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What Tiger Woods Should Do Next
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleWhile I've tried hard to not be part of the peanut gallery throwing advice Tiger's way, I like the guy too much not to take advantage of my pulpit to... -
How to Get to No
Strategy & Execution Digital ArticleIn the early 1980s Roger Fisher and William Ury authored what would become one of the best-selling business books of all time on negotiations, Getting... -
Should You Hold “Office Hours”?
Leadership Digital ArticleI have a rule that whenever I see three twists on the same idea, I need to look into that idea — on the theory that three of anything can mark a trend. Lately, my rule of three convinced me to check out the rise of “office hours” in business and finance. And it looks […] -
How Good Are You at Critical Conversations?
Communication Digital ArticleI have co-written this week's blog entry with Tsun-yan Hsieh, who has spent the past three decades working with global leaders to help them become more... -
Why You Should Put a Little More Thought into Your Out-of-Office Message
Communication Digital ArticleA good one can help you unplug and be more productive when you're back. -
5 Mistakes We Make When We're Overwhelmed
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleAnd how to avoid them. -
How to Manage Your Team’s Vacation Requests
Leading teams Digital ArticleBe fair and don’t panic. -
Turning Goals into Results: The Power of Catalytic Mechanisms
Creativity Magazine ArticleIf you need help transforming your organization’s wildest dreams into reality, introduce a new managerial device that’s as simple as it is effective. -
Peer to Peer
Leadership & Managing People Magazine ArticleWhen entrepreneurs become chief executives, they frequently face challenges unlike any they've faced before. To fill the gaps in their experience, many... -
Samsung Scandal Offers Power Lessons for Any Workplace
Organizational culture Digital ArticleSamsung’s Lee Kun-hee was in power, then out of power, and is now in power again. And that’s not making life easy for his former employee Kim Yong-chul. As reported today, the latter is in a form of career exile after accusing his boss and other top executives of corruption. The complaint got results: Lee […] -
When Two of Your Coworkers Are Fighting
Managing conflicts Best PracticeTry to keep the boss out it. -
Overcoming Imposter Syndrome: Our Favorite Reads
Leadership & Managing People ListicleYes, you are enough. -
Who Really Understands Where He'll Be in 25 Years?
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleAs research for an upcoming book with Harvard Business Review Press, my colleagues and I have been interviewing entrepreneurs and business builders about... -
Joy at Work: It’s Your Right
Managing yourself Digital ArticleWe can’t always control what assignments we accept at work, but how we approach our work is up to us. -
Nine Practices to Help You Say No
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleTo say yes to the right things, you have to learn to say an effective no. -
How to Manage Your Star Employee
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleHelp them develop and give them autonomy. -
You Should Consider Buying a Small Business. But When?
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Digital ArticleIf you put it off, you might not do it at all. -
Blogging as Management, not Marketing
Communication Digital ArticleMost "how-to" guides for company blogging focus on marketing and PR objectives: positioning your organization as a thought leader, or using it as a "free"... -
Ten Things I Liked (and Hated) About Your Presentation
Business communication Digital ArticleYou just gave an important talk about a new initiative. Maybe 40 employees were there, all “key players,” you called us. I was the guy in the back of the room with the curly hair. You’ve seen me a bunch of times, mostly in the stairwell and the cafeteria. Bob is what you call me. […] -
How to Get Your Team to Stop Asking You Every Little Question
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleWhat are they afraid of - and why?
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TrustSphere: Building a Market for Relationship Analytics
Organizational Development Case Study11.95View Details Manish Goel was the CEO of TrustSphere, a seven-year-old company in the data analytics industry that focused squarely on relationship analytics, a space... -
The Story of K2 and the Brotherhood of the Rope
Strategy & Execution Case Study11.95View Details Suitable for undergraduate, graduate, and executive education programs, this version of the K2 story provides the full version of the story based on sequential... -
Dave Armstrong (A)
Strategy & Execution Case Study11.95View Details A second-year Harvard MBA student considers the pros and cons of three job offers. He identifies several concerns and evaluates each job in terms of how... -
PARKING SPACES FOR SUPER COMPUTER - Confidential Instructions for Tenga Tenier, Super Computer Office Manager
Strategy & Execution Case Study5.00View Details Two-party, two-issue scoreable negotiation between an office building owner and commercial tenant over the terms of a lease for parking spaces. Super... -
American Legacy: Beyond the Truth Campaign
Sales & Marketing Case Study11.95View Details The hard-hitting "Truth" campaign has been one of the most successful antismoking initiatives in history. The focus of the "Truth" campaign is to dissuade... -
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... -
The Communicating for Success Collection: Craft Clear, Persuasive Messages that Drive Results
Management Special Offer145.00View Details Whether it's through a presentation, a formal negotiation, or the emails you send every day, communicating well is a vital leadership skill. Leaders who... -
Mary Elizabeth Carter (MBA 2017)
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King & Roberts (A)
Communication Case Study11.95View Details This case follows the valuation and negotiation process Wally Camp underwent. The (A) case starts with a description of the business and Wally's assessment... -
Adelphia Communications Corp.
