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The C-Suite Skills That Matter Most
Leadership & Managing People SpotlightLanding a job as a CEO today is no longer all about industry expertise and financial savvy. What companies are really seeking are leaders with strong... -
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... -
Stepping into a Leadership Role? Be Ready to Tell Your Story.
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleHit the ground running with a thoughtful personal pitch. -
The Dark Side of CEO Succession
Succession planning Magazine ArticleMost CEOs and most board members manage the CEO’s succession well. In many companies, CEOs are bound by tradition or policy to step down at a certain age, and plan accordingly. Many have enough vision and insight to overcome any momentary desire to stay on, and indeed take pleasure in training and developing the next […] -
How Hewlett-Packard Lost the HP Way
Succession planning Digital ArticleReally, Hewlett-Packard? This is what’s become of the company of Bill and Dave — not just the founders of HP, but the founding fathers of Silicon Valley? Three CEOs in six years. Two of those CEOs who embarrassed themselves with inept campaigns for elective office. The other CEO who managed to get tossed out of […] -
How Boards Can Set a New CEO Up for Success
Leadership transitions InterviewAn interview with Ram Charan. -
Is It Time to Consider Co-CEOs?
Leadership & Managing People Spotlight"Two heads are better than one." It's a familiar expression--and one that businesses might want to heed. The authors' study of 87 companies led by co-CEOs... -
Microsoft and the Case for the Insider CEO
Succession planning Digital ArticleInsiders might not excite Wall Street, but their track record is superior. -
The Outstanding Outsider and the Fumbling Family
Succession planning Magazine ArticleIn 1945, after four years in the navy, Paul Ballisarian came home to a suburb of Chicago, married his childhood sweetheart, and joined his father in the family butcher shop. Paul was an energetic young man, and when his father retired several years later, he transformed the business from a retail shop into a meat […] -
How to Onboard New Hires at Every Level
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleWhat a company with 120,000 employees learned about doing it well. -
Why Visionary CEOs Never Have Visionary Successors
Succession planning Digital ArticleTim Cook is on track to be the next Steve Ballmer. -
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. -
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... -
Dear Entrepreneur, Are You Happy?
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Digital ArticleFor the past year, I've been interviewing entrepreneurs and business-builders as part of a book project. Their successes have inspired me, but so have... -
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... -
Succession and Failure (Commentary for HBR Case Study)
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... -
Asking Open-Ended Questions Helps New Managers Build Trust
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleIt's an effective leadership approach. -
The New Road to the Top
Career planning Magazine ArticleThe route to the executive suite and the attributes of the individuals who get there have changed over the past 20 years, even in the largest and most stable companies. -
Leading the Team You Inherit
Leadership & Managing People Magazine ArticleMost leaders don't have the luxury of building their teams from scratch. Instead they're put in charge of an existing group, and they need guidance on... -
Risky Business of Hiring Stars
Organizational Development Magazine ArticleWith the battle for the best and brightest people heating up again, you're most likely out there looking for first-rate talent in the ranks of your competitors....
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Amarnath Gupta and Sons: The Family Business
Leadership & Managing People Case Study8.95View Details Amarnath Gupta and Sons was a distributor of lubricants and owner of a petrol pump based in Alwar, Rajasthan, India. The business was originally set up... -
Business Leader's Involvement in the Improvement of Education
Leadership & Managing People Case Study8.95View Details Describes the alliance that Manuel Ariztia (Don Manuel), a highly respected owner of one of the leading poultry companies in Chile, has forged with Melipilla,... -
Rob Waldron at SCORE! Educational Centers (Abridged)
Leadership & Managing People Case Study8.95View Details Describes Rob Waldron's actions upon assuming leadership of SCORE! Educational Centers, an after-school tutoring enterprise. Examines the issue of acquiring... -
Stoy Foods: Role Information for Milan Stoyanovic
Leadership & Managing People Case Study8.95View Details In this simulation exercise, four family members must negotiate over the future of the family business. Should the business be sold to a strategic buyer,... -
Alrich Farms: Cash Flow Analysis
Finance & Accounting Case Study8.95View Details In January 2016, the owners of a family farm near London, Ontario, Canada, wanted to evaluate the financial status of their business. After 30 years in... -
CEO Succession at Cisco (B): Announcement Strategy
Leadership & Managing People Case Study5.00View Details Supplements the (A) case (417-031). This case supplement describes Cisco's communications strategy around the CEO announcement, which focused on controlling... -
Harvard Business School Executive Education: Balancing Online and Offline Marketing, Spanish Version
Sales & Marketing Case Study8.95View Details How does a small business set its online media budget? The HBS Executive Education Division can be viewed as a small-to-medium sized business unit with... -
Thomas Cook Group on the Brink (C): Transformation Year 2 Results
Finance & Accounting Case Study5.00View Details Analyzes the results of the Thomas Cook turnaround plan after the second year under Harriet Green's leadership (November 2014). -
Leadership Bestsellers Collection (Ebooks)
Leadership & Managing People Special Offer40.00View Details As a leader today, it's essential that you master two critical challenges before anything else: getting up to speed quickly in a new role, and building... -
Royal DSM: From Continuous Transformation to Organic Growth
Strategy & Execution Case Study8.95View Details Royal DSM CEO Feike Sijbesma was pondering the challenges of shifting DSM's global organization from the constant transformations of the past 100 years... -
Marimekko
Leadership & Managing People Case Study8.95View Details Kirsti Paakkanen has achieved a celebrity status in Finland for her enigmatic leadership of the Finnish design company Marimekko. Purchasing the company... -
Barbara Krakow Gallery
Strategy & Execution Case Study8.95View Details The Barbara Krakow Gallery is a successful contemporary art gallery located in Boston. It utilizes a very rare "no haggle pricing" strategy and extended... -
Generation to Generation: Life Cycles of the Family Business
45.00View Details Presents one of the first comprehensive overviews of family business as a specific organizational form. Focusing on the inevitable maturing of families... -
Tale of the Lynx (C)
Organizational Development Case Study5.00View Details Continuation of the 'Tale of the Lynx' case series. -
Arbor Health Care Co.
