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The Founder’s Dilemma
Entrepreneurs and founders Magazine ArticleMost entrepreneurs want to make a lot of money and to run the show. New research shows that it’s tough to do both. If you don’t figure out which matters more to you, you could end up being neither rich nor king. -
How to Leave a Job You Love
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleReflect on what you've learned and how you've grown. -
The Leadership Journey
Leadership & Managing People Magazine ArticleIt isn't always easy to change leadership hats or to alter the way you assess a business problem. Under pressure, most executives fall back on the management... -
The Right Way to Find a Career Sponsor
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleThe common mistakes high-potential women make, and how to overcome them. -
Power Failure in Management Circuits
Business communication Magazine ArticleThe position, not the person, often determines whether a manager has power. -
Tips for Cold-Emailing Intimidatingly Powerful People
Communication Digital ArticleBe politely persistent. -
How to Make the Right Connections When You Don't Already Have an "In"
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleStart by telling your existing contacts who exactly you want to meet. -
Build Your Reputation as a Trustworthy Leader
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleLessons from a 15-year study of more than 3,200 leaders. -
What Would Ashton Do—and Does It Matter?
Power and influence Magazine ArticleNew research reveals the power and limits of “influencers” -
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. -
Imbalance of Power
Leadership Magazine ArticleManagement has usurped control from boards—and the directors themselves are to blame. -
Transferring Power in The Family Business
Change management Magazine ArticleOne of the most agonizing experiences that any business faces is the moving from one generation of top management to the next. The problem is often most acute in family businesses, where the original entrepreneur hangs on as he watches others try to help manage or take over his business, while at the same time, […] -
The Inside Sales Job
Strategy Digital ArticleHave a new idea that you want to sell into the company? Make sure your proposal does more than address company needs—it must also benefit the key decision makers. by Jennifer McFarland -
5 Traps to Avoid as You Gain Power as a Leader
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticlePower will change you - and your relationships. How you wield it can make or break your success. -
Power Play
Leadership & Managing People Magazine ArticleIf you want to get anything done in a large corporation, you need power. And it won't just fall into your lap: You have to go after it and learn how to... -
The Next Frontier of Judgment – Across Enterprises
Decision making and problem solving Digital Article(Larry Prusak, Brook Manville, and Tom Davenport are at work on a book on judgment and how to cultivate it as an organizational, not just individual, strength. Over the next few months, we’ll each be authoring posts in this blog to test-drive ideas and invite input as the research progresses.) As Tom Davenport, Larry Prusak, […] -
Positive Peer Pressure: A Powerful Ally to Change
Change management Digital ArticleWebster tells us that a peer is “one of equal standing with another” or “one belonging to the same societal group (that is, based on age, grade or status).” On the job, most of us have peers that we enjoy, respect and cultivate. We also have peers that we abhor, ignore, and avoid. Most peer […] -
The Right Way to Present Your Business Case
Leadership & Managing People Best PracticeGet key stakeholders on board with one effective presentation. -
What to Do If Your Boss Doesn't Like You
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleA targeted plan to make things better. -
Playing Office Politics Without Selling Your Soul
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleNot all politics are bad.
