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CEOs, Here's How to Lead in an Era of Constant Change
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticlePrioritize, build trust, simplify, and prepare. -
Leaders, Do You Have a Clear Vision for the Post-Crisis Future?
Crisis management Digital ArticleDon’t let your short-term response get in the way of your long-term plan. -
Six Rules for Effective Forecasting
Strategy & Execution Magazine ArticleThe primary goal of forecasting is to identify the full range of possibilities facing a company, society, or the world at large. In this article, Saffo... -
How the Attacks on Trump Reinforce His Strategy
Strategy & Execution Digital ArticleSaying he's "unfit" or his behavior is "unprecedented" only reinforces his message. -
You Don’t Have to Be CEO to Be a Visionary Leader
Leadership vision Digital ArticlePeople want to know what they’re working toward and why. -
Remembering Russ Ackoff
Communication Digital ArticleLast Wednesday's Wall Street Journal brought the news that Russell Ackoff had passed away at the age of 90, after a long life of influencing management... -
Five Messages Leaders Must Manage
Leadership & Managing People Magazine ArticleIf you want to know why so many organizations sink into chaos, look no further than their leaders' mouths. Over and over, leaders present grand, overarching--yet... -
One Engagement Strategy Does Not Fit All
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleEmployees are not clones. -
The Biggest Obstacles to Innovation in Large Companies
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Digital ArticleInternal politics tops the list. -
To Craft a Purpose That Motivates Your Team, Balance Pragmatism and Idealism
Leadership vision Digital ArticleFour key questions to ask as part of the process. -
Bringing Down the Temperature During Polarizing Times
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleLessons on political bridge-building from Nigeria and Brazil. -
The Ideas That Inspire Us
Business management Magazine ArticleTo celebrate HBR’s centennial, we asked eight current and former CEOs from some of the world’s top companies to describe the ideas that have propelled their own careers and organizations. -
The Making of an Innovation Master
Innovation & Leadership Digital ArticleA workshop attendee asked me this seemingly simple question: "So, what else should I read to learn more about innovation?" It's a hard question to answer... -
Why CEOs Should Share Their Long-Term Plans with Investors
Finance & Accounting Digital ArticleInvestors will be patient if you give them a reason to be. -
Leadership When There Is No One to Ask: An Interview with ENI's Franco Bernabe (HBR OnPoint Enhanced Edition)
Leadership & Managing People Magazine ArticleIn this interview with Harvard Business School professor Linda Hill and HBR senior editor Suzy Wetlaufer, Franco Bernabe discusses the six-year period... -
Zooming: How Effective Leaders Adjust Their Focus
Rosabeth Moss Kanter, Harvard Business School professor, explains why executives must constantly consider both the big picture and the details. -
Data Goes Best With a Good Story (and Vice Versa)
Communication Digital ArticleThe Washington Post is betting on the intersection of data and drama. -
Act Bigger than You Are
Global Business Digital ArticleOne secret of successful business and social entrepreneurs is that they act bigger than they are. Not bigger in the bad sense, with the arrogance and... -
Why Best Practices Are Hard to Practice
Technology & Operations Digital ArticleNot long ago a senior HR executive confessed to me that her company's succession planning and talent management processes didn't work very well. She also... -
Don't Be Afraid to Rethink Your Services
Your company can sharpen its competitive edge through service innovation. How? Transform the way you deliver services, which services you provide, and...
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Sheikh Mohammed and the Making of 'Dubai, Inc.'
Organizational Development Case Study11.95View Details Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum has converted Dubai from a sleepy little coastal village into a world-class city, famous for its ambition, drive,... -
Strategic Planning on a Military Air Station: Calm Skies or Turbulence Up Ahead?
Organizational Development Case Study11.95View Details This disguised case provides a strategic plan devised and used on a military base. Senior officers clarified their strategy, outlined capabilities needed,... -
Avi Kremer
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study11.95View Details If you were diagnosed with a terminal illness, how would you respond and what would you do with your remaining time? Avi Kremer contemplates four options... -
Better World Books (in 2009): Social Entrepreneurship and the Triple Bottom Line
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study11.95View Details Better World Books was founded as a for-profit "B corporation" committed to a triple bottom-line of financial, social, and environmental performance.... -
Eric Hawkins Leading Agile Teams @ Digitally-Born AppFolio (A)
Organizational Development Case Study11.95View Details Eric Hawkins, director of engineering at AppFolio-a digital technology firm that offered cloud-based business software to small and medium sized companies-was... -
HBR Daily Leader: Everyday Wisdom for Exceptional Leadership
Management Book30.00View Details Learn, grow, and be inspired--every day. "HBR Daily Leader" provides 365 days' worth of insights and inspiration, an easy and enjoyable way to make your... -
Candy Land: The Utopian Vision of Milton Hershey
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study11.95View Details Explores the life, work, and achievements of Milton S. Hershey. Analyzes his entrepreneurial achievements, including the creation of the Hershey bar,... -
Los Grobo: Farming's Future?
