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- April 2023 (Revised July 2023)
- Case
Dena Almansoori at e&: Fostering Culture Change at a UAE Telco Transforming to a Global Techco
By: Emily Truelove, Michelle Zhang and Alpana Thapar
Dena Almansoori, the first female and one of the youngest members of the United Arab Emirates-based e&’s leadership team, joined in 2020 just before e& began a strategic transition from being a regional telecommunications company to becoming a global technology...
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Keywords:
Leadership;
Culture;
Transformation;
Technology;
Telecommunications;
Employee Mobility;
Talent;
Leading Change;
Human Resources;
Telecommunications Industry;
Technology Industry;
Middle East;
United Arab Emirates
Truelove, Emily, Michelle Zhang, and Alpana Thapar. "Dena Almansoori at e&: Fostering Culture Change at a UAE Telco Transforming to a Global Techco." Harvard Business School Case 423-040, April 2023. (Revised July 2023.)
- 01 Feb 2001
- News
HBS Alumni Association Board of Directors: President's Report
Board Leader, and Transitions and Transformations. Long-term goals for this committee include determining which programs resonate with alumni and then defining a well-targeted marketing effort to increase cross-class and total alumni...
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- October 2017 (Revised October 2020)
- Case
Coaching Makena Lane
By: Ethan Bernstein and Om Lala
Makena Lane has a gift for producing results, even in the challenging retail context of the 2010s, but she also has a knack for “ruffling some feathers” in the process. Recruited to a Fortune 500 grocery and pharmacy retailer after climbing to Associate Principal in...
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Keywords:
Executive Coaching;
Employee Promotions;
Career Transition From Consulting To Operating Role;
360-degree Feedback;
Retail;
Organizational Behavior;
Personal Strategy & Style;
Mentoring;
Coaching;
Talent and Talent Management;
Growth and Development;
Employees;
Leadership Style;
Leadership Development;
Management Style;
Performance Evaluation;
Personal Development and Career;
Retail Industry;
Australia;
Europe;
Canada;
South Africa;
United States;
Asia
Bernstein, Ethan, and Om Lala. "Coaching Makena Lane." Harvard Business School Case 418-031, October 2017. (Revised October 2020.)
- 2013
- Case
Career Pathways, Performance Pay, and Peer-review Promotion in Baltimore City Public Schools
By: Susan Moore Johnson, John J-H Kim, Geoff Marietta, S. Elisabeth Faller and James Noonan
In the fall of 2012, Dr. Andres Alonso had much to celebrate about in his five-year tenure as CEO of Baltimore City Public Schools, including the approval and implementation of an innovative teachers' contract with a jointly-governed four-tier career pathway that tied...
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Keywords:
Labor Management;
Public Education;
PELP;
Union;
Compensation;
Collaboration;
Public Education Leadership Project;
Education;
Labor;
Compensation and Benefits;
Education Industry;
United States
Johnson, Susan Moore, John J-H Kim, Geoff Marietta, S. Elisabeth Faller, and James Noonan. "Career Pathways, Performance Pay, and Peer-review Promotion in Baltimore City Public Schools." Harvard Business Publishing Case, 2013. (Case No. PEL-071.)
- 15 Jun 2021
- News
Leading at State
lecturer in Executive Education who also has a background in the civil service in his native Canada, worked with the State Department to design the custom program. Career employees in government agencies face unique challenges, Ager says. The agencies have frequent...
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- 01 Sep 2023
- News
In My Humble Opinion: Futures Investor
transition to a low-carbon economy. Roosevelt’s dual career interests offer a singular perspective on the evolving relationship between business and the environment. “For years,” he explains, “environmentalists had to push from the bottom...
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- 15 Jun 2021
- News
Zone Defense
goal but with no real clear path,” he adds. “I think that skill set has transitioned well to the world of entrepreneurship.” Tseng says the company is on track for continued rapid growth in 2021. The drones he envisioned are a reality,...
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- September 2007
- Case
Still Leading (B8): Paul Newman—Newman's Own Script
By: Rosabeth Moss Kanter and Lance P. Pierce
Well known actor Paul Newman started a business to give profits to charity. Summarizes his experience in making the transition from one kind of leadership to another.
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Keywords:
Transition;
Philanthropy and Charitable Giving;
Social Entrepreneurship;
Food and Beverage Industry
Kanter, Rosabeth Moss, and Lance P. Pierce. "Still Leading (B8): Paul Newman—Newman's Own Script." Harvard Business School Case 308-045, September 2007.
- September 2007
- Case
Still Leading (B5): General Claudia Kennedy—In Command of Life
By: Rosabeth Moss Kanter and Lance P. Pierce
Describes the transition issues for General Kennedy after she left the army and tried to apply her leadership to social causes.
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Keywords:
Transition;
Problems and Challenges;
Social Issues;
Personal Development and Career;
Leadership;
Public Administration Industry
Kanter, Rosabeth Moss, and Lance P. Pierce. "Still Leading (B5): General Claudia Kennedy—In Command of Life." Harvard Business School Case 308-037, September 2007.
- October 2015 (Revised September 2016)
- Case
The Transformation of Mudo
By: Anthony J. Mayo, Esel Çekin and Çiğdem Çelik
After 16 years in management consulting, Barış Karakullukçu left to become the CEO of Mudo in 2012, one of the best-known names in Turkey's retail industry. She was tasked with leading Mudo's transition from a family business to a more institutionalized, corporate...
