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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... -
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... -
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... -
Company Culture Is Everyone's Responsibility
Organizational Development Digital ArticleA top-down approach doesn't work anymore. -
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,... -
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... -
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... -
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.... -
Narcissistic Leaders: The Incredible Pros, the Inevitable Cons
Leadership Magazine ArticleMany leaders dominating business today have what psychoanalysts call a narcissistic personality. That’s good news for companies that need passion and daring to break new ground. But even productive narcissists can be dangerous for organizations. Here is some advice on avoiding the dangers. -
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,... -
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,... -
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... -
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... -
Right Way to Manage Expats
Leadership & Managing People Magazine ArticleIn the global economy, having a workforce that is fluent in the ways of the world is a competitive necessity. That's why more and more companies are sending... -
How to Help (Without Micromanaging)
Leadership & Managing People Magazine ArticleExtensive research shows that when employees get hands-on managerial support, they perform better than when they're left to their own devices, but unnecessary... -
Beyond the Holacracy Hype
Organizational Development Magazine ArticleMost observers who have written about holacracy and other forms of self-management take extreme positions, either celebrating these "bossless," "flat"... -
The Case of the Floundering Expatriate (HBR Case Study)
Leadership & Managing People Magazine ArticleFrank Waterhouse, CEO of Argos Diesel, Europe, is exasperated. Bert Donaldson, who arrived in Zurich a year ago to create a European team--to facilitate... -
Responsibility Junkie: Conductor Keith Lockhart on Tradition and Leadership
Leadership & Managing People Magazine ArticleBoston Pops conductor Keith Lockhart discusses the challenges of filling big shoes and managing a team whose members all aspire to be number one. -
New Game Plan for C Players (HBR OnPoint Enhanced Edition)
Organizational Development Magazine ArticleIt's a big driver of business success, but one that executives are loath to talk about: upgrading the management talent pool by weeding out "C" players--those...
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Perspective on Entrepreneurship, Spanish Version
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study8.95View Details Designed to highlight alternative concepts of good management and the need for entrepreneurship as a response to societal changes. It argues that entrepreneurship... -
Shelley Metzenbaum and Improving Federal Government Performance
Global Business Case Study8.95View Details In late September 2009, nine months after he took office, President Barack Obama appointed Shelley Metzenbaum to the position of associate director for... -
VINSUN Infra Engineering: ERP on Premise or on Cloud
Leadership & Managing People Case Study8.95View Details The managing director of a small- to medium-sized electrical firm faces a major challenge: he realizes that the firm he founded has grown so significantly... -
First Federal Savings (A)
Organizational Development Case Study8.95View Details Raises questions about basing a reward system on profit and changing MBO indicators through time. -
The Future of Management
35.00View Details What fuels long-term business success? Not operational excellence, technology breakthroughs, or new business models, but management innovation--new ways... -
Teaching Smart People How to Learn (Harvard Business Review Classics)
9.99View Details Why are your smartest and most successful employees often the worst learners? Likely, they haven't had the opportunities for introspection that failure... -
SCORE! Educational Centers, Supplement
Leadership & Managing People Case Study5.00View Details Supplements the (A), (B), (C), and (D) cases. -
Change Without Compromise (B): The Growth of NorthRidge Church
Organizational Development Case Study5.00View Details Brad Powell, the newly hired senior leader of a Christian church, must lead the organization to reverse a three-decade decline and return to fulfilling... -
Automation Consulting Services, Portuguese Version
Finance & Accounting Case Study8.95View Details Illustrates the management control challenges that are associated with rapid growth and geographic expansion. Situated at an offsite Executive Committee... -
Meg Whitman at eBay, Inc. (A), Spanish Version
Leadership & Managing People Case Study8.95View Details Meg Whitman takes over as CEO of eBay from the founder. She must figure out how to lead the company through a stage of phenomenal growth without compromising... -
The Emotionally Intelligent Leader
19.99View Details Become a Better Leader by Improving Your Emotional Intelligence. Bestselling author DANIEL GOLEMAN first brought the concept of emotional intelligence... -
Nike (D): Leisure Shoes
Leadership & Managing People Case Study5.00View Details Focusing on middle manager Harry Leidboldt, this case presents a clear-cut strategic issue--should Nike move into the leisure shoe business? The teaching... -
Architects Collaborative, Inc., Spanish Version
Sales & Marketing Case Study8.95View Details Although internationally recognized for quality design, the collaborative's billings have been on a plateau for four years and they are losing jobs to... -
Michael Lester at Lachlan Consulting
Leadership & Managing People Case Study8.95View Details Michael Lester, a consultant with Lachlan, was frustrated by his client's unwillingness to provide key data for an important presentation. Lester must... -
Personal Selling and Sales Management, Portuguese Version
Sales & Marketing Case Study8.95View Details Develop a better understanding of what salespeople do, what motivates them to succeed, and how to effectively manage their efforts. -
Managing Xerox's Multinational Development Center, Spanish Version
Leadership & Managing People Case Study8.95View Details Describes a manager's role in developing a staff group responsible for enhancing the efficiency of Xerox's worldwide logistics and inventory management... -
Pitch Yourself!
Sales & Marketing Case Study8.95View Details Helps students develop an elevator pitch for their most important asset--themselves. Before class students are asked to interview a potential employer... -
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... -
Setting Goals
9.95View Details Setting goals is a key part of any manager's job. Through goal setting, you define business outcomes that you and your team will accomplish collectively... -
Lee and Li, Attorneys-at-Law and the Embezzlement of NT$3 Billion by Eddie Liu (B)
Leadership & Managing People Case Study5.00View Details Dr. C.V. Chen learned that one of Lee and Li's senior legal assistants had illegally sold a client's shares in a Taiwanese company and sneaked out of...
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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... -
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... -
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... -
Company Culture Is Everyone's Responsibility
Organizational Development Digital ArticleA top-down approach doesn't work anymore. -
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,... -
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... -
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... -
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.... -
Narcissistic Leaders: The Incredible Pros, the Inevitable Cons
Leadership Magazine ArticleMany leaders dominating business today have what psychoanalysts call a narcissistic personality. That’s good news for companies that need passion and daring to break new ground. But even productive narcissists can be dangerous for organizations. Here is some advice on avoiding the dangers. -
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,...