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study8.95View 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... -
Is Destira My Destiny? Whether, When, and How to Join One's Small Family Business
Leadership & Managing People Case Study8.95View Details In mid-2012, after successful years in large public companies and obtaining an MBA, middle daughter Jen, 32, is trying to decide whether the time is right... -
Graham Family and the Washington Post Co., Spanish Version
Leadership & Managing People Case Study8.95View Details The Washington Post is now headed up by its fourth family member in three generations. The Graham family has somehow transcended the problems and pitfalls... -
Wanxiang Group: A Chinese Company's Global Strategy (C)
Leadership & Managing People Case Study5.00View Details This case updates Wanxiang Group's activities since 2012, focusing on its electric vehicle strategy and a transition of the group's leadership. -
Gazi (B): Bringing the sum of the parts together with the whole
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study5.00View Details The Gazi B case focuses on two issues: First, it provides a bottom-up perspective on each of Gazi's main lines of business, namely, the Avis/Budget car... -
Body Shop International, Japanese Version
Leadership & Managing People Case Study8.95View Details Describes the start-up and rapid growth of a company whose founder holds strong, non-traditional beliefs about the role of the corporation and its responsibility...
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The C-Suite Skills That Matter Most
Leadership & Managing People SpotlightLanding a job as a CEO today is no longer all about industry expertise and financial savvy. What companies are really seeking are leaders with strong... -
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... -
Stepping into a Leadership Role? Be Ready to Tell Your Story.
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleHit the ground running with a thoughtful personal pitch. -
Amarnath Gupta and Sons: The Family Business
Leadership & Managing People Case Study8.95View Details Amarnath Gupta and Sons was a distributor of lubricants and owner of a petrol pump based in Alwar, Rajasthan, India. The business was originally set up... -
Business Leader's Involvement in the Improvement of Education
Leadership & Managing People Case Study8.95View Details Describes the alliance that Manuel Ariztia (Don Manuel), a highly respected owner of one of the leading poultry companies in Chile, has forged with Melipilla,... -
Rob Waldron at SCORE! Educational Centers (Abridged)
Leadership & Managing People Case Study8.95View Details Describes Rob Waldron's actions upon assuming leadership of SCORE! Educational Centers, an after-school tutoring enterprise. Examines the issue of acquiring... -
Stoy Foods: Role Information for Milan Stoyanovic
Leadership & Managing People Case Study8.95View Details In this simulation exercise, four family members must negotiate over the future of the family business. Should the business be sold to a strategic buyer,... -
Alrich Farms: Cash Flow Analysis
Finance & Accounting Case Study8.95View Details In January 2016, the owners of a family farm near London, Ontario, Canada, wanted to evaluate the financial status of their business. After 30 years in... -
The Dark Side of CEO Succession
Succession planning Magazine ArticleMost CEOs and most board members manage the CEO’s succession well. In many companies, CEOs are bound by tradition or policy to step down at a certain age, and plan accordingly. Many have enough vision and insight to overcome any momentary desire to stay on, and indeed take pleasure in training and developing the next […] -
How Hewlett-Packard Lost the HP Way
Succession planning Digital ArticleReally, Hewlett-Packard? This is what’s become of the company of Bill and Dave — not just the founders of HP, but the founding fathers of Silicon Valley? Three CEOs in six years. Two of those CEOs who embarrassed themselves with inept campaigns for elective office. The other CEO who managed to get tossed out of […]