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5 Principles of Purposeful Leadership
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The Marshmallow Test for Grownups
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Five Messages Leaders Must Manage (HBR OnPoint Enhanced Edition)
Leadership & Managing People Magazine ArticleIf you want to know why so many organizations sink into chaos, look no further than their leaders' mouths. Over and over, leaders present grand, overarching--yet... -
The Three-Box Approach to Business Model Reinvention: Putting the Idea into Practice
Strategy & Execution Digital ArticleVijay Govindarajan's and Chris Trimble's article, "The CEO's Role in Business Model Reinvention," appeared in our January-February 2011 issue. The article... -
Leaders, Do You Have a Clear Vision for the Post-Crisis Future?
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Does It Feel Like Your Department Has Been Sidelined?
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CEOs, Step into the Front Lines or Risk Losing Touch
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Delta CEO Ed Bastian on Leading an Airline Through Two Years of Pandemic Disruptions
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A Guide to Building Psychological Safety on Your Team
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What Makes a Leader?
Leadership & Managing People Magazine ArticleWhen asked to define the ideal leader, many would emphasize traits such as intelligence, toughness, determination, and vision-the qualities traditionally... -
Curse of the Superstar CEO
Leadership & Managing People Magazine ArticleWhen struggling companies look for a new chief executive today, the one quality they prize above all others is charisma. But once they've recruited a... -
Three Things Your Company Can Learn from a Bottle of Water
Strategy & Execution Digital ArticleConsider these three stories: At Enterprise Rent-A-Car you get a free bottle of chilled water when you pick up your car. That delights Enterprise's customers,... -
HBS Professor Linda Hill Says Leaders Must Engage with Emotions as Never Before
Global Business Digital ArticleSkills leaders need today from the professor who wrote the book on leadership. -
Tools of Cooperation and Change
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The Biggest Obstacles to Innovation in Large Companies
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What to Ask the Person in the Mirror
Organizational Development Magazine ArticleEvery leader gets off track from time to time. But as leaders rise through the ranks, they have fewer and fewer opportunities for honest and direct feedback.... -
Keeping Sight of Your Company’s Long-Term Vision
Leadership vision Digital ArticleThere will always be short-term distractions. Here’s how to stay focused. -
Steering a Small Company Through a Turnaround
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleLeading any business is a delicate balance, but leading a turnaround is especially tricky. On one hand, you see so much potential: if a business was once... -
To See the Way Forward, Look Back
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How One Health System Overcame Resistance to a Surgical Checklist
Organizational Development Digital ArticleA case study for effecting change in a change-averse industry.
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Narayana Hrudayalaya Heart Hospital: Cardiac Care for the Poor (A)
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study11.95View Details Describes the mission, vision, and strategy of a team of entrepreneurs headed by a charismatic heart surgeon who founded a heart hospital in Bangalore,... -
Levers of Control: How Managers Use Innovative Control Systems to Drive Strategic Renewal
Finance & Accounting Book45.00View Details Based on a ten-year examination of control systems in over 50 U.S. businesses, this book broadens the definition of control and establishes a critical... -
Los Grobo: Farming's Future?
Leadership & Managing People Case Study11.95View Details This case describes the international expansion plans of the second largest grain producer in Latin America, Los Grobo. Based in Argentina with US$550... -
Mondavi Winery
Communication Case Study11.95View Details Examines Mondavi Winery's struggle to communicate its value proposition to the market following an apparently successful IPO. The Mondavi Winery had a... -
Herschend Enterprises: Unifying and Communicating the Voice of Ownership
Global Business Case Study11.95View Details This case features a family business working to better integrate the voice of the whole family into corporate governance. In November 2019, the Herschend... -
Leadership in Energy: Jim Rogers at Cinergy
Organizational Development Case Study11.95View Details Jim Rogers, CEO of the energy company Cinergy, has led the company from the brink of bankruptcy to one of the premier energy companies through selecting... -
Avi Kremer
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study11.95View Details If you were diagnosed with a terminal illness, how would you respond and what would you do with your remaining time? Avi Kremer contemplates four options... -
Managing in Corporate Aviation: Averting a Hard Landing
Organizational Development Case Study11.95View Details This field-based case follows the fictionalized Elisa Stallings, the manager of CandyCo's Aviation Dispatch group (Dispatch) which manages the aviation... -
Kent Thiry: "Mayor" of DaVita
Organizational Development Case Study11.95View Details Kent Thiry, CEO of dialysis provider DaVita, is considering how to integrate employees from recently acquired Gambro Healthcare without damaging DaVita's... -
Design Thinking and Innovation at Apple
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study11.95View Details Describes Apple's approach to innovation, management, and design thinking. For several years, Apple has been ranked as the most innovative company in... -
Strategic Planning on a Military Air Station: Calm Skies or Turbulence Up Ahead?
