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The Abrasive Personality
Motivating people Magazine ArticleThe corporate president stared out the window of his skyscraper office. His forehead was furrowed in anger and puzzlement. His fingers drummed the arm of his chair with a speed that signified intense frustration. The other executives in the room waited expectantly. Each had said his piece. Each had come to his and her own […] -
If You Want To Lead, Master This Skill
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleIt's called executive presence - here's how to build it. -
From Do It Yourself to Do It Together
Organizational culture Digital ArticleChris Anderson continues to explore the edges of the Big Shift playing out around us. Having introduced us to The Long Tail and the growth of Free as a business model, Chris has just published a new article called “Atoms Are the New Bits” in the current issue of Wired. This article, highlighting the move […] -
How to Lead When You’re In with the In Crowd
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5 Steps to Building Great Business Relationships
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleHow professional contacts morph into friends who have a stake in your success. -
How a 2-Minute Story Helps You Lead
Business communication Digital ArticleLeaders gain trust and teach people what’s important to them by telling stories. But these days there’s so much to attend to — now! — coming at us so fast. You might be tempted to let slide your soft skills, like how to tell a useful story. Just get to the point and move on […] -
Networking Doesn't Have to Be Self-Serving
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleBuild a coalition to help you take on our biggest social problems. -
Defend Your Idea Without Being Defensive
Difficult conversations Digital ArticleGetting behind an idea means imbuing it with our conviction and our passion. Such commitment is vital when pushing for an initiative or suggestion that you think is important to implement. This enthusiasm also helps you bring others to your cause. But it can also be your worst enemy when someone, such as your boss, […] -
If Your Boss Could Do Your Job, You're More Likely to Be Happy at Work
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleTechnical competence matters for managers. -
How to Communicate Like Ben Bernanke
Leadership Digital ArticleFederal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke may not have solved the economic crisis but his reappointment by President Barack Obama demonstrates that his boss has confidence in him. One reason may be Bernanke’s ability to connect with others. At Fed meetings, Bernanke’s habit, in contrast to his predecessor Alan Greenspan, is to “speak last.” As New […] -
Research: When People See More Women at the Top, They're Less Concerned About Gender Inequality Elsewhere
Organizational Development ResearchA study finds that we overgeneralize progress on gender equality. -
Low-Pressure Selling
Developing employees Magazine ArticleBuying is something customers like to do. A salesperson’s job is to help them follow their inclinations. -
Don't Eliminate Your Middle Managers
Leadership & Managing People SpotlightOrganizations have long seen middle management as ripe for cutting whenever times get tight, and the current moment is no exception. The authors believe... -
Leadership Run Amok: The Destructive Potential of Overachievers
Leadership Magazine ArticleIf you believe too many executives think, “It’s all about me,” you’re right: Research shows that an ethos celebrating individual achievement has been shoving aside other motivations, such as the drive to empower people, that are essential for successful leadership. -
How to Deal With a Passive-Aggressive Peer
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleYou're at the weekly team meeting. Everyone around the table vigorously nods their heads and agrees to a series of action steps. Meeting ends. Three days... -
Power Failure in Management Circuits
Business communication Magazine ArticleThe position, not the person, often determines whether a manager has power. -
Power of Talk: Who Gets Heard and Why
Leadership & Managing People Magazine ArticleMost managerial work happens through talk--discussions, meetings, presentations, negotiations. And it is through talk that managers evaluate others and... -
Persuasion—and Resistance
Power and influence Magazine ArticleUnderstanding how people influence us -
How Leaders Create and Use Networks
Power and influence Magazine ArticleSuccessful leaders have a nose for opportunity and a knack for knowing whom to tap to get things done. These qualities depend on a set of strategic networking skills that nonleaders rarely possess. -
Have You Mapped Your Key Relationships?
