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- 2013
- Working Paper
Managing Firms in an Emerging Economy: Evidence from the Time Use of Indian CEOs
By: Raffaella Sadun
The success or failure of a company is often ascribed to the behavior of its CEO. Yet little is known about what top managers actually do, whether this matters for firm performance, and why it differs across firms. We provide some answers by developing a new survey...
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Keywords:
Management Style;
Performance;
Outcome or Result;
Management Teams;
Manufacturing Industry;
India
Sadun, Raffaella. "Managing Firms in an Emerging Economy: Evidence from the Time Use of Indian CEOs." Working Paper, 2013.
- 12 Apr 2016
- News
How Disney’s Alan Horn Manages the Movies
think that’s genuinely who Alan is.” The piece also offers insight into Horn’s day-to-day management style, with fellow employees recalling the usefulness of his notes on casting (Robert Redford as a villain in “Captain America: The...
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- May 2011
- Article
Effective Managers Say the Same Thing Twice (or More)
By: Tsedal Neeley and Paul Leonardi
How do effective managers get employees to act promptly? New research suggests that it's by making their requests at least twice. Though you may think redundancy is unnecessary and even a waste of time, a new study indicates that it helps your message cut through...
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Neeley, Tsedal, and Paul Leonardi. "Effective Managers Say the Same Thing Twice (or More)." Harvard Business Review 89, no. 5 (May 2011): 38–39.
- 27 Nov 2020
- News
Managing Someone Whose Life Has Been Upended
- 16 Jan 2019
- Research & Ideas
What Football Firings Teach Managers About Staying Relevant
unique to sports, of course. Based on our surveys with executives from a wide range of fields, the rate at which managers lose relevance has increased dramatically, even over just the last decade. The world is changing faster than ever...
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- Web
Podcast - Managing the Future of Work
Podcast Podcast Harvard Business School Professors Bill Kerr and Joe Fuller talk to leaders grappling with the forces reshaping the nature of work. Apple Podcasts Spotify Amazon More Ways to Listen iHeartRadioPlayer.fmAudacyCastboxPocket Casts 12 Jan 2022 View Details
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Podcast - Managing the Future of Work
Podcast Podcast Harvard Business School Professors Bill Kerr and Joe Fuller talk to leaders grappling with the forces reshaping the nature of work. Apple Podcasts Spotify Amazon More Ways to Listen iHeartRadioPlayer.fmAudacyCastboxPocket Casts 08 Jul 2020 View Details
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Podcast - Managing the Future of Work
Podcast Podcast Harvard Business School Professors Bill Kerr and Joe Fuller talk to leaders grappling with the forces reshaping the nature of work. Apple Podcasts Spotify Amazon More Ways to Listen iHeartRadioPlayer.fmAudacyCastboxPocket Casts 03 Jul 2019 View Details
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Podcast - Managing the Future of Work
Podcast Podcast Harvard Business School Professors Bill Kerr and Joe Fuller talk to leaders grappling with the forces reshaping the nature of work. Apple Podcasts Spotify Amazon More Ways to Listen iHeartRadioPlayer.fmAudacyCastboxPocket Casts 21 Feb 2024 View Details
- July 2012
- Case
Johannes Linden: Managing the Global Executive Committee
By: Linda A. Hill and Mark Rennella
Johannes Linden is the Director of the Washer and Dryer division of Fluss, a large Swiss appliance manufacturer. Soon after the company completes its revenue projections and bonus targets for the upcoming year, Linden shares some good news with his leadership team, the...
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Keywords:
Leadership Style;
Groups and Teams;
Organizational Culture;
Management Style;
Motivation and Incentives;
Power and Influence;
Multinational Firms and Management;
Manufacturing Industry;
Consumer Products Industry;
Switzerland
Hill, Linda A., and Mark Rennella. "Johannes Linden: Managing the Global Executive Committee." Harvard Business School Brief Case 913-509, July 2012.
- April 2008
- Teaching Note
A Day in the Life of Alex Sander: Driving in the Fast Lane at Landon Care Products (Brief Case)
Teaching Note for 2177
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Keywords:
Organizational Behavior;
Leadership, Personal Strategy & Style;
Human Resource Management;
Career Advancement;
Product Management;
360-degree Feedback;
Relationship Management;
Managing Difficult Interactions;
Top Performers;
Conflict Management;
Leadership;
Organizations;
Personal Development and Career;
Human Resources;
Product Marketing
- July 1995
- Teaching Note
Managing Conflict in a Diverse Workplace TN
By: Mary C. Gentile and James I. Cash Jr.
Teaching Note for (9-395-090).
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Keywords:
Management Style;
Conflict Management;
Spoken Communication;
Employees;
Culture;
Diversity
- 07 Sep 2022
- News
The Costs of Being a Perfectionist Manager
- November 2016 (Revised December 2020)
- Case
Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation in Motion
By: Boris Groysberg and Sarah L. Abbott
Evan Siddall, newly appointed CEO of Canada Mortgage Housing Corporation, a governmental organization focused on the residential housing market, is charged with leading change at the organization. The case follows this process of change step by step and looks at the...
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Keywords:
Leadership, Personal Strategy & Style;
Government Organizations;
Performance Management;
Organizational Change And Transformation;
Culture;
Leading Change;
Change;
Organizational Change and Adaptation;
Organizational Culture;
Performance Evaluation;
Government Administration;
Risk Management;
Restructuring;
Leadership;
Performance;
Change Management;
Financial Services Industry;
Canada
Groysberg, Boris, and Sarah L. Abbott. "Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation in Motion." Harvard Business School Case 417-049, November 2016. (Revised December 2020.)
- Web
Credential of Leadership, Impact, and Management in Business | HBS Online
applying and adapting your leadership style and managing the conditions that drive team performance. 6 weeks, 7-9 hrs/weekApply by July 15$1,850Certificate Strategy Execution Professor Robert Simons Gain the...
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- 03 Jun 2002
- What Do You Think?
Are We Entering an Era of European Management Leadership?
with issues of business leadership. They prompt the question of whether the highly-touted American style of management of the 90s is giving way to a new and different European style, just as Americans...
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by James Heskett
- January – February 2012
- Article
How Managers Use Multiple Media: Discrepant Events, Power, and Timing in Redundant Communication
By: Paul Leonardi, Tsedal Neeley and Elizabeth M. Gerber
Several recent studies have found that managers engage in redundant communication; that is, they send the same message to the same recipient through two or more unique media sequentially. Given how busy most managers are, and how much information their subordinates...
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Keywords:
Communication;
Media;
Information;
Groups and Teams;
Projects;
Management Style;
Power and Influence;
Motivation and Incentives;
Technology
Leonardi, Paul, Tsedal Neeley, and Elizabeth M. Gerber. "How Managers Use Multiple Media: Discrepant Events, Power, and Timing in Redundant Communication." Organization Science 23, no. 1 (January–February 2012): 98–117.
- June 1995 (Revised September 2019)
- Teaching Note
Richardson Sheffield
By: Christopher A. Bartlett and Ashish Nanda
This note was prepared to aid instructors in the use of "Richardson Sheffield," HBS No. 392-089. The case traces Bryan Upton’s 20-plus years as managing director of a Sheffield-based cutlery company and describes the strategic and organizational actions he took to...
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Keywords:
Development;
General Management;
Human Resources;
Management;
Leadership;
Strategy;
United Kingdom
- 12 Apr 2021
- News