Collaboration and teams

Three rules from a company that's been fully remote since 2014.

Leaders and employees must collaborate to determine the best approach for their organizations. Here's how to have a productive conversation.

Even during a pandemic, managers are expected to lead their teams and drive business results. But there's a dilemma: They must acknowledge that Covid-19...

Leadership 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.

Research-backed strategies to help directors ensure that everyone's voice is heard.

Leaders tend to be so immersed in the specifics of strategy that they rarely stop to think how much of their reasoning is done by analogy. As a result,...

Two research-driven strategies.

When an executive comes from the private sector to a nonprofit, the usual understanding is that he or she is there to inject some business discipline. When I arrived at the American Red Cross, there were certainly problems to be tackled. The books were closed on FY08 just six days after I started, with a […]

Here are seven ways managers can help them feel included.

A little friction can be productive, but teams that aren’t co-located present special challenges.

Recently, I posted a list of 12 Things Good Bosses Believe. Now I’m following up by delving into each one of them. This post is about the eighth belief: “One of the best tests of my leadership — and my organization — is “what happens after people make a mistake?” I have authored or co-authored […]

Protect your employees from burnout, prioritize retention, and visualize long-term success.

Mislabeled, missing, or incorrect information creates more work for everyone.

To maximize information exchange among employees, don't reward individual performance.

Answer these questions to see how you compare with others.

When Alex Ferguson took over as manager of the English football team Manchester United, the club was in dire straits: It hadn't won a league title in...

It's against human nature to react favorably to the disruption of process change. Continuous improvement means continuous change, and change takes people...

Most of what is written about collaboration is positive. Even hip. Collaboration is championed enthusiastically by the Enterprise 2.0 experts, as well as leading thinkers like Don Tapscott, as the crucial approach for the 21st century. Collaboration creates once-elusive “buy-in or “empowerment,” improves problem solving, increases creativity, is key to innovation at companies like Lego, […]

In the continuing quest for business growth, many CEOs are turning to their CIOs and IT organizations because technology is absolutely essential to two...

When employees felt respected and listened to, engagement surged.

Jack Rivkin's innovative approach to hiring, developing, and retaining employees created opportunities for female analysts to thrive at the equity research...

In 2016, Akira Fukabori and Kevin Kajitani, aeronautical engineers at All Nippon Airways Co., Ltd., began to wonder why, in a world of accelerating globalization...

Provides questionnaires so students can compare their experiences with different decison-making processes. Students read "Growing Pains," a Harvard Business...

Tim Trowac and Dave Rahall, two former investment bankers, skillfully execute the leveraged buyout of a golf ball recycling company after working intensely...

Novartis, the world's leading healthcare company, was formed in 1996 out of a merger of two very different, mid-tier Switzerland-based pharma companies....

Provides questionnaires so students can compare their experiences with different decison-making processes. Students read "Growing Pains," a Harvard Business...

This case presents the leadership challenges that Cheryl Dorsey, the president of Echoing Green, faces in early 2009. Echoing Green is a fellowship program...

Supplement to case HEC143. The Wipebook case follows a start-up company over a two-year period. The company originated from a product idea proposed by...

"Is this the right time or is it still too early?" Dick Costolo wondered as he reflected on the latest acquisition offer. He had been building FeedBurner...

This case reports the actions taken and personal reflections of team members described in Case A, "Making the Tough Team Call (A)" (UVA-OB-0705). Set...

In 2016, Akira Fukabori and Kevin Kajitani, aeronautical engineers at All Nippon Airways Co., Ltd., began to wonder why, in a world of accelerating globalization...

A new CEO steps into the shoes of his long-serving predecessor who had created the U.S. telecommunications giant via a series of acquisitions and, before...

The managing directors of Berkshire Partners, a mid-sized private equity firm, address strategic and organizational challenges in response to turbulent...

Why do smart and experienced managers keep believing they have made the right decision, even when negative results are staring them in the face? This...

Describes the new divisional vice president's decisions and strategies in his first full year of management there. His influence style and tactics are...

Are you a good boss--or a great one? Get more of the management ideas you want, from the authors you trust, with "HBR's 10 Must Reads on Managing People...

Creating a culture of learning and growth. Growth is the goal. Helping people develop their potential--enabling them to articulate and become the self...

In July 2007, Scripps Networks acquired Recipezaar, a user-generated recipe and cooking Website with a captive community of 2.3 million visitors. By September,...

Little Tokyo Service Center (LTSC), a nonprofit founded in Los Angeles in 1979, has sought to honor tradition yet defend against gentrification and displacement...

Jack Rivkin's innovative approach to hiring, developing, and retaining employees created opportunities for female analysts to thrive at the equity research...

Three rules from a company that's been fully remote since 2014.

Build connections, communicate your preferences, and set ground rules for collaboration.

In 2016, Akira Fukabori and Kevin Kajitani, aeronautical engineers at All Nippon Airways Co., Ltd., began to wonder why, in a world of accelerating globalization...

Leaders and employees must collaborate to determine the best approach for their organizations. Here's how to have a productive conversation.

Provides questionnaires so students can compare their experiences with different decison-making processes. Students read "Growing Pains," a Harvard Business...

Tim Trowac and Dave Rahall, two former investment bankers, skillfully execute the leveraged buyout of a golf ball recycling company after working intensely...

Even during a pandemic, managers are expected to lead their teams and drive business results. But there's a dilemma: They must acknowledge that Covid-19...

Leadership 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.

Research-backed strategies to help directors ensure that everyone's voice is heard.