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Hiring Without Firing
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When the CEO Can't Let Go (Commentary for HBR Case Study)
Leadership & Managing People Magazine ArticleEvery morning, Paul Marsh, the chairman, president, and CEO of Kansas-based Coltrane Farm Equipment & Manufacturing, climbs the six flights of stairs... -
Boards Are Terrible at Their Most Important Job
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How Managers Become Leaders
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The Most Successful CEOs Come from Within
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Succession and Failure (HBR Case Study and Commentary)
Organizational Development Magazine ArticleNorman Windom, the chairman of Tiverton Media, may not know much about the world of popular music, but he does fancy himself a careful planner and a superb... -
3 Ways Executives Can Manage Challenging Moments in Their Careers
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Memo to President-Elect Obama: 7 Moves to Create Momentum
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleDear President-elect Obama, Congratulations. Your election as President represents a nearly ideal opportunity for you to make a successful transition... -
Changing Leaders: The Board’s Role in CEO Succession: A Roundtable with Philip Caldwell, George D. Kennedy, G. G. Michelson, Henry Wendt, and Alfred M. Zeien
Corporate governance Magazine ArticleA Roundtable with Philip Caldwell, George D. Kennedy, G. G. Michelson, Henry Wendt, and Alfred M. Zeien The selection of a CEO is one of the most important decisions a board of directors makes. Not only does a chief executive have an enormous impact on the fortunes of a company, but the very process by […] -
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. -
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, […] -
Succeeding at Succession
Succession planning Magazine ArticleFor too long, boards have relied on rules of thumb and conventional wisdom when picking CEOs. So we took a look at the numbers—and found some surprises. -
Are You Picking the Right Leaders? (HBR OnPoint Enhanced Edition)
Leadership & Managing People Magazine ArticleWhen it comes time to hire or promote, top executives routinely overvalue certain skills and traits while overlooking others. Intuitively, for example,... -
Finding the Right CEO
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Is Your Next Great CEO a Management Consultant?
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A New Game Plan For C Players
Succession planning Magazine ArticleWinning the war for talent isn’t just about recruiting and retaining people. You’ve got to invest in A performers, raise the game of B performers, and—perhaps most difficult of all—deal decisively with C performers. -
Retiring Boomers Should Consider Selling Their Companies to Millennials
Organizational Development Digital ArticleThe "search fund" model is particularly well suited to our demographic moment. -
Businesses Need to Bring Younger Employees into Their Leadership Ranks
Business and society Digital ArticleToday’s most intractable challenges require an intergenerational approach. -
Who’s Really Responsible for P&G’s Succession Problems?
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How Boards Can Set a New CEO Up for Success
Leadership transitions InterviewAn interview with Ram Charan.
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Leadership Transitions and Team Building: Leadership Collection (2 Ebooks)
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Hans Fritz at Novartis Thailand (A): The First Month
Leadership & Managing People Case Study11.95View Details Dr. Hans Fritz is 37 years old when he arrives in Bangkok on March 1, 1998 to assume his position as general manager of Novartis Thailand. Novartis is... -
Decoding Steve Jobs: Select Commentary from HBR.org
9.99View Details Observations on Steve Job's legacy - and Apple's leadership future - are only just beginning. In recent years, many leading thinkers have contributed... -
Arbor Health Care Co.
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study11.95View Details A venture-funded start-up runs into trouble when health care reimbursement policies change radically. With the help of its board, the company develops... -
Viacom, Inc.: Carpe Diem (Condensed)
Strategy & Execution Case Study11.95View Details Viacom has built a powerful position in the global entertainment industry through skillful and bold acquisitions. Now its expansion is challenged by the... -
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... -
Sy Friedland and JF&CS
Leadership & Managing People Case Study11.95View Details Radically innovative thinker Sy Friedland was a decade or more ahead of the trends when he took the reins of Boston's venerable Jewish Children & Family... -
Alibaba.com
Global Business Case Study11.95View Details On 6 November 2007, Alibaba.com debuted on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, raising US$1.5 billion to become the world's biggest internet offering since... -
Ayala Corporation: One Family's Contribution to Nation Building
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Laura Ashley (D)
Technology & Operations Case Study5.00View Details Describes the resignation of the CEO hired three years earlier to transform the company. -
Netflix, Inc.
