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To Be a Great Leader, You Have to Learn How to Delegate Well
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleFocus on the big picture, not just the execution. -
Becoming the Boss
Leadership transitions Magazine ArticleThe earliest test of leadership comes with that first assignment to manage others. Most new managers initially fail this test because of a set of common misconceptions about what it means to be in charge. -
Stepping into a Leadership Role? Be Ready to Tell Your Story.
Leadership and managing people Digital ArticleHit the ground running with a thoughtful personal pitch. -
AIG’s Hank Greenberg Won’t Let Go
Leadership Digital ArticleA responsible leader prepares for succession. -
15 Steps for Successful Strategic Alliances (and Marriages)
Organizational culture Digital ArticleWedding bells fill the Northern Hemisphere air for this season’s happy couples. Among the newlyweds armed with pre-nuptial agreements are numerous companies starting strategic alliances, joint ventures, and focused collaboratives. Unlike full-blown mergers, in which two really do become one because one company disappears, alliances and partnerships resemble modern marriages: separate careers, individual checkbooks, sometimes […] -
The Obama Administration’s 10,000 Transitions
Leadership transitions Digital ArticleIt’s time for President Obama to stand and deliver. With the stimulus bill passed and the budget well on its way, the President has placed his early-win bets. They are, in rough order of priority: bank stabilization, financial regulation reform, job creation, foreclosure avoidance, and health care transformation. So far our new President has had […] -
How Boards Can Set a New CEO Up for Success
Leadership transitions InterviewAn interview with Ram Charan. -
Who New CEOs Fire First
Leadership transitions Digital ArticleThe top executive most at risk? The head of HR. -
How to Onboard New Hires at Every Level
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleWhat a company with 120,000 employees learned about doing it well. -
Developing the CEO Within You
Leadership development Digital ArticleJoseph L. Bower, Harvard Business School professor and author of The CEO Within. To become an effective CEO, work for companies committed to leadership development, and take responsibility for your own development on the job. -
How to Earn a Reputation as a Fair Manager
Leadership transitions Digital ArticleDon’t make the mistake of assuming your decisions will speak for themselves. -
Asking Open-Ended Questions Helps New Managers Build Trust
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleIt's an effective leadership approach. -
The Skills Leaders Need at Every Level
Leadership transitions Digital ArticleFail to develop these at your peril. -
The Art and Science of Finding the Right CEO
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Why Boards Get C-Suite Succession So Wrong
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleNew reports show they need better training on how to assess talent. -
Corporate China’s Succession Struggles
Leadership transitions Digital Article2011 will force China Inc. to come of age, according to my little crystal ball. For the first time after China’s economic reforms began, CEO succession is threatening to become a major problem, particularly for globally competitive companies such as Haier, Huawei, and Lenovo. Their founders — China’s first generation of entrepreneurs — are nearing […] -
Sam Palmisano's Transformation of IBM
Strategy & Execution Digital ArticleWhen Sam Palmisano retired as CEO of IBM on Dec. 31, it marked the end of one of the most remarkable tenures in corporate history. Over his decade as... -
Lego CEO Jørgen Vig Knudstorp on leading through survival and growth
Crisis management Magazine ArticleSometimes a CEO’s most challenging leadership transition is not a matter of switching jobs but of guiding the company onto a new path. Jørgen Vig Knudstorp, a former McKinsey consultant who came to the family-owned Lego Group as an outsider in 2001 and was named CEO in 2004, learned that a series of distinct leadership […] -
Apple and the Leadership Pause
Leadership transitions Digital ArticleBack when Apple was first an entrepreneurial wonder and I was a baby consultant often in Cupertino, I used to think of Apple in baseball analogies. Apple was the Boston Red Sox, exciting and colorful but doomed to be second to IBM’s New York Yankee-like deep pockets and market domination. Not any longer. The tech […] -
Don’t Let Promotion Anxiety Derail Your Career
Leadership transitions Digital ArticleMany of us dream about the moment when we get that longed-for promotion. Imagine that it’s yours: a great step up the career ladder, huge responsibility, a bigger team and a whopping pay rise. It all happens so quickly: your predecessor gives you a fast handover, you meet your new team and peers, and your […]
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Publicis Groupe 2021: Changing Nearly Everything
Leadership & Managing People Case Study8.95View Details After succeeding long-time CEO Maurice Levy as top leader of the world's third largest advertising, marketing, and communications company, headquartered... -
Marinella Soldi at Discovery Inc. (A)
Leadership & Managing People Case Study8.95View Details In May 2010, a year after becoming President and Managing Director for Southern Europe at Discovery Inc., Marinella Soldi faces a make-or-break meeting... -
Zalando: Becoming the Starting Point for Fashion
Technology & Operations Case Study8.95View Details Born in 2008 as a small startup selling flip flops, by mid-2021 Zalando had turned into an online fashion company with an assortment of more than 4,500... -
Danish Crown: Feeding the Future
Sales & Marketing Case Study8.95View Details Danish Crown, one of the world's largest exporters of pork meat and one of Europe's top five producers of beef, faced increasing headwinds in 2021, making... -
