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4 Areas of Cyber Risk That Boards Need to Address
Technology & Operations Digital ArticleHow companies can build a long-term strategy that will keep them secure. -
The C-Suite Skills That Matter Most
Succession planning SpotlightMore than ever, companies need leaders who are good with people. -
Social-Impact Efforts That Create Real Value
Sustainable business practices SpotlightThey must be woven into your strategy and differentiate your company. -
10 ESG Questions Companies Need to Answer
Government policy and regulation Digital ArticleOr risk being left behind. -
Why Incentive Plans Cannot Work
Employee incentives Magazine ArticleWhen reward systems fail, don’t blame the program—look at the premise behind it. -
Stepping into a Leadership Role? Be Ready to Tell Your Story.
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleHit the ground running with a thoughtful personal pitch. -
10 Proactive Questions Every Board Member Should Be Asking
Finance & Accounting Digital ArticleDon't wait for a crisis to have tough conversations. -
What Makes Great Boards Great
Leadership & Managing People Magazine ArticleIn the wake of meltdowns at WorldCom, Tyco, and Enron, enormous attention has been focused on the companies' boards. It seems inconceivable that business... -
CEO Incentives - It's Not How Much You Pay, But How
Organizational Development Magazine ArticleAttention to how much CEOs are paid diverts public attention from how they are paid. A statistical analysis of executive compensation concludes that top... -
A Diverse Board Is an Independent Board
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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. -
A Guide to the Big Ideas and Debates in Corporate Governance
Corporate governance Digital ArticleThe questions that boards, managers, and shareholders should be asking. -
Criteria for Choosing Chief Executives
Succession planning Magazine Article“Did I find it frustrating as the White House Chief of Staff? Toughest job I ever had, but…if you find it unpleasant to cope with a complex problem that is simultaneously the business of four or five Cabinet departments, several public interest groups, and the Congress, and one that the President will finally decide, then […] -
Moving On? How to Tell Your Successor (And Your Team)
Organizational Development Digital ArticleThis week's question for Ask the Coach: It's time for me to move on. How do I let my successor know he is next in line? And just as importantly, how do... -
Oil and Troubled Waters
Power and influence Magazine ArticleWhen a crisis forces outside directors to navigate major changes, investors and directors must adopt new roles. The largest such case to date provides some useful lessons. The Royal Dutch/Shell Group was a 60/40 joint venture between Royal Dutch Petroleum and Shell Transport and Trading. It was run by a five-person committee of managing directors […] -
The Best-Performing CEOs in the World, 2019
Leadership SpotlightThe latest edition of HBR’s annual list -
Upwork's CEO on How an Introverted Engineer Learned to Lead
Leadership & Managing People Magazine ArticleKasriel grew up around computers and started writing programs when he was 12. In a way, he says, he was like one of today's typical Silicon Valley kids,... -
What to Ask the Person in the Mirror
Leadership & Managing People Magazine ArticleEvery leader gets off track from time to time. As leaders rise through the ranks, they have fewer and fewer opportunities for honest and direct feedback.... -
The Challenge of Rating ESG Performance
Sustainable business practices SpotlightAn expert explains what’s involved. -
Your Board Should Think Like Activists
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleDon't wait for investors to shake things up.
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Board Director Dilemmas-New Year, New Timing
Leadership & Managing People Case Study8.95View Details This case focuses on a junior partner at a private equity (PE) firm who sits on the board of one of the firm's portfolio companies. In the case, the board... -
Playgrounds and Performance: Results Management at KaBOOM! (A)
Strategy & Execution Case Study6.95View Details KaBOOM!, a successful playground-building social enterprise funded through corporate partnerships, wants to develop a performance measurement system that... -
Tom Tierney at Bain & Co. (B)
Technology & Operations Case Study5.00View Details Supplements the (A) case. -
Diamond Foods, Inc. (B)
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Mariwala's Family Entrepreneurship Challenges (B)
Management Case Study5.00View Details This case discusses the dilemma faced by Harsh Mariwala, the business leader who relinquished the CEO position of Marico Limited, his family-owned fast-moving... -
Executive Compensation at General Electric (A), Spanish Version
Organizational Development Case Study8.95View Details Faced with falling share prices and the critical eye of the media focused on Jack Welch's retirement plan, newly appointed CEO Jeff Immelt had the challenge... -
O.M. Scott & Sons Co. Leveraged Buyout
Finance & Accounting Case Study6.95View Details Documents the organizational changes that took place at O.M. Scott & Sons Co. in response to their leveraged buyout. Provides the opportunity for students... -
Laura Ashley (D)
Technology & Operations Case Study5.00View Details Describes the resignation of the CEO hired three years earlier to transform the company. -
Goldman Sachs and the Big Short: Time to Go Long?