Strategy Digital Articleby Madeleine Homan
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Korea: On the Back of a Tiger
Global Business Case Study11.95View Details ... -
Precista Tools AG (A)
Leadership & Managing People Case Study11.95View Details A young woman manager in a Swiss family firm finds that her role as a managing director becomes bitterly unpleasant once her older brother decides to... -
Embracing Digital: ING's Pioneering Journey to Agile (Part 2)
Leadership & Managing People Case Study5.00View Details The case starts by describing the transformation of ING Netherlands from a traditional bank with functional hierarchies to an organization that embraces... -
Precista Tools AG (C)
Leadership & Managing People Case Study5.00View Details Designed to be used with Precista Tools AG (A) and (B) in one class period. -
Differences at Work: Allie (B)
Leadership & Managing People Case Study5.00View Details In Differences at Work: Allie (B) HBS Case No. 9-408-055 Allie and her colleague initially refuse to go but when her boss makes a scene they reluctantly... -
Precista Tools AG (B)
Leadership & Managing People Case Study5.00View Details The family holds a meeting to talk about the future of the business. Designed to be used with Precista Tools AG (A) and (C) in a one class period. -
Juggling Shareholders' Expectations: The Molson-Coors Merger
Leadership & Managing People Case Study11.95View Details On July 21, 2004, Molson's board approved a merger of equals between Molson and Coors. For Eric Molson, chair of the board since 1988, and also head of... -
InterSoft of Argentina (B)
Leadership & Managing People Case Study5.00View Details Focuses on InterSoft of Argentina, a growing software company in Argentina. In 1993, InterSoft acquires a Russian software company and Emilo Lopez, the... -
Neighbours for Active Living: It Takes a Community to Maintain Health and Wellbeing of Seniors
Leadership & Managing People Case Study11.95View Details In 2013, Eastern Health Alliance (EHA) launched the Neighbours for Active Living programme to reduce hospital readmissions among seniors in eastern Singapore.... -
Rudi Gassner and the Executive Committee of BMG International (B)
Leadership & Managing People Case Study5.00View Details Describes the final decision by CEO Rudi Gassner and the subsequent actions taken by the members of the executive committee. -
HBR's 10 Must Reads on Leadership (with featured article "What Makes an Effective Executive," by Peter F. Drucker)
24.95View Details How can you transform yourself from a good manager into an extraordinary leader? We've combed through hundreds of Harvard Business Review articles on... -
Practical Guide to Settling Into a New Executive Position
Leadership & Managing People Case Study8.95View Details This technical note gives a concise description of some basic factors in the process of settling into a new executive position, to which one must pay... -
Differences at Work: Allie (C)
Leadership & Managing People Case Study5.00View Details In Differences at Work: (C) HBS Case No. 9-408-056 Allie decides not to pursue a sexual harassment charge and instead remedies the situation by transferring... -
Differences at Work: Sameer (A)
Technology & Operations Case Study11.95View Details In Differences at Work: Sameer (A) HBS Case No. 9-609-053 Sameer, an Indian Muslim, is a summer intern in a small, predominantly Jewish firm. Prompted... -
Amelia Rogers at Tassani Communications (B)
Leadership & Managing People Case Study5.00View Details Supplements the (A) case. -
Go Mobile: The Phirbol Franchise
Sales & Marketing Case Study11.95View Details To grow Phirbol, a telecom retail franchise chain in Delhi, India's underdeveloped markets, its founders were exploring ways to offer more value to the... -
Maple Leaf Foods (A): Consumers
Strategy & Execution Case Study5.00View Details Supplement to case W20831 -
HBR Guide to Being a Great Boss Toolkit
79.95View Details Are you a good boss--or a great one? Good bosses can handle the day-to-day work of running a team. Great bosses go beyond that, finding ways to help employees... -
Alqueria: More than Just a Glass of Milk (B)
Leadership & Managing People Case Study5.00View Details Alquería was founded by Professor Jorge Cavelier and his son Enrique Cavelier with the motto, "A bottle of milk is a bottle of health." From Alquería's... -
Wildfire Protection: Conflict in the Bitterroot National Forest
Strategy & Execution Case Study11.95View Details The case features a dispute between the US Forest Service and conservation groups over forest management practices on the Bitterroot National Forest in...
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The Abrasive Personality
Motivating people Magazine ArticleThe corporate president stared out the window of his skyscraper office. His forehead was furrowed in anger and puzzlement. His fingers drummed the arm of his chair with a speed that signified intense frustration. The other executives in the room waited expectantly. Each had said his piece. Each had come to his and her own […] -
If You Want To Lead, Master This Skill
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleIt's called executive presence - here's how to build it. -
Korea: On the Back of a Tiger
Global Business Case Study11.95View Details ... -
Precista Tools AG (A)
Leadership & Managing People Case Study11.95View Details A young woman manager in a Swiss family firm finds that her role as a managing director becomes bitterly unpleasant once her older brother decides to... -
From Do It Yourself to Do It Together
Organizational culture Digital ArticleChris Anderson continues to explore the edges of the Big Shift playing out around us. Having introduced us to The Long Tail and the growth of Free as a business model, Chris has just published a new article called “Atoms Are the New Bits” in the current issue of Wired. This article, highlighting the move […] -
Embracing Digital: ING's Pioneering Journey to Agile (Part 2)
Leadership & Managing People Case Study5.00View Details The case starts by describing the transformation of ING Netherlands from a traditional bank with functional hierarchies to an organization that embraces... -
Precista Tools AG (C)
Leadership & Managing People Case Study5.00View Details Designed to be used with Precista Tools AG (A) and (B) in one class period. -
Differences at Work: Allie (B)
Leadership & Managing People Case Study5.00View Details In Differences at Work: Allie (B) HBS Case No. 9-408-055 Allie and her colleague initially refuse to go but when her boss makes a scene they reluctantly... -
How to Lead When You’re In with the In Crowd
Organizational culture Digital Articleby Lauren Keller Johnson -
Precista Tools AG (B)
Leadership & Managing People Case Study5.00View Details The family holds a meeting to talk about the future of the business. Designed to be used with Precista Tools AG (A) and (C) in a one class period.