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Ferguson's Formula
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Transcending Business Boundaries: 12,000 World Managers View Change
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Evidence-Based Advice
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The Deepest Deficit: Trust
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleWe recently traveled back from interesting assignments at a high profile consumer goods company and a global pharma firm. In true British fashion, we... -
What Maslow's Hierarchy Won't Tell You About Motivation
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How to Make Even the Most Mundane Tasks More Motivating
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Musings on Management
Leadership & Managing People Magazine ArticleHenry Mintzberg, a professor of management at McGill University in Canada and at INSEAD in France, takes aim at the hype surrounding management fads and... -
Turn a Good Idea into Reality
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What Great Remote Managers Do Differently
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Why Managers Shouldn't Have the Final Say in Performance Reviews
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Jim Fielding, Ex-Head of Disney Stores, on the Struggles of Making It as a Queer Executive
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Proof That Good Managers Really Do Make a Difference
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To Clarify Your Purpose, Reflect on Your Childhood
Nick Craig, president of the Authentic Leadership Institute, on how to mine your life story to find your leadership purpose. -
What Is the Purpose of Your Purpose?
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Rethinking the Corporate Love Affair with Change
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Positive Psychology as a Catalyst for Change
Organizational Development Magazine ArticleIn 2005, the host unit of North Dakota's Grand Forks Air Force Base had to reinvent itself to stay relevant. Its large fleet of tanker aircraft was being... -
Are You Setting Your Data Scientists Up to Fail?
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The Role of a Manager Has to Change in 5 Key Ways
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Living in the Futures
Strategy & Execution Magazine ArticleIn 1965, a time when quantitative, computer-driven planning was very much in vogue, Royal Dutch Shell started experimenting with a different way of looking...
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Build a Corporate Culture That Works
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The Challenges of Becoming a Less Hierarchical Company
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The Best Leaders Can’t Be Replaced by AI
Leadership and managing people Digital ArticleAs AI-enabled leadership evolves, human qualities like compassion and wisdom will only become more important. -
How the Geeks Rewrote the Rules of Management
Business and society Digital ArticleGeeks are “obsessive mavericks”, and every company can benefit from their leadership style. -
Jim Fielding, Ex-Head of Disney Stores, on the Struggles of Making It as a Queer Executive
Business and society Digital ArticleWorking–and living–inauthentically can cause stress, mental illness, or worse. -
Why Managers Should Think More Like Hackers
Management philosophy Digital ArticleIt can help you work around obstacles, find opportunities across silos, and more. -
Lincoln Center CEO Henry Timms on New Models for Effective Leadership
Business and society Digital Article“New power” is about circulating new ideas for anyone and everyone to interpret and build on – rather than being controlled by a centralized organization. -
The Myth of the Brilliant, Charismatic Leader
Leadership qualities Digital ArticleResearch shows that good management is more profitable than a cult of personality. -
What Great Remote Managers Do Differently
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Improving the Practice of Management — Then and Now
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100 Years of HBR
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleHBR turns 100 this year, and to mark the anniversary, we're taking both a look back--and a look forward. In the essay, "Improving the Practice of Management--Then... -
What Is the Purpose of Your Purpose?
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Making Purpose Real
Leadership & Managing People Digital Article"Despite its sudden elevation in corporate life, purpose remains a confusing topic," the authors write. A primary cause of this confusion, they say, is... -
Delta CEO Ed Bastian on Leading an Airline Through Two Years of Pandemic Disruptions
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You're Not Paid Based on Your Performance
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Company Culture Is Everyone's Responsibility
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Reimagining the Urban Office
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To Build a Strong Culture, Create Rules That Are Unique to Your Company
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Put Purpose at the Core of Your Strategy
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How to Make Even the Most Mundane Tasks More Motivating
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleConnect them to a broader goal.
