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Understanding Leadership (HBR Classic)
Leadership & Managing People Magazine ArticleThe would-be analyst of leadership usually studies popularity, power, showmanship, or wisdom in long-range planning. But none of these qualities is the... -
Company Culture Is Everyone's Responsibility
Organizational Development Digital ArticleA top-down approach doesn't work anymore. -
How to Run a Meeting
Organizational Development Magazine ArticleSuccessful meetings begin by identifying their objectives as information-digestive, constructive-originative, or legislative. A chairperson should draw... -
Power of Talk: Who Gets Heard and Why
Leadership & Managing People Magazine ArticleMost managerial work happens through talk--discussions, meetings, presentations, negotiations. And it is through talk that managers evaluate others and... -
Six Basics for General Managers
Leadership & Managing People Magazine ArticleSuccessful general managers stress fundamentals. Whatever their leadership style, they invariably focus their efforts on the six tasks that lay the foundation... -
Sarcasm, Self-Deprecation, and Inside Jokes: A User's Guide to Humor at Work
Leadership & Managing People Magazine ArticleHumor is widely considered essential in personal relationships, but in leaders, it's seen as an ancillary behavior. Though some leaders use humor instinctively,... -
Making of an Expert
Leadership & Managing People Magazine ArticlePopular lore tells us that genius is born, not made. Scientific research, on the other hand, reveals that true expertise is mainly the product of years... -
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,... -
Executive Women and the Myth of Having It All
Organizational Development Magazine ArticleWhen it comes to having a high-powered career and a family, the painful truth is that women in the United States don't "have it all." At midlife, in fact,... -
Skills of an Effective Administrator (HBR Classic)
Leadership & Managing People Magazine ArticleEffective administration depends upon three basic personal skills which, for analytical purposes, can be classified as technical, human, and conceptual.... -
Getting 360-Degree Feedback Right
Organizational Development Magazine ArticleOver the past decade, 360-degree feedback has revolutionized performance management. But one of its components--peer appraisal--consistently stymies executives... -
Extreme Jobs: The Dangerous Allure of the 70-Hour Workweek
Organizational Development Magazine ArticleToday's overachieving professionals labor longer, take on more responsibility, and earn more than the workaholics of yore. They hold what Hewlett and... -
Teaching Smart People How to Learn
Leadership & Managing People Magazine ArticleCompetitive success depends on learning, but most people, including professionals in leadership positions, are not very good at it. Learning is a function... -
Narcissistic Leaders: The Incredible Pros, the Inevitable Cons (HBR Classic)
Leadership & Managing People Magazine ArticleIn the winter of 2000, at the height of the dot-com boom, business leaders posed for the covers of Time, BusinessWeek, and the Economist with the aplomb... -
Where Leadership Starts
Leadership & Managing People Magazine ArticleIn May 2000, Bob Eckert sat on a plane bound for the West Coast and thought to himself, "What have I done?" He was about to become CEO of Mattel, a struggling... -
Ultimate Creativity Machine: How BMW Turns Art into Profit
Technology & Operations Magazine ArticleMany companies face the challenge of balancing art with commerce. The conflict between corporate pragmatism and artistic passion and quality is persistent:... -
Management by Whose Objectives? (HBR Classic)
Organizational Development Magazine ArticleIn this 1970 classic HBR article, Harry Levinson shares practical insights into the mysteries of motivation and takes a fresh look at the use and abuse... -
Share the Vision, Spanish Version
Strategy & Execution VideoWhatever your role, you need to understand why your job matters and how it fits into the larger organization. -
Desperately Seeking Synergy
Leadership & Managing People Magazine ArticleManagers can separate the real opportunities for synergy from the mirages, say Michael Goold and Andrew Campbell of the Ashridge Strategic Management... -
Which of These People Is Your Future CEO? The Different Ways Military Experience Prepares Managers for Leadership
Leadership & Managing People Magazine ArticleAmericans have long believed that U.S. military officers-trained for high-stakes positions, resilience, and mental agility-make excellent CEOs. That belief...
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Infosys in India: Building a Software Giant in a Corrupt Environment
Global Business Case Study8.95View Details Shortly after Infosys was founded in 1981, its managers faced a major turning point when they made a decision to operate without giving in to the petty... -
Firmwide 360-degree Performance Evaluation Process at Morgan Stanley, Portuguese Version
Organizational Development Case Study8.95View Details Describes Morgan Stanley's firmwide, 360-degree performance evaluation process. Evaluation forms are included as exhibits. -
Americhem: The Gaylord Division (A-1)
Leadership & Managing People Case Study6.95View Details The Gaylord Division of Americhem, a large chemical company, is in the midst of the first use of a new zero-base budgeting system. The general manager... -
Karen Leary (A), Portuguese Version
Leadership & Managing People Case Study8.95View Details Describes the evolution of the working relationship of Karen Leary, a new manager of a Merrill Lynch retail branch, and Ted Chung, a new financial consultant... -
Gaz de France
Finance & Accounting Case Study6.95View Details The treasurer of Gaz de France is an aggressive, proactive manager of his company's liability structure, running one of the largest swap books of any... -
Peter Browning and Continental White Cap (A)
Leadership & Managing People Case Study8.95View Details Presents a new divisional vice president's entry into a well-established and still successful manufacturing organization which is nevertheless facing... -
Rosabeth Moss Kanter on the Frontiers of Management
29.95View Details A Harvard Business Review Book. This book brings together all of Rosabeth Moss Kanter's Harvard Business Review articles and many of the editorial columns... -
Confronting a Necessary Evil: The Firing of Alex Robins (B), Spanish Version
Organizational Development Case Study5.00View Details A manager recounts his experience firing the person he was asked to replace and reflects on the challenges of the experience. Teaching Purpose: To role-play... -
Innovation Magic
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study8.95View Details Why do certain product and service experiences seem like magic, making them all but destined for success, while other items languish on store shelves?... -
What Went Wrong with Boeing's 737 Max?