Management Case Study11.95View Details The case is set in 2023. The protagonists are Ted Sarandos and Greg Peters, co-CEOs of Netflix, a subscription streaming service and content production... -
Goodwin Sporting Goods
Leadership & Managing People Case Study11.95View Details The case focuses on succession planning for a successful family business that has reached a crossroads in which different family members have different... -
The Night Ministry: Facing the Loss of a Founder
Leadership & Managing People Case Study11.95View Details Paul Hamann was senior vice president of The Night Ministry, a Chicago-based not-for-profit organization. In October 2003 he received a phone call from... -
Alex Montana at ESH Manufacturing Co.
Organizational Development Case Study11.95View Details Alex Montana sat at his desk pondering the career decision before him. Alex was director of the North American division of ESH Manufacturing, a $4.6 billion,... -
Karina Drees: Taking the Controls at Mojave Space Port
Leadership & Managing People Case Study11.95View Details When accomplished entrepreneur and "New Space" industry legend Stuart Witt prepares to retire from his role as CEO of the Mojave Air and Space Port, he... -
Brown-Forman: Nothing better in the market
Strategy & Execution Case Study11.95View Details London, UK, July 2020. G. Garvin Brown IV, the chairman of Brown-Forman Corporation and 5th generation family shareholder, was preparing to celebrate... -
A New Executive Director
Organizational Development Case Study11.95View Details A newly promoted assistant deputy minister of business and trade must decide which of two candidates to recommend for her previous role as executive director,... -
Adaptive Leadership: The Heifetz Collection (3 Items)
70.00View Details In times of constant change, adaptive leadership is critical. This "Harvard Business Review" collection brings together the seminal ideas on how to adapt... -
Hoshi Ryokan: The World's Oldest Family Firm and the First Female Succession in 1,305 years
Management Case Study11.95View Details The case is about the Hoshi Ryokan, a hot springs hotel in Japan established more than 1,300 years ago, that is among the world's oldest family enterprises....
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Hiring Without Firing
Leadership Magazine ArticleHitting the hiring bull’s-eye is one of an executive’s most important—and most difficult—responsibilities. Ten common mistakes can get in the way, but a pointed and systematic approach can virtually guarantee success. -
Leadership Transitions and Team Building: Leadership Collection (2 Ebooks)
50.00View Details The Leadership Transitions and Team Building Collection includes two important books: "The First 90 Days, Updated and Expanded," by Michael D. Watkins,... -
When the CEO Can't Let Go (Commentary for HBR Case Study)
Leadership & Managing People Magazine ArticleEvery morning, Paul Marsh, the chairman, president, and CEO of Kansas-based Coltrane Farm Equipment & Manufacturing, climbs the six flights of stairs... -
Hans Fritz at Novartis Thailand (A): The First Month
Leadership & Managing People Case Study11.95View Details Dr. Hans Fritz is 37 years old when he arrives in Bangkok on March 1, 1998 to assume his position as general manager of Novartis Thailand. Novartis is... -
Boards Are Terrible at Their Most Important Job
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An Exploration of Entrepreneurs' Identities and Business Growth
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Digital ArticleThe purpose of this study is to determine whether certain types of identities are more likely than others to be present before and during business growth.... -
How Managers Become Leaders
Leadership & Managing People Magazine ArticleFew managerial transitions are more difficult than making the move from leading a function to leading an entire enterprise for the first time. The scope... -
The Most Successful CEOs Come from Within
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleThis blog post is part of the HBR Online Forum The CEO's Role in Fixing the System. To achieve sustained growth and profit in today's hyper-competitive... -
Succession and Failure (HBR Case Study and Commentary)
Organizational Development Magazine ArticleNorman Windom, the chairman of Tiverton Media, may not know much about the world of popular music, but he does fancy himself a careful planner and a superb... -
3 Ways Executives Can Manage Challenging Moments in Their Careers
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleIf you don't have the answers, start asking questions.