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The C-Suite Skills That Matter Most
Succession planning SpotlightMore than ever, companies need leaders who are good with people. -
Stepping into a Leadership Role? Be Ready to Tell Your Story.
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleHit the ground running with a thoughtful personal pitch. -
Gaining Credibility in a New Role
Herminia Ibarra, INSEAD professor, shares how she adopted behaviors that didn't come naturally to find her voice in the classroom. -
The Successor’s Dilemma
Collaboration and teams Magazine ArticleLeadership transitions go awry with alarming frequency, often the result of an emotionally charged power struggle between the CEO and his would-be heir. Four practices, however, can help successors defuse the crisis—and make it to the top. -
Criteria for Choosing Chief Executives
Leadership & Managing People Magazine ArticleThose responsible for selecting leaders may use these 20 dimensions of personality to evaluate candidate's behavior. A psychologist's experience offers... -
Manage Your Organization as a Portfolio of Learning Curves
Career coaching Magazine ArticleUse this approach for talent development, succession planning, and team configuration. -
Do Most Family Businesses Really Fail by the Third Generation?
Organizational Development Digital ArticleDebunking the oft-cited "three generation" myth. -
After the Handshake
Leadership & Managing People Magazine ArticleA startling percentage of new CEOs fail within their first 18 months, according to many estimates--whether they come from outside or are promoted from... -
Seven Surprises for New CEOs
Succession planning Magazine ArticleEven the best-prepared new chief executives can be blindsided by the realities—and limitations—of the job. -
How to Embrace Complex Change
Leadership & Managing People Magazine ArticleFor ambitious executives working in dynamic global businesses, big career transitions--to new roles, organizations, industries, or geographic locations--are... -
The High Cost of Poor Succession Planning
Leadership & Managing People Magazine ArticleMany large companies fail to pay enough attention to their leadership pipelines and succession practices. That leads to excessive turnover at the top... -
Wagon Masters and Lesser Managers
Leadership & Managing People Magazine ArticleCompanies must learn to recognize what makes a good manager and begin selecting for those qualities. Most managers are selected on the basis of business... -
Ending the CEO Succession Crisis
Leadership & Managing People Magazine ArticleThe CEO succession process is broken. Many companies have no meaningful succession plans, and few of the ones that do are happy with them. CEO tenure... -
"A Players" or "A Positions"? The Strategic Logic of Workforce Management
Organizational Development Magazine ArticleCompanies simply can't afford to have "A players" in all positions. Rather, businesses need to adopt a portfolio approach to workforce management, systematically... -
Don't Hire the Wrong CEO
Leadership & Managing People Magazine ArticleA disturbing trend is going on in corporate America--CEO churning. Top executives are rapidly coming and going, keeping their jobs for increasingly shorter... -
When an Executive Defects (HBR Case Study)
Organizational Development Magazine ArticleThe news that one of the company's senior managers is leaving comes as a complete surprise to Paul Simmonds, CEO of Kinsington Textiles, Inc. (KTI). Ned... -
Attitude Adjustment
A new manager needs to build credibility by leading, rather than justifying why they got the job. -
As the World Shifts, So Should Leaders
Succession planning SpotlightResearch shows that different eras call for different approaches. -
The Dangers of Nepotism
Hiring and recruitment Digital ArticleGill Corkindale, executive coach and former management editor of the Financial Times. While nepotism is accepted in some countries, it poses dangers. These include damaged morale when employees hired by family underperform on the job or receive special treatment. -
Indispensable (HBR Case Study and Commentary)
Leadership & Managing People Magazine ArticleEdward Bennett has done wonders at Astar Enterprises. In the 15 years he's been CEO, the company has more than tripled in size through product line extension...
