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Management Time: Who’s Got the Monkey?
Delegating Magazine ArticleThe burdens of subordinates always seem to end up on the manager’s back. Here’s how to get rid of them. -
The Post-Hierarchical Organization
The future of work is flatter. -
The Delegator’s Dilemma
Delegating Digital ArticleMake Your Case relies on your insights to help readers solve pressing business problems. You can help by leaving a comment below or by rating the comments of others — after a week, a guest expert will respond to your feedback and give advice of his or her own. For this week’s case, we tapped […] -
The Manager’s New Role
Managing people Digital Article“My children don’t seem to need me anymore,” a friend complained to me the other day. That isn’t unusual; I often hear parents express their concerns about how little their children learn from them nowadays or ask them questions. From finding the meaning of words and searching for street addresses to understanding how things work, […] -
Bureaucracy is a Bogeyman
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To Be a Better Leader, Give Up Authority
Managing people Magazine ArticleIn chaotic times, an executive’s instinct may be to strive for greater efficiency by tightening control. But the truth is that relinquishing authority and giving employees considerable autonomy can boost innovation and success at knowledge firms, even during crises. Our research provides hard evidence that leaders who give in to the urge to clamp down […] -
The Myth of the CEO as Ultimate Decision Maker
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleBeing in charge is about shaping decisions, not always making them. -
End of Delegation: Information Technology and the CEO
Leadership & Managing People Magazine ArticleInformation technology now permeates every aspect of a business, requiring CEOs today to involve themselves in IT planning and decision making. Which... -
Research on Delegating Shows How Uncomfortable We Are Making Choices for Others
Leadership & Managing People ResearchEspecially when it comes to unpopular decisions. -
Tiger Mother Management
Strategy & Execution Digital ArticleSuppose you were reading the Wall Street Journal and up popped an article describing how one successful foreign company achieved substantial competitive... -
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... -
For Delegation to Work, It Has to Come with Coaching
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleSimply handing off a project isn't enough. -
Fighting the Urge to Fight Fires
Leadership & Managing People Magazine ArticleDelegating responsibility is hard. Not delegating can be disastrous. Former Oklahoma City fire chief Carl Holmes shares his best practices for efficient... -
Why Aren't You Delegating?
Leadership & Managing People Best PracticeIt's time to drop the excuses. -
Building Organizational Resilience
Organizational Development SpotlightIn unstable times the routines organizations use to get work done often break down. When that happens, teams need to shift gears quickly and add two other... -
Drowning in Work? Here’s How to Ask a Colleague for Help.
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How to Delegate Your Email to an Assistant
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How Office Control Freaks Can Learn to Let Go
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleA four-step process to relinquishing control - and reclaiming your sanity. -
5 Strategies to Empower Employees to Make Decisions
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleLeaders often want to give workers autonomy, but struggle to give up control. -
You’re Delegating. It’s Not Working. Here’s Why.
Delegating Digital ArticleFour common traps to avoid.
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Sadiq Gillani's Airline Career Takes Off: Strategy in Action
Organizational Development Case Study11.95View Details As a student at the Harvard Business School, Sadiq Gillani decided to focus his career on the airline industry. This case study explores Gillani's strategic... -
Managing Rapid Growth
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HBR Guide to Being a Great Boss Toolkit
79.95View Details Are you a good boss--or a great one? Good bosses can handle the day-to-day work of running a team. Great bosses go beyond that, finding ways to help employees... -
Applied Research Technologies, Inc.: Global Innovation's Challenges
Leadership & Managing People Case Study8.95View Details Applied Research Technologies, Inc. (ART) is a diversified technology company which has used its entrepreneurial culture and encouragement of innovation... -
Nigel Andrews and General Electric Plastics (A)
Leadership & Managing People Case Study11.95View Details Describes some critical challenges involved in creating employee empowerment. In the context of General Electric's efforts to debureaucratise the company,... -
Delegating: Harvard ManageMentor
49.95View Details This online course will help you determine what to delegate and to whom, how to communicate the assignment and secure commitment, and how to monitor and... -
Shangri-La Hotels
Leadership & Managing People Case Study11.95View Details In November 2006, Symon Bridle, the newly appointed chief operating officer of Shangri-La Hotels and Resorts, was thinking about a number of organizational... -
The HBR Essential 20-Minute Manager Collection (5 Books) (HBR 20-Minute Manager Series)
