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Bright, Shiny Objects and the Future of HR
Organizational Development Magazine ArticleThis article relates how the HR team at Juniper Networks answered top management's call for a renewed focus on values and culture as a differentiator.... -
Collaboration Overload Is Sinking Productivity
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleHow forward-looking organizations are protecting employees' time and energy. -
How to Lead Across a Siloed Organization
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How Pixar Fosters Collective Creativity
Creativity Magazine ArticleBehind Pixar’s string of hit movies, says the studio’s president, is a peer-driven process for solving problems. -
The Dirty Little Secret of Project Management
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleMost of the time, the schedule is a joke. -
Breaking Down Health Care Silos
Business communication Digital ArticleLessons from Brigham and Women’s Hospital. -
Coding Isn’t a Necessary Leadership Skill — But Digital Literacy Is
Digital transformation Digital ArticleHow non-technical leaders can become great collaborators. -
Case Study: The Strategy That Wouldn't Travel (Commentary on HBR Case Study)
Organizational Development Magazine ArticleIn early 1995, Karen Jimenez began implementing a project to boost morale and productivity at Acme Minerals Extraction Co.'s plant in Wichita, Kansas.... -
Eight Ways to Build Collaborative Teams
Leadership & Managing People Magazine ArticleExecuting complex initiatives like acquisitions or an IT overhaul requires a breadth of knowledge that can be provided only by teams that are large, diverse,... -
Collaborate Across Teams, Silos, and Even Companies
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleIt takes more than goodwill. -
The Revolution Will Be Managed
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleWhy some movements succeed and others fail. -
How CMOs Build Brands by Collaborating Across Silos
Brand management Digital ArticleThis post is part of the HBR Insight Center Making Collaboration Work. The challenge for the Chief Marketing Officer is to create marketing and brand building that is both exceptional and efficient in the face of country, product, and functional silos. To study that problem, I interviewed more than 40 CMOs and asked about silo […] -
Competing on Capabilities: The New Rules of Corporate Strategy
Strategy & Execution Magazine ArticleIn today's dynamic business environment, strategy too must become dynamic. The essence of strategy is not the structure of a company's products but the... -
Perfecting Cross-Pollination
Organizational Development Magazine ArticleThere's a way to build cross-functional innovation teams that can balance your appetite for risk with your hunger for a breakthrough. Do it wrong, and... -
Saving the Business Without Losing the Company
Organizational Development Magazine ArticleWhen Renault and Nissan entered into a strategic alliance in March 1999, Nissan was in trouble. The Japanese automaker had struggled for 8 years to turn... -
Decision-Driven Marketing
Sales & Marketing Magazine ArticleThe gap between marketers' aspirations and what their organizations can accomplish creates intense pressure to reshape how marketing is done. In recent... -
A Simple Nuance that Produces Great Strategy Discussions
Strategy & Execution Digital ArticleDon't make strategy a battleground. -
When Bureaucracy Is Actually Helpful, According to Research
Organizational Development ResearchRed tape isn't always a burden. -
What Happens When Data Scientists and Designers Work Together
Sales & Marketing Digital ArticleHow a sleep app became something users really wanted. -
Let Your Top Performers Move Around the Company
Cross-functional management Digital ArticleIt’s a critical way to retain talent and upskill your workforce.
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Glass-Shattering Leaders: Jack Rivkin
Organizational Development Case Study11.95View Details Jack Rivkin's innovative approach to hiring, developing, and retaining employees created opportunities for female analysts to thrive at the equity research... -
Explo Leisure Products
Leadership & Managing People Case Study11.95View Details Tim Trowac and Dave Rahall, two former investment bankers, skillfully execute the leveraged buyout of a golf ball recycling company after working intensely... -
Linda Rabbitt at rand* construction
Leadership & Managing People Case Study11.95View Details Linda Rabbitt, founder and CEO of rand* construction walked into her office at the company's headquarters in Alexandria, VA and briefly closed the door... -
Marshall & Gordon: Designing an Effective Compensation System (A)
Leadership & Managing People Case Study11.95View Details CEO Kelly Browne wrestles with the design of a new compensation system to promote the collaboration and cross-selling necessary for supporting her firm's... -
Chairman Zhang and Broad Group: Growth Dilemmas
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study11.95View Details Zhang Yue, founder and chairman of Broad Group, had developed a series of innovative products aimed at solving China's environmental problems. Broad Group's... -
Transpower New Zealand: Evaluating Board Performance
Organizational Development Case Study11.95View Details Mark Verbiest, Chairman of Transpower New Zealand, initiated a performance review of Transpower's board of directors. The review, which took four months... -
Utah Symphony and Utah Opera: A Merger Proposal
Organizational Development Case Study11.95View Details Anne Ewers, general director of Utah Opera, is awaiting the decision of the members of the board of the Utah Symphony and Utah Opera about whether to... -
Transforming Verizon: A Platform for Change
Leadership & Managing People Case Study11.95View Details 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... -
JPMorgan Chase: Tapping an Overlooked Talent Pool
Organizational Development Case Study11.95View Details By the spring of 2014, the pilot had come to an end for JPMorgan Chase's ReEntry Program, a program designed for women coming back to the workforce after... -
Sapient Corp.