Finance & Accounting Case Study8.95View Details On August 21, 2007, David Viniar, Chief Financial Officer of Goldman Sachs, received an e-mail from a trader in Goldman's Mortgage Department. In the... -
Carling Property Development: Reflections of an Entrepreneur
Management Case Study8.95View Details In February 2020, Peter Maxwell received his share from the sale of the Australian property development company he had co-founded in 2002: US$115 million.... -
Board Crisis Simulation (BCS)(A)
Leadership & Managing People Case Study8.95View Details The case represents a role-play simulation in which a team of up to 7 participants acts as a board of directors of a privately-owned company. The board... -
Harvard Business Review Leader's Handbook: Make an Impact, Inspire Your Organization, and Get to the Next Level
The one primer you need to develop your leadership skills. Put aside all the overhyped new frameworks, the listicles, the "10 best things you need to... -
Glass-Shattering Leaders: Michele Hooper
Organizational Development Case Study8.95View Details Michele Hooper joined the board of the Dayton-Hudson Corporation when she was in her late thirties, becoming the company's youngest director as well as... -
The Sustainability Sweet Spot at Jiu Zhen Nan Taiwan Pastry
Management Case Study8.95View Details Set in 2022, the case follows the sustainability journey of Jiu Zhen Nan, a 133-year-old Taiwanese pastry brand headquartered in Kaohsiung, the southern... -
Assessing Managerial Talent at AT&T (B), Spanish Version
Organizational Development Case Study5.00View Details Supplements the (A) case. -
American Cyanamid (B): Management's Response to the (A) Case
Strategy & Execution Case Study5.00View Details Supplements the (A) case. -
Executive Compensation at Reckitt Benckiser plc
Finance & Accounting Case Study8.95View Details Investors felt betrayed by the increasingly lucrative pay packages awarded to CEOs and other top executives at multinational companies. Yet, board members... -
Playgrounds and Performance: Results Management at KaBOOM! (B), Spanish Version
Strategy & Execution Case Study5.00View Details Supplements the (A) case. -
The P&G Acquisition of Gillette
Organizational Development Case Study8.95View Details Raises issues about the role of boards of directors in compensating CEOs and, specifically, the rewards granted to CEOs for arranging a change-of-control... -
Benjamin Rosen and Compaq
Finance & Accounting Case Study8.95View Details Addresses the challenges faced by Ben Rosen and the company board of directors as continuing problems force it to make a decision about the ongoing governance...
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4 Areas of Cyber Risk That Boards Need to Address
Technology & Operations Digital ArticleHow companies can build a long-term strategy that will keep them secure. -
The C-Suite Skills That Matter Most
Succession planning SpotlightMore than ever, companies need leaders who are good with people. -
Social-Impact Efforts That Create Real Value
Sustainable business practices SpotlightThey must be woven into your strategy and differentiate your company. -
10 ESG Questions Companies Need to Answer
Government policy and regulation Digital ArticleOr risk being left behind. -
Why Incentive Plans Cannot Work
Employee incentives Magazine ArticleWhen reward systems fail, don’t blame the program—look at the premise behind it. -
Stepping into a Leadership Role? Be Ready to Tell Your Story.
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleHit the ground running with a thoughtful personal pitch. -
10 Proactive Questions Every Board Member Should Be Asking
Finance & Accounting Digital ArticleDon't wait for a crisis to have tough conversations. -
What Makes Great Boards Great
Leadership & Managing People Magazine ArticleIn the wake of meltdowns at WorldCom, Tyco, and Enron, enormous attention has been focused on the companies' boards. It seems inconceivable that business... -
CEO Incentives - It's Not How Much You Pay, But How
Organizational Development Magazine ArticleAttention to how much CEOs are paid diverts public attention from how they are paid. A statistical analysis of executive compensation concludes that top... -
A Diverse Board Is an Independent Board
Boards Digital ArticleAnd window dressing doesn’t cut it.