Leadership & Managing People Case Study8.95View Details This case describes the development of the Boeing 737 Max airplane model and the events leading up to two tragic plane crashes, in which a total of 346... -
HBR's 10 Must Reads on Leadership (with featured article "What Makes an Effective Executive," by Peter F. Drucker)
24.95View Details How can you transform yourself from a good manager into an extraordinary leader? We've combed through hundreds of Harvard Business Review articles on... -
JCDecaux, 2016: Global Leader ... Again
Strategy & Execution Case Study5.00View Details In 2016, JCDecaux was number one in the world in outdoor advertising. This was a far cry from the situation in 2003; at that time, JCDecaux had been unseated... -
Moo Cluck Moo: Serving Up More Than the Minimum Wage
Organizational Development Case Study8.95View Details Moo Cluck Moo owners Harry Moorhouse and Brian Parker never really thought about a living wage when they opened their fast food restaurant. It was never... -
Suzhou Good-Ark Electronics: Creating and Implementing a Sage Culture
Leadership & Managing People Case Study8.95View Details Suzhou Good-Ark, a Chinese semiconductor implemented "Sage Culture" management based on traditional Chinese philosophy. Productivity doubled, turnover... -
The Trial of Business Ethics
Global Business Case Study8.95View Details Why are we so skeptical about business ethics? Why, whenever we mention corporate social responsibility during a casual conversation, a tight smile appears... -
What Makes a Leader? (Harvard Business Review Classics)
9.99View Details When asked to define the ideal leader, many would emphasize traits such as intelligence, toughness, determination, and vision--the qualities traditionally... -
Johnson & Johnson (A), Japanese Version
Leadership & Managing People Case Study8.95View Details Describes the Johnson & Johnson culture and the corporate systems, structures, and procedures which reflect and promote it. The principal teaching objectives... -
Hewlett-Packard: Creating, Running, and Growing an Enduring Company
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study8.95View Details Traces the development of Hewlett-Packard Co. from a small start-up company in 1938 to a world-class manufacturer of electronic instruments and computer... -
Governance and Talent Management in a Professional Services Firm
Leadership & Managing People Case Study8.95View Details The Academy for Professional Development (APD) was launched in 1993, shortly after Perestroika and the turbulent time of Soviet disintegration. With the... -
Americhem: The Gaylord Division (B-1)
Leadership & Managing People Case Study5.00View Details Supplements the (A) case, 314011. A rewritten version of an earlier supplement.
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Understanding Leadership (HBR Classic)
Leadership & Managing People Magazine ArticleThe would-be analyst of leadership usually studies popularity, power, showmanship, or wisdom in long-range planning. But none of these qualities is the... -
Company Culture Is Everyone's Responsibility
Organizational Development Digital ArticleA top-down approach doesn't work anymore. -
How to Run a Meeting
Organizational Development Magazine ArticleSuccessful meetings begin by identifying their objectives as information-digestive, constructive-originative, or legislative. A chairperson should draw... -
Power of Talk: Who Gets Heard and Why
Leadership & Managing People Magazine ArticleMost managerial work happens through talk--discussions, meetings, presentations, negotiations. And it is through talk that managers evaluate others and... -
Six Basics for General Managers
Leadership & Managing People Magazine ArticleSuccessful general managers stress fundamentals. Whatever their leadership style, they invariably focus their efforts on the six tasks that lay the foundation... -
Sarcasm, Self-Deprecation, and Inside Jokes: A User's Guide to Humor at Work
Leadership & Managing People Magazine ArticleHumor is widely considered essential in personal relationships, but in leaders, it's seen as an ancillary behavior. Though some leaders use humor instinctively,... -
Making of an Expert
Leadership & Managing People Magazine ArticlePopular lore tells us that genius is born, not made. Scientific research, on the other hand, reveals that true expertise is mainly the product of years... -
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,... -
Executive Women and the Myth of Having It All
Organizational Development Magazine ArticleWhen it comes to having a high-powered career and a family, the painful truth is that women in the United States don't "have it all." At midlife, in fact,... -
Skills of an Effective Administrator (HBR Classic)
Leadership & Managing People Magazine ArticleEffective administration depends upon three basic personal skills which, for analytical purposes, can be classified as technical, human, and conceptual....