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- 15 Apr 2020
- News
Creating a Fearless Organization With Amy Edmondson
- 8:30 AM – 6:45 PM EST, 01 Dec 2021
- Virtual Programming
Leading a Glass-Shattering Organization
In their new book, Glass Half Broken: Shattering the Barriers That Still Hold Women Back at Work, co-authors HBS Gender Initiative Director Colleen Ammerman and Professor Boris Groysberg break apart myths about why gender inequality persists and what can be done about...
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- 2012
- Chapter
Structuring Consulting Firms
By: Tim Morris, Heidi K. Gardner and N. Anand
This chapter presents a model of the way in which consulting and other professional-service firms organize themselves and grow. We will argue that the fundamental structural-design challenge for consulting firms, like other professional firms, is to adapt appropriately...
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Keywords:
Experience and Expertise;
Management Practices and Processes;
Demand and Consumers;
Service Operations;
Organizational Design;
Organizational Structure;
Projects;
Groups and Teams;
Consulting Industry;
Service Industry
Morris, Tim, Heidi K. Gardner, and N. Anand. "Structuring Consulting Firms." In The Oxford Handbook of Management Consulting, edited by Matthias Kipping and Timothy Clark. Oxford University Press, 2012.
- Program
Leadership for Senior Executives
team Take innovation to the next level Create a context that encourages the development of both bottom-up and top-down ideas for improvement Integrate design-thinking principles into your innovation practices Evaluate whether your culture...
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- 2016
- Book
Lead and Disrupt: How to Solve the Innovator's Dilemma
By: Charles A. O'Reilly and Michael Tushman
In the past few years, a number of well-known firms have failed—think of Blockbuster, Kodak, and RadioShack. When we read about their demise, it often seems inevitable—a natural part of "creative destruction." But closer examination reveals a disturbing truth:...
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O'Reilly, Charles A., and Michael Tushman. Lead and Disrupt: How to Solve the Innovator's Dilemma. Stanford, CA: Stanford Business Books, 2016.
- 2023
- Chapter
Private Equity Financing
The goal of this chapter is to understand the common practices of PE funds’ structure and funding. The chapter covers three topics. First, it gives an overview of the traditional private equity (PE) financing structure; then, it discusses other investment vehicles like...
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Ivashina, Victoria. "Private Equity Financing." Chap. 4 in Private Equity and Entrepreneurial Finance. 1, edited by B. Espen Eckbo, Gordon M. Phillips, and Morten Sorensen, 139–160. Handbook of the Economics of Corporate Finance. Elsevier BV, 2023.
- September 2016 (Revised May 2018)
- Case
Zurich Insurance: Zurich Oxygen
By: Boris Groysberg and Katherine Connolly
Zurich Insurance was undergoing organizational change after implementing five new people practices focused on manager development, diversity and inclusion, job model and data analytics, recruitment, and talent pipeline. The case “Zurich Insurance: Fostering Key People...
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Keywords:
Managing Change;
Management Development;
Leadership;
Organization Behavior;
Management Skills;
Organizational Culture;
Organizational Change and Adaptation;
Leading Change;
Leadership Development;
Human Capital;
Human Resources;
Insurance;
Insurance Industry
Groysberg, Boris, and Katherine Connolly. "Zurich Insurance: Zurich Oxygen." Harvard Business School Case 417-036, September 2016. (Revised May 2018.)
- 05 Jun 2013
- News
America Lags in Developing Leaders
- 07 Feb 2011
- News
Harvard eyes start-ups
- 04 Mar 2022
- News
Professor Arthur Segel: Unexpected
Lynn S. Paine
Lynn Sharp Paine is a Baker Foundation Professor and John G. McLean Professor of Business Administration, Emerita, at Harvard Business School. A member and former chair of the General Management unit, she has served in numerous leadership positions including Senior... View Details
- November 2023 (Revised December 2023)
- Background Note
Talent Incubator Rankings
By: Boris Groysberg and Sarah L. Abbott
In 2023, The Official Board surveyed 853 executives on the topic of talent incubators/academy companies. Executives were asked to list the top three academy companies within their function, industry, and country. They were also asked: what practices differentiate these...
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Keywords:
Talent Development And Retention;
Hiring;
Performance Management;
Human Resource Management;
Human Capital;
Human Resources;
Performance;
Talent and Talent Management;
Organizational Culture
Groysberg, Boris, and Sarah L. Abbott. "Talent Incubator Rankings." Harvard Business School Background Note 424-038, November 2023. (Revised December 2023.)
- 12 Apr 2021
- News
The Answers Are Not Clear Yet on Semi Shortage: Willy Shih
- 15 Sep 2011
- News
The Dark Side of High Achievement
- 23 May 2018
- News
The Bad First Job's Lingering Impact
- 24 May 2016
- News
Build a Culture of Health
- 17 Nov 2020
- Video