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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,... -
The 3 Things Employees Really Want: Career, Community, Cause
Careers Digital ArticleAccording to an analysis of Facebook employees. -
How to Fix HR
Organizational Development Magazine ArticleHR departments should be held responsible for their companies' performance, not just for programs that provide services and support to staff. -
Making Purpose Real, French Version
Leadership & Managing People Digital Article"Despite its sudden elevation in corporate life, purpose remains a confusing topic," the authors write. A primary cause of this confusion, they say, is... -
What Does Your Company Really Stand For?
Organizational Development SpotlightThe authors conducted dozens of studies designed to determine how a clear view of one's values can affect decision-making, motivation, relationships,... -
Values in Action, Chinese Version
Strategy & Execution VideoGetting the budget right is critical because it Defining your values in a mission statement is a powerful basis for team collaboration. -
What's Your Family's Mission Statement?
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleHow business tactics can help you set priorities at home. -
The Best Entrepreneurs Are Missionaries, Not Mercenaries
Entrepreneurial management Digital ArticleAsk three questions to figure out which one you are. -
Learning in the Thick of It
Organizational Development Magazine ArticleThe U.S. Army's Opposing Force (OPFOR) is a 2,500-member brigade whose job is to help prepare soldiers for combat. Created to be the meanest, toughest... -
Is the Business Roundtable Statement Just Empty Rhetoric?
Business and society Digital ArticleCompanies aren’t prepared to live up to it. -
The Eight-Word Mission Statement
Social enterprise Digital ArticleDay one of the PopTech conference in Camden, Maine was a polyglot delight. Presentations covered topics as far afield as the establishment of jaguar preserves to the neurological patterns that occur when humans encounter non-expected data. Fascinating stuff. My colleague Associate Editor Sarah Green and I have been Tweeting the conference in process. You can […] -
Why Twitter’s Mission Statement Matters
Entrepreneurs and founders Digital ArticleHow else do you know what has to stay the same, and what needs to change? -
Can You Say What Your Strategy Is?
Strategy & Execution HBR BestsellerCan you summarize your company's strategy in 35 words or less? Would your colleagues express it the same way? Very few executives can honestly say yes... -
Defining Your Organization's Values
Organizational Development Digital ArticleWhat are the bedrock principles underlying your company's mission? This issue's Spotlight package examines how understanding and openly recognizing them... -
Transforming Giants
Strategy & Execution Magazine ArticleLarge corporations have long been seen as lumbering, inflexible, bureaucratic - and clueless about global developments. But recently some multinationals... -
What Executives Should Remember
Leadership & Managing People Magazine ArticleIn more than 30 essays for Harvard Business Review, Peter Drucker (1909-2005) urged readers to take on the hard work of thinking--always combined, he... -
Using the Balanced Scorecard as a Strategic Management System
Finance & Accounting HBR BestsellerThe balanced scorecard revolutionized conventional thinking about performance metrics. When Robert Kaplan and David Norton first introduced the concept... -
Change Management in Government
Organizational Development Magazine ArticleSince the days of John F. Kennedy's New Frontier, the American public's regard for the competence of public agencies and the value of the services they... -
Do You Have a Mission Statement, or Are You on a Mission?
Brand management Digital ArticleThere’s a clothing drop box down the street that says, “The American Red Cross of Massachusetts is a humanitarian organization, led by volunteers, that provides relief to victims of disasters and helps people prevent, prepare for, and respond to emergencies.” Good enough, so far. But adjacent to those words, in a font four times the […] -
Craft a Measurable Company Purpose
Strategy & Execution Digital ArticleStep one: Make sure your purpose statement includes key stakeholders. Step two: Make sure your KPIs align.
