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The First Day After a Promotion
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleThanks again for the wonderful responses to the Julia Martinez scenario on making the shift from peer to boss. Last week we went over the challenges Julia... -
The Importance of Focus in Leadership Transitions
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleAs we visit Julia Martinez for the final time, thanks once again for the wonderful responses to the Julia Martinez scenario on making the shift from peer... -
The Trick to Becoming a Senior Leader
Leadership Digital ArticleI was walking down 48th Street in midtown Manhattan, when a man, well-dressed in a nice suit and shined shoes, with coiffed hair, and a leather briefcase, brushed by me. Then I saw him turn his head and spit out his gum. I kept my eye on the wad of gum to be sure I […] -
How I Did It: Giving Up the CEO Seat
Change management Magazine ArticleThe Idea: A founder of Seventh Generation describes how he knew it was time to go—and how he made that case to his team and his board. -
Leave Your Job the Classy Way
Managing yourself Digital ArticleI’ll never forget the Vice President of Sales who — after only five days on the job — sent a company-wide email calling all his coworkers “complete idiots,” swearing at senior management, and declaring he was walking out then and there. After that email, about 950 people who barely knew his name would forever remember […] -
Why Managers Are More Likely to Be Depressed
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How to Pick the Next Pope
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleFocus less on who the candidates represent and more on their potential in a large, complex role. -
Congratulations, Mr. President. Now Comes the Hard Part.
Government Digital ArticleThe morning after a hard-fought campaign is the time to savor the sweet taste of victory. And what a campaign it has been, scaling new political heights and plumbing new lows. So enjoy the morning after Mr. President, because that’s really all the time you can afford. You lead a nation divided, depleted and at […] -
HBR Case Study: Overpromoted and Over His Head
Change management Magazine ArticleDan Sestak has had an impressive career at packaged-foods giant NutriSelect. But with his latest promotion, has he bitten off more than he can chew? -
Advice for Vikram Pandit, the New CEO of Citigroup
Communication Digital ArticleNote: This was written by Dan Ciampa and Michael Watkins. Dan is a leading advisor to CEOs and the author of Taking Advice: How Leaders Get Good Counsel... -
A Crash Course in Leadership
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleMost managers face a critical moment when they can no longer rely on their professional skills to climb the career ladder. They have to let go of everything... -
Office Politics: A Skill Women Should Lean Into
Managing yourself Digital ArticleDon’t shoot yourself in the foot by avoiding them. -
Starbucks CEO Kevin Johnson on Work, Joy, and, Yes, Coffee
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Businesses Need to Bring Younger Employees into Their Leadership Ranks
Business and society Digital ArticleToday’s most intractable challenges require an intergenerational approach. -
When Should You Fire Your Child from the Family Business?
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Dear Entrepreneur, Are You Happy?
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 their failures. In the course of interviewing them, I’m constantly reminded of the need for humility. Through this quest to learn more about the elements and principles that drive business-building success, […] -
How Boards Can Set a New CEO Up for Success
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Top 10 Ways Obama Can Change American Culture
Government Digital ArticleIn the transition to the Obama administration, I have been interviewed by old and new media about President-Elect Obama’s stimulus package, which I applaud for its focus on job creation through short-term infrastructure upgrades combined with longer term investments in technologies of the future. But I think that what Barack Obama could really change is […] -
Is This the Right C-Suite Role? (HBR Case Study and Commentary)
Leadership & Managing People Magazine ArticleA female executive considers whether a staff job is a dead end or the next step to becoming CEO. This fictional case study by Anne Donnellon, Joshua D.... -
How to Navigate Feelings of Confidence and Self-Doubt After a Promotion
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleMost new leaders err too far in one direction or the other.