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Leading Transformation: How to Take Charge of Your Company's Future
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Science Lessons: What the Business of Biotech Taught Me About Management
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AsiaInfo: The IPO Decision
Finance & Accounting Case Study11.95View Details The cofounder and CEO of AsiaInfo, a Chinese system integrator that built 70% of China's Internet backbone, must decide whether to list equity in the... -
Defining the Purpose for Borussia Dortmund GmbH & Co. KGaA
Leadership & Managing People Case Study11.95View Details In its 100th year of existence in 2009, Borussia Dortmund (BVB) was the only German soccer club listed on the stock exchange. With three days to go before... -
Ina Food Industry: A New Management Philosophy for Japanese Business
Strategy & Execution Case Study11.95View Details Ina Food Industry Co. Ltd was situated in Ina, Nagano Prefecture, and surrounded by the soaring mountains of Japan's Alps. Amidst this idyllic setting,... -
Yum! China
Sales & Marketing Case Study11.95View Details Since the first KFC opened in China in 1987, Yum--under Sam Su's leadership--had built the largest restaurant company by far in mainland China. Averaging... -
Cancer Treatment Centers of America (B)
Leadership & Managing People Case Study5.00View Details This case, a follow-up to Cancer Treatment Centers of America (A), HBS No. 313-012, begins with the debate over New Hampshire's certificate-of-need (CON)... -
Ctrip: Scientifically Managing Travel Services
Leadership & Managing People Case Study11.95View Details Ctrip is a $437 million Chinese on-line travel services company with a scientific, data driven approach to management. The case explores Ctrip's founding... -
Amanda and Kristen: Mented Cosmetics
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study11.95View Details The co-founders (Black HBS alumnae) of an e-commerce beauty startup explore the unmet needs within the beauty industry. This case study examines the entrepreneurial... -
Lincoln Electric: Venturing Abroad
Strategy & Execution Case Study11.95View Details Lincoln Electric, a 100-year-old manufacturer of welding equipment and consumables based in Cleveland, Ohio, motivates its U.S. employees through a culture... -
Building a Meritocracy at Alghanim Industries
Finance & Accounting Case Study11.95View Details Building on his father's legacy, Omar Alghanim (MBA 2002) had been working on strengthening a performance-driven culture based on meritocracy in the family... -
The Heart of Business: Leadership Principles for the Next Era of Capitalism
30.00View Details How to unleash "human magic" and achieve improbable results. Hubert Joly, former CEO of Best Buy and orchestrator of the retailer's spectacular turnaround,... -
Mrs. Fields, Inc.--1977-87
Technology & Operations Case Study11.95View Details Describes a small company selling freshly baked goods through privately owned specialty stores (each store sells only Mrs. Fields products). The company... -
teamLab: "Ultra-technologist" Group
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Box. Inc.: Preserving Start-Up Culture in a Rapidly Growing Company
Leadership & Managing People Case Study11.95View Details This is a case organized around the theme of preserving an entrepreneurial culture in the face of rapid growth, including over 800 employees and several... -
The DivaCup: Navigating Distribution and Growth
Sales & Marketing Case Study11.95View Details When the mother-daughter founders of DivaCup set out with a mission to disrupt the menstrual care industry with an innovative product form, they initially... -
Extend Fertility: Conceiving the Market for Egg Preservation (B)
Strategy & Execution Case Study8.95View Details Supplement to case 719019 -
Eliminating the Gender Pay Gap: Gap Inc. Leads the Way
Communication Case Study11.95View Details This case examines Gap Inc. as a trailblazer in gender pay equality with a focus on investing in gender equity in leadership. Since Gap Inc. made history... -
Hill Country Snack Foods Co.
Finance & Accounting Case Study8.95View Details Hill Country Snack Foods, located in Austin, Texas, manufactures, markets, and distributes snack foods and frozen treats. The CEO is passionate about... -
Arlan Hamilton and Backstage Capital
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study11.95View Details Frustrated by an inability to convince existing venture capital firms to invest in companies led by women, people of color, and LGBT founders, Arlan Hamilton...
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Leading Transformation: How to Take Charge of Your Company's Future
32.00View Details New Tools to Overcome the Human Barriers to Change. Leaders know that their job is to transform their organizations to keep pace with technology and an... -
Science Lessons: What the Business of Biotech Taught Me About Management
38.00View Details Widely regarded as the most innovative, successful biotech firm ever, Amgen led its industry in revenue and sales growth in 2007. Top magazines including... -
7: "How to Turn around a Business without Everyone Hating You" from The Heart of Business: Leadership Principles for the Next Era of Capitalism
Management Book Chapter8.95View Details Hubert Joly, former CEO of Best Buy and orchestrator of the retailer's spectacular turnaround, unveils his personal playbook for achieving extraordinary... -
Ferguson's Formula
Leadership & Managing People Magazine ArticleWhen 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... -
Transcending Business Boundaries: 12,000 World Managers View Change
Global Business Magazine ArticleThe results of the HBR World Leadership Survey found that change is indeed everywhere--regardless of country, culture, or corporation. But the idea of... -
Evidence-Based Advice
Technology & Operations Digital ArticleYou may have heard of "evidence-based medicine," the notion that medical decisions should be based on clinical research and evidence. What scares me about... -
AsiaInfo: The IPO Decision
Finance & Accounting Case Study11.95View Details The cofounder and CEO of AsiaInfo, a Chinese system integrator that built 70% of China's Internet backbone, must decide whether to list equity in the... -
Defining the Purpose for Borussia Dortmund GmbH & Co. KGaA
Leadership & Managing People Case Study11.95View Details In its 100th year of existence in 2009, Borussia Dortmund (BVB) was the only German soccer club listed on the stock exchange. With three days to go before... -
Ina Food Industry: A New Management Philosophy for Japanese Business
Strategy & Execution Case Study11.95View Details Ina Food Industry Co. Ltd was situated in Ina, Nagano Prefecture, and surrounded by the soaring mountains of Japan's Alps. Amidst this idyllic setting,...