Finance & Accounting Case Study11.95View Details A bank officer must make a loan application decision for a large but financially troubled cable broadcaster. -
Bee-ing Better at Bombas
Sales & Marketing Case Study11.95View Details David Heath and Randy Goldberg founded Bombas in 2013 to serve two missions: to deliver the "best socks in the history of feet," and to donate socks (the... -
GlaxoSmithKline: Reorganizing Drug Discovery (A)
Technology & Operations Case Study11.95View Details Describes the reorganization of drug discovery at GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) following the formation of GSK from the merger of Glaxo Wellcome and SmithKline... -
Navigating Organizational Politics: The Case of Kristen Peters (A and B)
Leadership & Managing People Case Study11.95View Details First-year Columbia Business School student Kristen Peters hoped her summer internship with Taylor Reed (TR) would lead to a job offer in private wealth... -
Leading the Josie Esquivel Franchise (A)
Organizational Development Case Study11.95View Details Reviews Josie Esquivel's career history, detailing how, through her personal attributes, skills, experiences, and organizational practices she has developed... -
David's Bridal: Customer Relationship Management in the Digital Age
Sales & Marketing Case Study11.95View Details This case replaces UVA-M-0837. It can be used in a variety of marketing and strategy classes to understand how (1) at a macro level, a shift in consumer... -
Candor at Clever
Leadership & Managing People Case Study11.95View Details Clever, a high-growth EdTech company based in San Francisco, had grown quickly in market share (Exhibit 1-2) and headcount (Exhibit 3). As with many high-growth... -
Managing Conflict in Organizations
Leadership & Managing People Case Study11.95View Details This note can be used in conjunction with any class session where the learning objective is understanding how to manage conflict within organizations.... -
Stack Brewing: A Little Brewery in the Big Nickel
Sales & Marketing Case Study11.95View Details Stack Brewing, a start-up craft brewery, has a capacity of approximately 5,600 litres per month based on twelve 117-litre batches per week. A government... -
HBR's 10 Must Reads for CEOs (with bonus article "Your Strategy Needs a Strategy" by Martin Reeves, Claire Love, and Philipp Tillmanns)
24.95View Details As CEO, you set the vision, the strategy, and the tone of your organization. You establish priorities, anticipate and address challenges, champion and...
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What Tiger Woods Should Do Next
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleWhile I've tried hard to not be part of the peanut gallery throwing advice Tiger's way, I like the guy too much not to take advantage of my pulpit to... -
How to Get to No
Strategy & Execution Digital ArticleIn the early 1980s Roger Fisher and William Ury authored what would become one of the best-selling business books of all time on negotiations, Getting... -
Should You Hold “Office Hours”?
Leadership Digital ArticleI have a rule that whenever I see three twists on the same idea, I need to look into that idea — on the theory that three of anything can mark a trend. Lately, my rule of three convinced me to check out the rise of “office hours” in business and finance. And it looks […] -
How Good Are You at Critical Conversations?
Communication Digital ArticleI have co-written this week's blog entry with Tsun-yan Hsieh, who has spent the past three decades working with global leaders to help them become more... -
Why You Should Put a Little More Thought into Your Out-of-Office Message
Communication Digital ArticleA good one can help you unplug and be more productive when you're back. -
5 Mistakes We Make When We're Overwhelmed
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleAnd how to avoid them. -
How to Manage Your Team’s Vacation Requests
Leading teams Digital ArticleBe fair and don’t panic. -
Turning Goals into Results: The Power of Catalytic Mechanisms
Creativity Magazine ArticleIf you need help transforming your organization’s wildest dreams into reality, introduce a new managerial device that’s as simple as it is effective. -
Taking on a Senior Leadership Role Remotely
Leadership AudioA conversation with executive coach Muriel Wilkins on establishing yourself in a senior role during uncertain times. -
Peer to Peer
Leadership & Managing People Magazine ArticleWhen entrepreneurs become chief executives, they frequently face challenges unlike any they've faced before. To fill the gaps in their experience, many...