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HP-Cisco Alliance (B)
Organizational Development Case Study5.00View Details Supplements the (A) case. -
Maple Leaf Foods: Changing the System
Strategy & Execution Case Study11.95View Details The Maple Leaf Foods (MLF): Changing the System case explores how a major food processor pivoted its vision and operations in an attempt to become the... -
The Indonesia Strategy Case: Confidential Instructions for Joanna
Leadership & Managing People Case Study11.95View Details This is a multi-issue one-on-one internal negotiation between a recently promoted boss, Joanna, and an older-than-her employee, Rupert, who is disgruntled... -
Fighting Bonded Labor in Rural India: Village Activist Gyarsi Bai Tackles an Entrenched System of Coercion
Leadership & Managing People Case Study11.95View Details In October 2010, the beating of a 30-year-old bonded laborer-his punishment for staying home sick from work-in India's northwestern state of Rajasthan... -
Differences at Work: Will (A)
Leadership & Managing People Case Study11.95View Details In Differences at Work: Will (A), HBS Case No. 9-408-013 is set in London. Will, a gay man, must decide how to react to a senior colleague's question... -
Tristan Walker: The Extroverted Introvert
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study11.95View Details Tristan Walker was a 32-year-old entrepreneur. A visionary thinker and GSB graduate, Walker had accomplished much in his short career, and had worked... -
Building Effective Working Relationships, Module Note
Organizational Development Case Study8.95View Details This note introduces a framework for deliberately building effective interpersonal relationships. First, we will define the necessary attributes of these... -
Network Assessment Exercise: Abridged MBA Version
Leadership & Managing People Case Study8.95View Details Designed to help students identify patterns in their approaches to developing networks of relationships. A "network" refers to the set of relationships... -
Charles Axelrod (B): Facing Up to Decisions
Strategy & Execution Case Study5.00View Details Charles ""Chuck"" Axelrod, CEO of Spartan Capital Management, a famous hedge fund in the City of London, is forced to dismiss Taylor Dillon, Spartan's... -
The Indonesia Strategy Case: Confidential Instructions for Rupert
Leadership & Managing People Case Study5.00View Details This is a multi-issue one-on-one internal negotiation between a recently promoted boss, Joanna, and an older-than-her employee, Rupert, who is disgruntled... -
Redesigning Nissan (A): Carlos Ghosn Takes Charge
Strategy & Execution Case Study11.95View Details This is the first of a two-case series. When Renault sent Carlos Ghosn to turnaround its alliance partner Nissan, observers were skeptical of his chances.... -
HBR's 10 Must Reads on Managing People (Paperback + Ebook)
Leadership & Managing People Special Offer34.95View Details Managing people is fraught with challenges: What really motivates people? How do you deal with problem employees? How can you build a team that is greater... -
Donna Dubinsky and Apple Computer, Inc. (B)
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Elizabeth Parker (A)
Leadership & Managing People Case Study11.95View Details A new political appointee with years of volunteer experience takes over a highly responsible job in the state government and is met with bureaucratic... -
Jeanne Lewis at Staples, Inc. (A)
Leadership & Managing People Case Study11.95View Details Jeanne Lewis, after six years with Staples, Inc., is promoted to senior vice president of marketing. She is to work for fifteen months alongside her predecessor,... -
Building Community at Terra Nova Consulting
Leadership & Managing People Case Study11.95View Details This case describes the challenges faced by the president of an engineering and environmental services consulting firm (Terra Nova Consulting) as it seeks... -
Glass-Shattering Leaders: Ana Paula Pessoa
Organizational Development Case Study11.95View Details Ana Paula Pessoa built a career at the largest media conglomerate in Latin America, combining a passion for digital transformation with a commitment to... -
Shaping the Game: The New Leader's Guide to Effective Negotiating
26.95View Details Michael D. Watkins' best-selling book The First 90 Days has become the business bible for accelerating leadership transitions. Now, Watkins zeroes in... -
Philippines: From Sick Man to Strong Man
Global Business Case Study11.95View Details
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The Founder’s Dilemma
Entrepreneurs and founders Magazine ArticleMost entrepreneurs want to make a lot of money and to run the show. New research shows that it’s tough to do both. If you don’t figure out which matters more to you, you could end up being neither rich nor king. -
HP-Cisco Alliance (B)
Organizational Development Case Study5.00View Details Supplements the (A) case. -
Maple Leaf Foods: Changing the System
Strategy & Execution Case Study11.95View Details The Maple Leaf Foods (MLF): Changing the System case explores how a major food processor pivoted its vision and operations in an attempt to become the... -
The Indonesia Strategy Case: Confidential Instructions for Joanna
Leadership & Managing People Case Study11.95View Details This is a multi-issue one-on-one internal negotiation between a recently promoted boss, Joanna, and an older-than-her employee, Rupert, who is disgruntled... -
A Better Approach to Mentorship
Leadership & Managing People AdviceBridge mentorships create equal opportunities for young professionals from socially marginalized communities. -
Fighting Bonded Labor in Rural India: Village Activist Gyarsi Bai Tackles an Entrenched System of Coercion
Leadership & Managing People Case Study11.95View Details In October 2010, the beating of a 30-year-old bonded laborer-his punishment for staying home sick from work-in India's northwestern state of Rajasthan... -
How to Leave a Job You Love
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleReflect on what you've learned and how you've grown. -
The Leadership Journey
Leadership & Managing People Magazine ArticleIt isn't always easy to change leadership hats or to alter the way you assess a business problem. Under pressure, most executives fall back on the management... -
Differences at Work: Will (A)
Leadership & Managing People Case Study11.95View Details In Differences at Work: Will (A), HBS Case No. 9-408-013 is set in London. Will, a gay man, must decide how to react to a senior colleague's question...