Organizational Development Case Study11.95View Details This disguised case provides a strategic plan devised and used on a military base. Senior officers clarified their strategy, outlined capabilities needed,... -
Steve Jobs: Leader Strategist
Strategy & Execution Case Study11.95View Details Strategically, Steve Jobs got it brilliantly right some times and terribly wrong other times. This case examines Jobs' development as a leader strategist... -
Ashok Leyland (B): Shattered Dreams - Transformation For Survival
Strategy & Execution Case Study5.00View Details The second part of this two-part case examines the actions that Ashok Leyland (AL) took to achieve its aggressive growth plan and the consequences it... -
Vivendi: Revitalizing a French Conglomerate (A)
Strategy & Execution Case Study11.95View Details Examines corporate strategy for a diversified firm in the French business context. Issues include corporate governance, vision, and the management of... -
GE's Growth Strategy: The Immelt Initiative
Strategy & Execution Case Study11.95View Details Follows the actions of GE CEO, Jeff Immelt, as he implements a growth strategy for the $150 billion company in a tough business environment. In four years,... -
Citizens Bank
Leadership & Managing People Case Study11.95View Details In November 2004, Larry Fish, chairman of Citizens Bank, is wondering about the challenges posed by the latest and largest acquisition in the history... -
Tesla Motors (in 2009) and the U.S. Auto Industry (Case A)
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study11.95View Details After a series of entrepreneurial successes, Elon Musk invested and took a leadership role in Tesla Motors, a company dedicated to commercializing the... -
Echoing Green
Organizational Development Case Study11.95View Details This case presents the leadership challenges that Cheryl Dorsey, the president of Echoing Green, faces in early 2009. Echoing Green is a fellowship program... -
Jollibee Foods Corporation
Organizational Development Case Study11.95View Details When Tony Tan Caktiong had stepped down as president and CEO of Jollibee Foods Corporation in mid-2014, he had been succeeded by his younger brother,... -
Dr. Laura Esserman (A)
Leadership & Managing People Case Study11.95View Details Laura Esserman, a surgeon and faculty member at the University of California at San Francisco as well as a graduate of Stanford Business School, is engaged...
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Narayana Hrudayalaya Heart Hospital: Cardiac Care for the Poor (A)
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study11.95View Details Describes the mission, vision, and strategy of a team of entrepreneurs headed by a charismatic heart surgeon who founded a heart hospital in Bangalore,... -
Levers of Control: How Managers Use Innovative Control Systems to Drive Strategic Renewal
Finance & Accounting Book45.00View Details Based on a ten-year examination of control systems in over 50 U.S. businesses, this book broadens the definition of control and establishes a critical... -
Los Grobo: Farming's Future?
Leadership & Managing People Case Study11.95View Details This case describes the international expansion plans of the second largest grain producer in Latin America, Los Grobo. Based in Argentina with US$550... -
5 Principles of Purposeful Leadership
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleUnderstanding why you're in the room is more important than being the smartest one in it. -
The Marshmallow Test for Grownups
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleYour entire day revolves around willpower. -
Demystifying the Development of an Organizational Vision
Strategy & Execution Digital ArticleThis is an MIT Sloan Management Review article. Although few would deny that vision serves a critical role in today's organizations, in practice, most... -
Five Messages Leaders Must Manage (HBR OnPoint Enhanced Edition)
Leadership & Managing People Magazine ArticleIf you want to know why so many organizations sink into chaos, look no further than their leaders' mouths. Over and over, leaders present grand, overarching--yet... -
The Three-Box Approach to Business Model Reinvention: Putting the Idea into Practice
Strategy & Execution Digital ArticleVijay Govindarajan's and Chris Trimble's article, "The CEO's Role in Business Model Reinvention," appeared in our January-February 2011 issue. The article... -
Leaders, Do You Have a Clear Vision for the Post-Crisis Future?
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleDon't let your short-term response get in the way of your long-term plan. -
Turn Your Vision into Reality (HBR OnPoint Executive Edition)
Leadership & Managing People Magazine Issue16.95View Details To make a difference as a leader, you need a strong vision. It may come easy to a rare few, but setting ambitious-and realistic-goals is something many...