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Keywords:
Leadership;
Management Challenges;
Emerging Market;
Retail;
Second-generation;
Operational Efficiency;
Performance Management;
Corporate Culture;
Growth;
Leading Change;
Family Business;
Organizational Culture;
Emerging Markets;
Family Ownership;
Transformation;
Performance Improvement;
Growth and Development Strategy;
Retail Industry;
Turkey
Mayo, Anthony J., Esel Çekin, and Çiğdem Çelik. "The Transformation of Mudo." Harvard Business School Case 416-015, October 2015. (Revised September 2016.)
- 2007
- Book
An Experiment in Fair Value Accounting? The State of the Art in Research and Thought Leadership on Accounting for Life Assurance in the UK and Continental Europe
By: Joanne G Horton, Richard H. Macve and George Serafeim
"Fair value" is currently the central topic of debate in the development of accounting standards. While it has now been defined to mean an exit price in US GAAP, the IASB is still considering its own definition, and some commentators are arguing for versions of entry...
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Keywords:
Transition;
Financial Instruments;
Framework;
Market Entry and Exit;
Insurance;
Revenue Recognition;
Fair Value Accounting;
Standards;
United Kingdom
Horton, Joanne G., Richard H. Macve, and George Serafeim. An Experiment in Fair Value Accounting? The State of the Art in Research and Thought Leadership on Accounting for Life Assurance in the UK and Continental Europe. London, UK: Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales, Centre for Business Performance, 2007.
- 05 Apr 2018
- News
Refreshing Your Career to Gain New Opportunities
- Career Coach
Gail Chang
into all facets of finance through a leadership rotational program. Then she worked as a consultant under the risk management & pricing function of the company. During her RC summer, Gail interned at an investment bank and specialized in...
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- 10 Jun 2018
- News
Cisco’s Chuck Robbins: delivering on a back-to-basics promise
- October 1998 (Revised December 1998)
- Case
CRA Managed Care, Inc. (B)
By: Myra M. Hart and Susan Harmeling
An entrepreneur's transition from chairman/CEO of a large privately held company, to chairman of a public company, to leadership in several large nonprofit organizations is chronicled.
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Keywords:
Leadership;
Nonprofit Organizations;
Governing and Advisory Boards;
Entrepreneurship;
Personal Development and Career
Hart, Myra M., and Susan Harmeling. "CRA Managed Care, Inc. (B)." Harvard Business School Case 899-069, October 1998. (Revised December 1998.)
- January 2004 (Revised June 2004)
- Case
Citigroup 2003: Testing the Limits of Convergence (A)
Examines Citigroup's strategic transition and highlights issues that its newly announced CEO Charles Prince will face as he assumes leadership of this global financial corporation upon the retirement of its charismatic CEO, Sandy Weill.
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Keywords:
Business Model;
Globalized Firms and Management;
Management Succession;
Transformation;
Banks and Banking;
Banking Industry;
Financial Services Industry
Applegate, Lynda M. "Citigroup 2003: Testing the Limits of Convergence (A)." Harvard Business School Case 804-041, January 2004. (Revised June 2004.)
- 2010
- Chapter
Identity-Based Leader Development
By: Scott Snook, Herminia Ibarra and Laura Ramo
Despite the wealth of managerial and scholarly attention paid to leadership development, only recently has a new perspective emerged that explicitly links leadership and identity. Research and theorizing on leadership development have yet to specify the processes that...
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Keywords:
Leadership Development;
Identity;
Transition;
Transformation;
Perspective;
Managerial Roles;
Business Processes;
Personal Development and Career
Snook, Scott, Herminia Ibarra, and Laura Ramo. "Identity-Based Leader Development." Chap. 22 in Handbook of Leadership Theory and Practice, edited by Nitin Nohria and Rakesh Khurana, 657–678. Harvard Business Press, 2010.
- November 2015 (Revised February 2017)
- Case
Cisco Systems: In Search of the Next CEO
By: Boris Groysberg, Sarah L. Abbott, Olivia Hull and J. Yo-Jud Cheng
It’s August 2014 and John Chambers is expected to announce his retirement after 17 years as CEO of global technology giant Cisco Systems. Under Chambers’s leadership, Cisco has grown from $2.2 billion in annual revenues and under 4,000 employees to revenues of $46...
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Keywords:
Leadership;
Succession Planning;
CEO Succession;
Managing Change;
Person-organization Fit;
Management Succession;
Transition;
Talent and Talent Management;
Change Management;
Retirement;
Innovation Leadership;
Recruitment;
Corporate Governance;
Experience and Expertise;
Technology Industry;
Information Technology Industry;
United States;
San Jose;
California
Groysberg, Boris, Sarah L. Abbott, Olivia Hull, and J. Yo-Jud Cheng. "Cisco Systems: In Search of the Next CEO." Harvard Business School Case 416-027, November 2015. (Revised February 2017.)
- July 24, 2013
- Article
Family Business: How to Spot a Patriarch Problem
By: Josh Baron and Rob Lachenauer
In this article, the authors discuss the concept of a "problem patriarch" in family businesses, using the example of Carl, a successful leader who undermined the talent he hired. Carl started a struggling $10 million automotive parts distributor and turned it into a $2...
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Baron, Josh, and Rob Lachenauer. "Family Business: How to Spot a Patriarch Problem." Harvard Business Review (website) (July 24, 2013).
Taking Gender Into Account
We conceptualize leadership development as identity work and show how subtle forms of gender bias in the culture and in organizations interfere with the identity work of women leaders. Based on this insight, we revisit traditional approaches to standard leadership... View Details