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Crisis at Away (A)
Strategy & Execution Case Study11.95View Details When should a board of directors push for a CEO change? This case explores the experiences of the board of directors of a popular and successful lifestyle-brand... -
Act Like a Leader, Think Like a Leader, Updated Edition of the Global Bestseller, With a New Preface
32.00View Details A new edition of the bestseller that has helped aspiring leaders worldwide advance their careers and step up to larger leadership roles. You aspire to... -
Maersk: Driving Culture Change at a Century-Old Company to Achieve Measurable Results (B)
Management Case Study5.00View Details An experienced operations executive arrived to interview at Copenhagen's A.P. Møller - Maersk- one of the world's largest shipping companies. He didn't... -
Mothers Out Front
Global Business Case Study11.95View Details It was April 17, 2020, the night before the vote, and Kelsey Wirth, co-founder and board chair of Mothers Out Front, a non-profit climate justice organization,... -
Can Families Conquer Private Equity? Pritzker Private Capital
Management Case Study11.95View Details Anthony (Tony) Pritkzer, Paul Carbone, and the Pritzker Private Capital (PPC) team wondered how to approach the firm's next phase of growth. PPC was a... -
The House of Tata: Governance Challenges (A)
Strategy & Execution Case Study11.95View Details The two-part case "The House of Tata: Governance Challenges" is based on one of India's oldest, renowned, and most internationalized business groups.... -
Zalando: Becoming the Starting Point for Fashion
Technology & Operations Case Study11.95View Details Born in 2008 as a small startup selling flip flops, by mid-2021 Zalando had turned into an online fashion company with an assortment of more than 4,500... -
Governing OpenAI (A)
Management Case Study11.95View Details In late November 2023, OpenAI's new board of directors took stock of the situation. The company, which sought to develop artificial general intelligence... -
J.M. Huber Corporation: Testing the Limits of Resilience Capabilities
Management Case Study11.95View Details As circumstances of the COVID-19 pandemic continued to shift and evolve, J.M. Huber Corporation (Huber) remained focused on protecting its employees,... -
Scandinavian Building Services: Preserving the Past and Ensuring the Future
Management Case Study11.95View Details On October 31, 2017, Terry Hay, patriarch of the Hay family and leader of the family business, was diagnosed with stage four pancreatic cancer and given... -
Russell Fischer Car Wash Lives On For Another Generation
Management Case Study11.95View Details Chase Russell grew up surrounded by his family's car wash business but had no desire to take it over. While in college, this perspective shifted suddenly... -
The House of Tata: Governance Challenges (B)
Strategy & Execution Case Study5.00View Details The two-part case "The House of Tata: Governance Challenges" is based on one of India's oldest, renowned, and most internationalized business groups.... -
Burberry in 2014
Sales & Marketing Case Study11.95View Details In February 2014, Burberry's chief executive officer Angela Ahrendts is preparing to hand the reins of the English luxury fashion company to chief creative... -
Franck Giovannini: Managing Succession to Sustain Organizational Excellence
Organizational Development Case Study11.95View Details As world-renowned chef Franck Giovannini contemplated his future and the future of The Hôtel de Ville Restaurant, he wondered how would he handle the... -
MIC Food: Shaping the Right Decision-Making Process for the Future
Management Case Study11.95View Details This case concerns a family business's efforts to assess and shape collective decision-making among a large sibling leadership group and transition from... -
Bennie Wiley at The Partnership, Inc.
Leadership & Managing People Case Study11.95View Details Benaree Wiley, an African American, female HBS graduate (class of 1972), was appointed CEO and president in 1991 of The Partnership, a Boston-based nonprofit... -
Ocean Park Corporation: Transitioning from Park to Resort
Strategy & Execution Case Study11.95View Details The case is based on Ocean Park Corporation (OPC), which manages Ocean Park Hong Kong (OP), the 12th most popular theme park in the world in 2013. Known... -
Transforming Healthcare Delivery at Karolinska University Hospital
Management Case Study11.95View Details The case study examines the journey toward value-based healthcare at Karolinska University Hospital. The hospital's ambitious shift to a patient-centered... -
Publicis Groupe 2021: Changing Nearly Everything
Leadership & Managing People Case Study11.95View Details After succeeding long-time CEO Maurice Levy as top leader of the world's third largest advertising, marketing, and communications company, headquartered...
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The First Day After a Promotion
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleThanks again for the wonderful responses to the Julia Martinez scenario on making the shift from peer to boss. Last week we went over the challenges Julia... -
The Importance of Focus in Leadership Transitions
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleAs we visit Julia Martinez for the final time, thanks once again for the wonderful responses to the Julia Martinez scenario on making the shift from peer... -
The Trick to Becoming a Senior Leader
Leadership Digital ArticleI was walking down 48th Street in midtown Manhattan, when a man, well-dressed in a nice suit and shined shoes, with coiffed hair, and a leather briefcase, brushed by me. Then I saw him turn his head and spit out his gum. I kept my eye on the wad of gum to be sure I […] -
How I Did It: Giving Up the CEO Seat
Change management Magazine ArticleThe Idea: A founder of Seventh Generation describes how he knew it was time to go—and how he made that case to his team and his board. -
Leave Your Job the Classy Way
Managing yourself Digital ArticleI’ll never forget the Vice President of Sales who — after only five days on the job — sent a company-wide email calling all his coworkers “complete idiots,” swearing at senior management, and declaring he was walking out then and there. After that email, about 950 people who barely knew his name would forever remember […] -
Why Managers Are More Likely to Be Depressed
Leadership transitions Digital ArticleYour new role feels hard because it is. -
How to Pick the Next Pope
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleFocus less on who the candidates represent and more on their potential in a large, complex role. -
Congratulations, Mr. President. Now Comes the Hard Part.
Government Digital ArticleThe morning after a hard-fought campaign is the time to savor the sweet taste of victory. And what a campaign it has been, scaling new political heights and plumbing new lows. So enjoy the morning after Mr. President, because that’s really all the time you can afford. You lead a nation divided, depleted and at […] -
HBR Case Study: Overpromoted and Over His Head
Change management Magazine ArticleDan Sestak has had an impressive career at packaged-foods giant NutriSelect. But with his latest promotion, has he bitten off more than he can chew?