60.00View Details Whether you're starting out in your career or just want a refresher on the fundamentals, the "HBR Essential 20-Minute Manager Collection" gives you a... -
Against All Odds: The Campaign in Congress for Japanese American Redress
Strategy & Execution Case Study11.95View Details The dramatic story of how the Japanese American community successfully lobbied Congress and the White House for legislation mandating financial compensation... -
Delegating Work (HBR 20-Minute Manager Series)
12.95View Details Master the art of effective delegation. You know you need to delegate some of your work so that you have time to focus on the things that require your... -
Momenta Corp. (C)
Leadership & Managing People Case Study5.00View Details Supplements Momenta Corp. (B). -
HBR Guide to Being a Great Boss
21.95View Details Are you a good boss--or a great one? Good bosses can handle the day-to-day work of running a team. Great bosses go beyond that, finding ways to help employees... -
Human Resources at the AES Corp.: The Case of the Missing Department
Organizational Development Case Study11.95View Details AES develops and operates electric power plants all over the world, and by late 1996, has approximately 20,000 employees. But, the corporation has no... -
Doing Deals and Leading Teams at XAF Partners
Finance & Accounting Case Study11.95View Details Private equity firm XAF Partners, created out of the 2003 merger of Shanghai-based Xuan Partners and AF Group, a spin out of the Shanghai-based, emerging... -
Unilever Superannuation Fund vs. Merrill Lynch
Finance & Accounting Case Study11.95View Details In 2001, the Unilever Superannuation Fund sued Merrill Lynch for damages of 130 million British pounds. Over the period 1977 to 1998, the Unilever Fund... -
Momenta Corp. (B)
Leadership & Managing People Case Study5.00View Details Momenta is a one-year-old corporation that has sought to build a distinct culture and identity through a structured process and organized rituals. The... -
Bright Horizons Children's Centers, Inc.--1987
Strategy & Execution Case Study11.95View Details The founders of Bright Horizons have developed a distinctive strategy and raised venture capital money. Now they are ready to make their dream come true.... -
Improving Productivity: A Harvard ManageMentor Curated Collection
Leadership & Managing People Special Offer125.00View Details Improving productivity is more than just a matter of working faster; it's about accomplishing more with limited resources. This hands-on online course... -
AT&T: The Dallas Works (B)
Organizational Development Case Study5.00View Details Describes the innovative use of a cross-level team as a tool for driving change at a troubled AT&T plant. After the team is disbanded, the case raises... -
Being the Boss, with a New Preface: The 3 Imperatives for Becoming a Great Leader
35.00View Details Are you the boss you need to be? You never dreamed being the boss would be so hard. You're caught in a web of conflicting expectations from your subordinates,...
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Management Time: Who’s Got the Monkey?
Delegating Magazine ArticleThe burdens of subordinates always seem to end up on the manager’s back. Here’s how to get rid of them. -
The Post-Hierarchical Organization
The future of work is flatter. -
The Delegator’s Dilemma
Delegating Digital ArticleMake Your Case relies on your insights to help readers solve pressing business problems. You can help by leaving a comment below or by rating the comments of others — after a week, a guest expert will respond to your feedback and give advice of his or her own. For this week’s case, we tapped […] -
The Manager’s New Role
Managing people Digital Article“My children don’t seem to need me anymore,” a friend complained to me the other day. That isn’t unusual; I often hear parents express their concerns about how little their children learn from them nowadays or ask them questions. From finding the meaning of words and searching for street addresses to understanding how things work, […] -
Bureaucracy is a Bogeyman
Customer service Digital ArticleWhat is the real complexity problem you are trying to resolve? -
To Be a Better Leader, Give Up Authority
Managing people Magazine ArticleIn chaotic times, an executive’s instinct may be to strive for greater efficiency by tightening control. But the truth is that relinquishing authority and giving employees considerable autonomy can boost innovation and success at knowledge firms, even during crises. Our research provides hard evidence that leaders who give in to the urge to clamp down […] -
The Myth of the CEO as Ultimate Decision Maker
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleBeing in charge is about shaping decisions, not always making them. -
Sadiq Gillani's Airline Career Takes Off: Strategy in Action
Organizational Development Case Study11.95View Details As a student at the Harvard Business School, Sadiq Gillani decided to focus his career on the airline industry. This case study explores Gillani's strategic... -
End of Delegation: Information Technology and the CEO
Leadership & Managing People Magazine ArticleInformation technology now permeates every aspect of a business, requiring CEOs today to involve themselves in IT planning and decision making. Which... -
Research on Delegating Shows How Uncomfortable We Are Making Choices for Others
Leadership & Managing People ResearchEspecially when it comes to unpopular decisions.