Organizational Development Case Study11.95View Details Describes the start-up, growth, organizational design, and operations over the first 10 years of a professional services firm. Focuses on the creative... -
Barilla SpA (A)
Technology & Operations Case Study11.95View Details Barilla SpA, an Italian manufacturer that sells to its retailers largely through third-party distributors, experienced widely fluctuating demand patterns... -
Kvadrat: Leading for Innovation
Organizational Development Case Study11.95View Details In 2013, Anders Byriel, CEO of the family-owned Danish textiles company, Kvadrat, considered the firm's strategic plan. In 2000, Byriel and Mette Bendix,... -
Indianapolis: Activity-Based Costing of City Services (A)
Finance & Accounting Case Study11.95View Details A new administration in the City of Indianapolis is initially determined to privatize many municipal services. Before taking this action, however, the... -
The Kashagan Production Sharing Agreement (PSA)
Finance & Accounting Case Study11.95View Details When discovered in the 1990s, the Kashagan oil field was the second largest oil field in the world. The project sponsors (equity investors) signed a 40-year... -
Hospital Clinic de Barcelona
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Li Ka-Shing and the Growth of Cheung Kong
Leadership & Managing People Case Study11.95View Details Events in the history of Cheung Kong's growth reveal how Li Ka-Shing applied his skills as a "first-class noticer" to complex political and socioeconomic... -
Ramesh Patel at Aragon Entertainment Limited
Leadership & Managing People Case Study11.95View Details Ramesh Patel, a high potential employee, was excited to be named to the company's New Horizons Board, a select team responsible for producing recommendations... -
Handelsbanken: Going Digital
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Alphexo Corp.: Confidential Negotiation Information
Strategy & Execution Case Study8.95View Details A two-party, multiple-issue dollar-scoring negotiation exercise dealing with the formation and terms of an IT-industry joint venture. Subordinates have... -
Activity-Based Management at Stream International
Finance & Accounting Case Study11.95View Details Stream International's Crawfordsville, Indiana facilities undertake the design and implementation of an activity-based costing project. After analyzing...
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Glass-Shattering Leaders: Jack Rivkin
Organizational Development Case Study11.95View Details Jack Rivkin's innovative approach to hiring, developing, and retaining employees created opportunities for female analysts to thrive at the equity research... -
Explo Leisure Products
Leadership & Managing People Case Study11.95View Details Tim Trowac and Dave Rahall, two former investment bankers, skillfully execute the leveraged buyout of a golf ball recycling company after working intensely... -
Linda Rabbitt at rand* construction
Leadership & Managing People Case Study11.95View Details Linda Rabbitt, founder and CEO of rand* construction walked into her office at the company's headquarters in Alexandria, VA and briefly closed the door... -
Marshall & Gordon: Designing an Effective Compensation System (A)
Leadership & Managing People Case Study11.95View Details CEO Kelly Browne wrestles with the design of a new compensation system to promote the collaboration and cross-selling necessary for supporting her firm's... -
Chairman Zhang and Broad Group: Growth Dilemmas
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study11.95View Details Zhang Yue, founder and chairman of Broad Group, had developed a series of innovative products aimed at solving China's environmental problems. Broad Group's... -
Bright, Shiny Objects and the Future of HR
Organizational Development Magazine ArticleThis article relates how the HR team at Juniper Networks answered top management's call for a renewed focus on values and culture as a differentiator.... -
Transpower New Zealand: Evaluating Board Performance
Organizational Development Case Study11.95View Details Mark Verbiest, Chairman of Transpower New Zealand, initiated a performance review of Transpower's board of directors. The review, which took four months... -
Utah Symphony and Utah Opera: A Merger Proposal
Organizational Development Case Study11.95View Details Anne Ewers, general director of Utah Opera, is awaiting the decision of the members of the board of the Utah Symphony and Utah Opera about whether to... -
Transforming Verizon: A Platform for Change
Leadership & Managing People Case Study11.95View Details 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... -
JPMorgan Chase: Tapping an Overlooked Talent Pool
Organizational Development Case Study11.95View Details By the spring of 2014, the pilot had come to an end for JPMorgan Chase's ReEntry Program, a program designed for women coming back to the workforce after...