Leadership & Managing People Case Study11.95View Details This case describes the international expansion plans of the second largest grain producer in Latin America, Los Grobo. Based in Argentina with US$550... -
GE's Growth Strategy: The Immelt Initiative
Strategy & Execution Case Study11.95View Details Follows the actions of GE CEO, Jeff Immelt, as he implements a growth strategy for the $150 billion company in a tough business environment. In four years,... -
Narayana Hrudayalaya Heart Hospital: Cardiac Care for the Poor (A)
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study11.95View Details Describes the mission, vision, and strategy of a team of entrepreneurs headed by a charismatic heart surgeon who founded a heart hospital in Bangalore,... -
The Vanguard Group
Strategy & Execution Case Study11.95View Details In 2019, The Vanguard Group with $5.1 trillion in assets under management was the largest global provider of mutual funds, and the second largest provider... -
Unilever's New Global Strategy: Competing through Sustainability
Global Business Case Study11.95View Details In January 2009, when Paul Polman was appointed CEO of Unilever, he inherited a company in long-term decline at the beginning of a major global financial... -
Transformation at the IRS
Technology & Operations Case Study11.95View Details Describes the service transformation occurring at the U.S. Internal Revenue Service. Plagued by a history of poor service, enormous complexity, and an... -
Know What Matters: Lessons from a Lifetime of Transformations
30.00View Details Ron Shaich, founder and former CEO of Panera Bread, shares the lessons he learned from a lifetime of asking what really matters and then making the transformations... -
What Makes Entrepreneurs Entrepreneurial?
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study8.95View Details What are the characteristics, habits, and behaviors of the species entrepreneur? Is there such a thing as "entrepreneurial thinking"? Is there a learnable... -
Purpose, Meaning, and Passion (HBR Emotional Intelligence Series)
19.99View Details In an ideal world, our work lives would be completely fulfilling and intrinsically motivating. But what if you're stuck in a job and your heart isn't... -
Steve Jobs: Leader Strategist
Strategy & Execution Case Study11.95View Details Strategically, Steve Jobs got it brilliantly right some times and terribly wrong other times. This case examines Jobs' development as a leader strategist... -
Ça Va de Soi: A Phoenix Rises from the Ashes of a Failed IT Project - Part A - The Fall
Technology & Operations Case Study11.95View Details This two-part case study of a Canadian knitwear SME called Ça Va de Soi (CVDS) presents a real-life situation: an IT project failure (part A) and how... -
Apple (in 2013): How to Sustain a Competitive Advantage?
Leadership & Managing People Case Study11.95View Details Tim Cook took over as CEO of Apple, Inc. in August of 2011 after the resignation of the legendary Steve Jobs. Though Jobs left big shoes to fill, Cook... -
Viterra
Leadership & Managing People Case Study11.95View Details As Mayo Schmidt's tenure as CEO of the Canadian-based agribusiness Viterra wound down before its sale to the Swiss-based commodity company Glencore, he...
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CEOs, Here's How to Lead in an Era of Constant Change
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticlePrioritize, build trust, simplify, and prepare. -
Leaders, Do You Have a Clear Vision for the Post-Crisis Future?
Crisis management Digital ArticleDon’t let your short-term response get in the way of your long-term plan. -
Sheikh Mohammed and the Making of 'Dubai, Inc.'
Organizational Development Case Study11.95View Details Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum has converted Dubai from a sleepy little coastal village into a world-class city, famous for its ambition, drive,... -
Six Rules for Effective Forecasting
Strategy & Execution Magazine ArticleThe primary goal of forecasting is to identify the full range of possibilities facing a company, society, or the world at large. In this article, Saffo... -
Strategic Planning on a Military Air Station: Calm Skies or Turbulence Up Ahead?
Organizational Development Case Study11.95View Details This disguised case provides a strategic plan devised and used on a military base. Senior officers clarified their strategy, outlined capabilities needed,... -
Managing the Multiple Identities of the Corporation
Organizational Development Digital ArticleIn the wake of corporate acquisitions, mergers, and spin-offs, considerable senior management attention has been devoted to corporate identity and its... -
How the Attacks on Trump Reinforce His Strategy
Strategy & Execution Digital ArticleSaying he's "unfit" or his behavior is "unprecedented" only reinforces his message. -
Avi Kremer
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study11.95View Details If you were diagnosed with a terminal illness, how would you respond and what would you do with your remaining time? Avi Kremer contemplates four options... -
Guy Raz on What Great Business Leaders Have in Common
Leadership vision AudioA conversation with podcaster and journalist Guy Raz about the recipe for success. -
Better World Books (in 2009): Social Entrepreneurship and the Triple Bottom Line
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study11.95View Details Better World Books was founded as a for-profit "B corporation" committed to a triple bottom-line of financial, social, and environmental performance....