Succession at Taiwan's Hop Lion Feather Works: Not Leaving It to Chance
Leadership & Managing People Case Study8.95View Details Many Chinese family businesses are facing a succession crisis due to the lack of succession planning. Contrary to this finding, Chen Koon-yaw, the fourth-generation... -
MIC Food: Shaping the Right Decision-Making Process for the Future
Management Case Study8.95View Details This case concerns a family business's efforts to assess and shape collective decision-making among a large sibling leadership group and transition from... -
The House of Tata: Governance Challenges (B)
Strategy & Execution Case Study5.00View Details The two-part case "The House of Tata: Governance Challenges" is based on one of India's oldest, renowned, and most internationalized business groups.... -
Burberry in 2014
Sales & Marketing Case Study8.95View Details In February 2014, Burberry's chief executive officer Angela Ahrendts is preparing to hand the reins of the English luxury fashion company to chief creative... -
Patagonia: "Earth Is Now Our Only Shareholder"
Management Case Study8.95View Details Patagonia's change of ownership from a privately held company to a perpetual purpose trust and 501(c)(4) nonprofit in order to use the company's profit... -
Crisis at Away (A)
Strategy & Execution Case Study8.95View Details When should a board of directors push for a CEO change? This case explores the experiences of the board of directors of a popular and successful lifestyle-brand... -
Ocean Park Corporation: Transitioning from Park to Resort
Strategy & Execution Case Study8.95View Details The case is based on Ocean Park Corporation (OPC), which manages Ocean Park Hong Kong (OP), the 12th most popular theme park in the world in 2013. Known... -
Bennie Wiley at The Partnership, Inc.
Leadership & Managing People Case Study8.95View Details Benaree Wiley, an African American, female HBS graduate (class of 1972), was appointed CEO and president in 1991 of The Partnership, a Boston-based nonprofit... -
Franck Giovannini: Managing Succession to Sustain Organizational Excellence
Organizational Development Case Study8.95View Details As world-renowned chef Franck Giovannini contemplated his future and the future of The Hôtel de Ville Restaurant, he wondered how would he handle the... -
The House of Tata: Governance Challenges (A)
Strategy & Execution Case Study8.95View Details The two-part case "The House of Tata: Governance Challenges" is based on one of India's oldest, renowned, and most internationalized business groups.... -
Marinella Soldi at Discovery Inc. (B)
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HBR Guide to Designing Your Retirement
21.95View Details Set yourself up for a successful transition. Retirement is perhaps the greatest and most deeply personal career transition you'll ever make. Will you... -
Crisis at Away (B)
Strategy & Execution Case Study5.00View Details This case is a follow-up to "Crisis at Away (A)" (UVA-S-0361), which explores the lifestyle-brand start-up Away as it grapples with a public-relations... -
Yorgus Yogurt and Zona Sul: Building a New Venture in an Established Family Business
Global Business Case Study8.95View Details Yorgus, a Brazilian entrepreneurial maker of premium Greek yogurt, has hit its stride--and now it faces questions about the best path to achieve growth,... -
KFC UK: Don't Count Your Chickens Before they Hatch (A)
Management Case Study8.95View Details On Valentine's day 2018, KFC UK switched its chicken delivery operations from Bidvest Logistics to the new combination of DHL and QSL. Right from the...
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To Be a Great Leader, You Have to Learn How to Delegate Well
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleFocus on the big picture, not just the execution. -
Becoming the Boss
Leadership transitions Magazine ArticleThe earliest test of leadership comes with that first assignment to manage others. Most new managers initially fail this test because of a set of common misconceptions about what it means to be in charge. -
Stepping into a Leadership Role? Be Ready to Tell Your Story.
Leadership and managing people Digital ArticleHit the ground running with a thoughtful personal pitch. -
AIG’s Hank Greenberg Won’t Let Go
Leadership Digital ArticleA responsible leader prepares for succession. -
15 Steps for Successful Strategic Alliances (and Marriages)
Organizational culture Digital ArticleWedding bells fill the Northern Hemisphere air for this season’s happy couples. Among the newlyweds armed with pre-nuptial agreements are numerous companies starting strategic alliances, joint ventures, and focused collaboratives. Unlike full-blown mergers, in which two really do become one because one company disappears, alliances and partnerships resemble modern marriages: separate careers, individual checkbooks, sometimes […] -
The Obama Administration’s 10,000 Transitions
Leadership transitions Digital ArticleIt’s time for President Obama to stand and deliver. With the stimulus bill passed and the budget well on its way, the President has placed his early-win bets. They are, in rough order of priority: bank stabilization, financial regulation reform, job creation, foreclosure avoidance, and health care transformation. So far our new President has had […] -
How Boards Can Set a New CEO Up for Success
Leadership transitions InterviewAn interview with Ram Charan. -
Who New CEOs Fire First
Leadership transitions Digital ArticleThe top executive most at risk? The head of HR. -
How to Onboard New Hires at Every Level
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleWhat a company with 120,000 employees learned about doing it well. -
Developing the CEO Within You
Leadership development Digital ArticleJoseph L. Bower, Harvard Business School professor and author of The CEO Within. To become an effective CEO, work for companies committed to leadership development, and take responsibility for your own development on the job.