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Dementia Discovery Fund
Finance & Accounting Case Study8.95View Details After the British government searched for a venture capital organization to create a new dementia fund, it selected SV Health, a UK- and US-based healthcare... -
Bill Wilson: Changing the World
Leadership & Managing People Case Study8.95View Details This case describes the life choices of Bill Wilson, the founder of Alcoholics Anonymous. A young man with tremendous potential, Wilson hit rock bottom... -
Merck: Managing Vioxx (A), Portuguese Version
Finance & Accounting Case Study8.95View Details This two-class case series allows students to stand in the shoes of CEO Ray Gilmartin during the unfolding stages of a reputational crisis. Merck's mission... -
Procter & Gamble in the 21st Century (A): Becoming Truly Global
Leadership & Managing People Case Study8.95View Details Since the 1980's, Procter & Gamble had leveraged its purpose, values, and principles (PVP) to create a global company. When P&G faced difficult times... -
Career Karma: Growth in a Time of Global Uncertainty (B)
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study5.00View Details This (B) case expands upon the journey of Career Karma's three founders by presenting a fictionalized Investor Meeting scenario. -
Food Angel: A Sustainable Solution to Food Waste in Hong Kong
Leadership & Managing People Case Study8.95View Details Food Angel is a Hong Kong based social venture that recycles food into cooked meals for Hong Kong's poor. Founded by Gigi Tung, Food Angel has growth... -
McDonald's Corporation
Strategy & Execution Case Study8.95View Details McDonald's newly appointed CEO Chris Kempczinski, who assumed office on November 4, 2019, is the protagonist of the case. With $21 billion in sales (in... -
Asociacion Chilena de Seguridad (ACHS)
Organizational Development Case Study8.95View Details Outlines the history of the Asociacion Chilena de Seguridad (ACHS), a nonprofit organization dedicated to the prevention, treatment, and rehabilitation... -
Held Hostage in the 21st Century: Cybersecurity, Ransomware, and Crisis Management (A)
Leadership & Managing People Case Study8.95View Details This case is part of the Giving Voice to Values (GVV) curriculum. To see other material in the GVV curriculum, please visit http://store.darden.virginia.edu/giving-voice-to-values.... -
Intermon Oxfam: The Conflict Between Efficiency and Values
Leadership & Managing People Case Study8.95View Details Intermon Oxfam is a Spanish nongovernment organization that is almost 50 years old. Explains the tensions that arose during its growth--in a short time... -
The F.B. Heron Foundation: 100 Percent for Mission-and Beyond
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study8.95View Details In late March 2017, Clara Miller, director and president of the F.B. Heron Foundation ("Heron"), a philanthropic institution focused on helping people... -
MOD Pizza: A Winning Recipe?, Spanish Version
Leadership & Managing People Case Study8.95View Details Scott and Ally Svenson, the founders of MOD Pizza, had to make a number of decisions in planning how to scale their small company. They wanted to grow... -
Green Monday
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study8.95View Details This case describes the entrepreneurial journey of David Yeung, from campaigning for plant-based diets to building Green Monday, a purpose-driven business... -
Arlan Hamilton and Backstage Capital
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study8.95View Details Frustrated by an inability to convince existing venture capital firms to invest in companies led by women, people of color, and LGBT founders, Arlan Hamilton... -
Apple: Privacy vs. Safety? (B)
Leadership & Managing People Case Study5.00View Details In 2016 and 2017, Apple refused to help the FBI access the iPhones of two mass shooters. These refusals highlighted Apple's stated policy of supporting... -
James Bryant Conant: Changing the World
Leadership & Managing People Case Study8.95View Details This case traces the rise of James Conant from a working-class neighborhood in Boston to president of Harvard University. The case describes how Conant,...
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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,... -
Obstetrics in Rural, Critical Access Hospitals: Is it Feasible?, Instructors Manual
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleTeaching note for case NA0425. -
Dementia Discovery Fund
Finance & Accounting Case Study8.95View Details After the British government searched for a venture capital organization to create a new dementia fund, it selected SV Health, a UK- and US-based healthcare... -
Bill Wilson: Changing the World
Leadership & Managing People Case Study8.95View Details This case describes the life choices of Bill Wilson, the founder of Alcoholics Anonymous. A young man with tremendous potential, Wilson hit rock bottom... -
Merck: Managing Vioxx (A), Portuguese Version
Finance & Accounting Case Study8.95View Details This two-class case series allows students to stand in the shoes of CEO Ray Gilmartin during the unfolding stages of a reputational crisis. Merck's mission... -
Aurora Cultural Centre Teaching Note
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleTeaching Note for 905M50. -
The 3 Things Employees Really Want: Career, Community, Cause
Careers Digital ArticleAccording to an analysis of Facebook employees. -
How to Fix HR
Organizational Development Magazine ArticleHR departments should be held responsible for their companies' performance, not just for programs that provide services and support to staff. -
Procter & Gamble in the 21st Century (A): Becoming Truly Global
Leadership & Managing People Case Study8.95View Details Since the 1980's, Procter & Gamble had leveraged its purpose, values, and principles (PVP) to create a global company. When P&G faced difficult times...