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Ingvar Kamprad and IKEA
Leadership & Managing People Case Study8.95View Details Traces the development of a Swedish furniture retailer under the leadership of an innovative and unconventional entrepreneur whose approaches redefine... -
Merck, Darmstadt: Sustaining Legacy Beyond 350 Years
Leadership & Managing People Case Study8.95View Details This case is about the business, governance and leadership transformation of Merck - a 13th generation, family-owned, German multinational group operating... -
India's Mewar Dynasty: Upholding 76 Generations of Service and Custodianship
Strategy & Execution Case Study8.95View Details There are not many families in the world that can claim continuity of existence for over 76 generations in either business or otherwise. Families that... -
CEO Succession at Cisco (A): From John Chambers to Chuck Robbins
Leadership & Managing People Case Study8.95View Details A smooth transition from former CEO John Chambers to new CEO Chuck Robbins had put Cisco in a position of strength. Looking back, the board reflected... -
The Leadership Transitions Collection (5th Edition)
Leadership & Managing People Special Offer89.00View Details How you manage the first 90 days in a new leadership position can make the difference between success and failure. This specially priced four volume Leadership... -
The Practice of Adaptive Leadership: Tools and Tactics for Changing Your Organization and the World
32.00View Details When change requires you to challenge people's familiar reality, it can be difficult, dangerous work. Whatever the context, whether in the private or... -
Reimagining Enel: Enabling Sustainable Progress
Organizational Development Case Study8.95View Details CEO Francesco Starace is considering what is next for Enel SpA, one of world's largest energy companies. From 2014 to 2022, he has wrought a dramatic... -
House of Tata
Leadership & Managing People Case Study8.95View Details The case traces the evolution of the Tata group, one of the largest and highly respected Indian business houses, from its 19th century founding and early... -
Liu Bai: A Chinese Successor's Dilemma
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study8.95View Details Succession patterns in Asia are heavily influenced by Confucian values and traditions. Liu Bai's father's authoritarian style of management was typical... -
Lee Kum Kee: Female Succession in Family Business
Leadership & Managing People Case Study8.95View Details Elizabeth Mok was the second born and the only daughter in the fourth generation of the Lee family. She was also the only one of five siblings who did... -
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... -
Clayton, Dubilier & Rice at 40
Finance & Accounting Case Study8.95View Details In 2018, private equity firm Clayton, Dubilier & Rice celebrated its 40th anniversary and its 20th year under the leadership of CEO Don Gogel. In those... -
Scott Family Enterprises: Building the Path to Effective Governance
Leadership & Managing People Case Study8.95View Details As founders of First Interstate BancSystem, which held $8.6 billion in assets and had recently become a public company, and Padlock Ranch, which had over... -
Inditex: 2018
Strategy & Execution Case Study8.95View Details In 2018, Inditex, based in Spain, was the largest specialist fashion retailer in the world, generating sales of $31.5 billion in 2017 from a portfolio... -
Del Webb Corp. (C)
Leadership & Managing People Case Study5.00View Details Dion and the other Del Webb directors were open to having Industrial Equity Pacific (IEP) and Webcott Holdings representation on the board. The IEP representative... -
Monsanto's March into Biotechnology (A)
Technology & Operations Case Study8.95View Details Very early in the history of biotechnology (about 1979), Monsanto made a major commitment to move into this field. This case recounts the history from... -
Community Coalition: How One Organization Achieves Successful Leadership Succession
Leadership & Managing People Case Study8.95View Details Community Coalition believes its "people first" culture will transform social and economic conditions in South Los Angeles. This nonprofit trains young... -
J.M. Huber Corporation: Leadership Succession in the Face of Two Economic Crises
Management Case Study8.95View Details J.M. Huber, one of the largest and oldest family-held companies in the US, had strategically repositioned itself several times since it was founded in... -
Mission of Serving the Poor: SEWA Rural
Management Case Study8.95View Details The case looks at the challenges faced by SEWA Rural, a non-profit organisation located in Jhagadia, Gujarat, India. Started in 1980, the trust has been... -
Stoy Foods: Role Information for Danijela Stoyanovic
Leadership & Managing People Case Study8.95View Details In this simulation exercise, four family members must negotiate over the future of the family business. Should the business be sold to a strategic buyer,...
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The C-Suite Skills That Matter Most
Succession planning SpotlightMore than ever, companies need leaders who are good with people. -
Stepping into a Leadership Role? Be Ready to Tell Your Story.
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleHit the ground running with a thoughtful personal pitch. -
Gaining Credibility in a New Role
Herminia Ibarra, INSEAD professor, shares how she adopted behaviors that didn't come naturally to find her voice in the classroom. -
The Successor’s Dilemma
Collaboration and teams Magazine ArticleLeadership transitions go awry with alarming frequency, often the result of an emotionally charged power struggle between the CEO and his would-be heir. Four practices, however, can help successors defuse the crisis—and make it to the top. -
Ingvar Kamprad and IKEA
Leadership & Managing People Case Study8.95View Details Traces the development of a Swedish furniture retailer under the leadership of an innovative and unconventional entrepreneur whose approaches redefine... -
Merck, Darmstadt: Sustaining Legacy Beyond 350 Years
Leadership & Managing People Case Study8.95View Details This case is about the business, governance and leadership transformation of Merck - a 13th generation, family-owned, German multinational group operating... -
Criteria for Choosing Chief Executives
Leadership & Managing People Magazine ArticleThose responsible for selecting leaders may use these 20 dimensions of personality to evaluate candidate's behavior. A psychologist's experience offers... -
Merck, Darmstadt: Sustaining Legacy Beyond 350 Years, Teaching Note
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleTeaching note for case ISB123. -
India's Mewar Dynasty: Upholding 76 Generations of Service and Custodianship
Strategy & Execution Case Study8.95View Details There are not many families in the world that can claim continuity of existence for over 76 generations in either business or otherwise. Families that... -
CEO Succession at Cisco (A): From John Chambers to Chuck Robbins
Leadership & Managing People Case Study8.95View Details A smooth transition from former CEO John Chambers to new CEO Chuck Robbins had put Cisco in a position of strength. Looking back, the board reflected...