
Schuberg Philis: From Success to Significance
Management Case Study8.95View Details The founders of Dutch professional services firm Schuberg Philis, and the new leadership team entrusted with the day-to-day management, must set the path... -
The Role of the Board of Directors in Corporate Transformation
Strategy & Execution Case Study8.95View Details This note discusses the experience of some companies undertaking a corporate transformation process. In particular, it presents some roles that the board... -
Strategy Execution Module 2: Building a Successful Strategy
Strategy & Execution Case Study8.95View Details This module reading describes the basics of building a successful strategy. Topics in this module include a discussion of the distinction between corporate... -
Aligning Mission and Margin at Southern Bancorp
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study8.95View Details In October 2020, after spending almost a decade to turnaround Southern Bancorp, an Arkansan bank founded with the mission to provide financial services... -
What IKEA Do We Want?
Strategy & Execution Case Study15.05View Details In 2018, Swedish furniture maker IKEA was undergoing a significant transformation. Challenged by the rise of online shopping and changing consumer behavior,... -
Merck: Managing Vioxx (A)
Finance & Accounting Case Study8.95View Details This two-class case series allows students to stand in the shoes of CEO Ray Gilmartin during the unfolding stages of a reputational crisis. Merck's mission... -
Strategy Reading: Setting Aspirations-Mission, Vision and Values
Strategy & Execution Tool15.90View Details "Setting Aspirations-Mission, Vision, and Values" introduces students to the concepts of organizational aspirations and the links between mission, vision,... -
Nelson Mandela: Changing the World
Management Case Study8.95View Details This case traces the rise of Nelson Mandela from his tribal home in South Africa to president of the country. Rejecting expectations that he would be... -
Trouble at Basecamp: Managing Politics, Polarization, and Conflict in the Workplace (B)
Sales & Marketing Case Study5.00View Details Supplement to the (A) case.
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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,... -
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... -
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... -
Elon Musk at Tesla
Management Case Study8.95View Details This case gives an overview of Elon Musk's career arc through the lens of the 2003 founding of Tesla and its growth through 2022. Background information... -
Merck: Managing Vioxx (F)
Finance & Accounting Case Study5.00View Details -
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... -
Merck: Managing Vioxx (G)
Finance & Accounting Case Study5.00View Details -
Dana Hall: Funding a Mission (D)
Finance & Accounting Case Study5.00View Details This case is a sequel to Dana Hall: Funding a Mission (A), (B) and (C) cases. It focuses on the causes of recent fund-raising success and the complex... -
How to Fix HR
Organizational Development Magazine ArticleHR departments should be held responsible for their companies' performance, not just for programs that provide services and support to staff.