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- 05 Jul 2006
- What Do You Think?
How Important Is “Executive Intelligence” for Leaders?
case. For example, Rowland Freeman opined, "Intelligence is of value, but more important is demonstrated common sense. Some of the most intelligent leaders I have known were failures at leadership." As Malvin Bernal put it,...
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by James Heskett
- 20 Sep 2022
- Cold Call Podcast
Larry Fink at BlackRock: Linking Purpose to Profit
- Teaching Interest
Managing Turbulence
Even before the global pandemic, businesses and their leaders struggled with the extraordinary challenges of technological change, rapidly evolving consumer tastes, and a reconfiguration of the global economic order. COVID-19 added further turbulence, disrupting...
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- 10 Feb 2020
- Working Paper Summaries
Fostering Perceptions of Authenticity via Sensitive Self-Disclosure
- Web
Online Business Courses & Certifications | HBS Online
Featured Program 7 Courses Credential of Leadership, Impact, and Management in Business (CLIMB) CLIMB enables new and experienced leaders to ignite their careers with a combination of vital and forward-looking business skills,...
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Leadership in Context
By: Nitin Nohria
What can we learn from the great business leaders of the 20th century? To answer this question, we have assembled a unique database of 1000 American business leaders, each of whom has left an important legacy. Some of the initial insights we are gleaning from this...
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- December 2004 (Revised December 2009)
- Module Note
Module III: Moral Leadership Class Summaries
By: Sandra J. Sucher
Presents summaries for the The Moral Leader course.
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Sucher, Sandra J. "Module III: Moral Leadership Class Summaries." Harvard Business School Module Note 605-052, December 2004. (Revised December 2009.)
- 2022
- Book
Win from Within: Build Organizational Culture for Competitive Advantage
By: James Heskett
There is significant evidence that an effective organizational culture provides a major competitive edge—higher levels of employee and customer engagement and loyalty translate into higher growth and profits. Many business leaders know this, yet few are doing much to...
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Organizational Culture;
Competitive Advantage;
Organizational Change and Adaptation;
Leadership
Heskett, James. Win from Within: Build Organizational Culture for Competitive Advantage. New York: Columbia University Press, 2022.
- April 2003
- Case
IBM Canada: Global Services (A)
By: Michael L. Tushman, David Kiron and Wendy Smith
IBM Canada Global Services is losing shares in a stagnant information technology market. A new leader must overcome a senior team rife with internal conflict and change internal processes to drive innovation streams. The leader struggles to build an ambidextrous...
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Leading Change;
Organizational Change and Adaptation;
Change Management;
Management Teams;
Innovation and Management;
Conflict Management;
Groups and Teams;
Service Industry;
Canada
Tushman, Michael L., David Kiron, and Wendy Smith. "IBM Canada: Global Services (A)." Harvard Business School Case 403-070, April 2003.
- March 2022 (Revised July 2022)
- Case
Climate Action in Miami
The Miami metropolitan area is a global epicenter of climate risk from heat and sea level rise, but leaders have only recently mobilized for action to respond to this systemic challenge. Resilient 305 began a collaboration across officials in the cities of Miami and...
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Keywords:
Climate Change;
Climate Impact;
Change;
Leadership;
Cross-sector Collaboration;
Coalition;
Ecosystem;
Greenhouse Gas Emissions;
Green Business;
Adaptation;
Environmental Sustainability;
Infrastructure;
Green Technology;
Environmental Management;
Miami
Kanter, Rosabeth Moss. "Climate Action in Miami." Harvard Business School Case 322-101, March 2022. (Revised July 2022.)
- January 2018
- Case
John Rogers, Jr.—Ariel Investments Co.
By: Steven Rogers and Greg White
John Rogers Jr., the founder and CEO of Ariel Investments, an enormously successful finance firm with $12 billion of invested capital, is one of the few African Americans in the asset management industry. As one of the high profile leaders in the black business...
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Advocacy;
Diversity;
Investment Management;
Affirmative Action;
Disruption;
Cost vs Benefits;
Corporate Entrepreneurship;
Fairness;
Moral Sensibility;
Values and Beliefs;
Corporate Accountability;
Leading Change;
Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact;
Problems and Challenges;
Financial Services Industry;
Chicago
Rogers, Steven, and Greg White. "John Rogers, Jr.—Ariel Investments Co." Harvard Business School Case 318-099, January 2018.
- June 2012
- Article
Leadership Is a Conversation
By: Boris Groysberg and Michael Slind
Globalization and new technologies have sharply reduced the efficacy of command-and-control management and its accompanying forms of corporate communication. In the course of a recent research project, the authors concluded that by talking with employees, rather than...
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Employees;
Management Style;
Interpersonal Communication;
Leadership;
Cooperation;
Partners and Partnerships
Groysberg, Boris, and Michael Slind. "Leadership Is a Conversation." Harvard Business Review 90, no. 6 (June 2012).
- May 13 2014
- Testimonial
Leadership in Action: Boston Children's Hospital
- November 2004 (Revised April 2010)
- Module Note
Module II: Moral Reasoning Class Summaries
By: Sandra J. Sucher
Presents class summaries for the The Moral Leader course.
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Sucher, Sandra J. "Module II: Moral Reasoning Class Summaries." Harvard Business School Module Note 605-046, November 2004. (Revised April 2010.)
- 20 Jul 2015
- News
The Phoniness of Donald Trump
- 18 Feb 2013
- News
Can We Measure Presidents Like Baseball Players?
- Teaching Interest
Leadership and Organizational Behavior (LEAD)
This first-year MBA course focuses on how managers become effective leaders by addressing the human side of enterprise. The first modules examine teams, individuals, and networks; the intermediate modules look at successful leaders "in action"; and the final...
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- 20 Jan 2021
- Video
Advance Your Career with Greater Purpose and Focus
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Bringing Together Entertainment, Media, and Sports
Picture Yourself In the Program The Business of Entertainment, Media, and Sports program at Harvard Business School Executive Education, brings together an exciting mix of global perspectives to explore the biggest changes and challenges facing the industry. Watch some...
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- Sep 09 2016
- Testimonial