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- October 2022
- Article
Revisiting Extraversion and Leadership Emergence: A Social Network Churn Perspective
By: Blaine Landis, Jon M. Jachimowicz, Dan J. Wang and Robert W. Krause
One of the classic relationships in personality psychology is that extraversion is associated with emerging as an informal leader. However, recent findings raise questions about the longevity of extraverted individuals as emergent leaders. Here, we adopt a social...
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Keywords:
Extraversion;
Social Networks;
Emergent Leadership;
Leadership Development;
Personal Characteristics;
Perception
Landis, Blaine, Jon M. Jachimowicz, Dan J. Wang, and Robert W. Krause. "Revisiting Extraversion and Leadership Emergence: A Social Network Churn Perspective." Journal of Personality and Social Psychology 123, no. 4 (October 2022): 811–829.
- May–June 2019
- Article
Cross-Silo Leadership
By: Amy C. Edmondson, Tiziana Casciaro and Sujin Jang
Today the most promising innovation and business opportunities require collaboration among functions, offices, and organizations. To realize them, companies must break down silos and get people working together across boundaries. But that’s a challenge for many...
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Keywords:
Cross-functional Management;
Collaborative Innovation and Invention;
Innovation Leadership;
Groups and Teams;
Employees;
Attitudes
Edmondson, Amy C., Tiziana Casciaro, and Sujin Jang. "Cross-Silo Leadership." Harvard Business Review 97, no. 3 (May–June 2019): 130–139.
- February 2016
- Teaching Note
Advanced Leadership Pathways: David Weinstein and Write the World
By: Rosabeth Moss Kanter, Tessa Natanay Hamilton and Ai-Ling Jamila Malone
Following a successful career as a lawyer, Chief Administrative Officer of Fidelity Investments, and law school instructor, David Weinstein became a 2011 Advanced Leadership Fellow at Harvard University. During his Advanced Leadership Fellowship he conceived an idea to...
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- August 2012
- Supplement
William Jeffrey: Performance at Bay Colony (B)
By: Lena G. Goldberg
The decision-making process, policies and procedures, and legal obligations of the Board, the company's inside counsel and the company's outside counsel are explored in connection with on-boarding, investigating alleged misconduct of, and terminating a company's CEO,...
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- 2017
- Chapter
Platforms, Open/User Innovation, and Ecosystems: A Strategic Leadership Perspective
By: Elizabeth J. Altman and Michael Tushman
Platform, open/user innovation, and ecosystem strategies embrace and enable interactions with external entities. Firms pursuing these approaches conduct business and interact with environments differently than those pursuing traditional closed strategies. This chapter...
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Keywords:
Platforms;
Open/user Innovation;
Ecosystems;
Crowdsourcing;
Strategic Leadership;
Top Management Teams;
CEO Role;
Business Strategy;
Organizational Change and Adaptation;
Leadership;
Managerial Roles;
Digital Platforms
Altman, Elizabeth J., and Michael Tushman. "Platforms, Open/User Innovation, and Ecosystems: A Strategic Leadership Perspective." In Entrepreneurship, Innovation, and Platforms. Vol. 37, edited by Jeffrey Furman, Annabelle Gawer, Brian Silverman, and Scott Stern, 177–207. Advances in Strategic Management. Emerald Publishing Limited, 2017.
- May 1996
- Background Note
The GM's Operational Challenge: Managing Through People
By: Christopher A. Bartlett and Ashish Nanda
Highlights and explores how a general manager adds value to the firm at the operational level by managing through people. Discusses how assumptions about human motivation influence the employment contract that the general manager implicitly enters into with the workers...
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Keywords:
Employee Relationship Management;
Selection and Staffing;
Contracts;
Managerial Roles;
Operations;
Problems and Challenges;
Labor and Management Relations;
Motivation and Incentives;
Value
Bartlett, Christopher A., and Ashish Nanda. "The GM's Operational Challenge: Managing Through People." Harvard Business School Background Note 396-400, May 1996.
- August 2012
- Case
William Jeffrey at Bay Colony: On-Boarding (A)
By: Lena G. Goldberg
The decision-making process, policies and procedures, and legal obligations of the Board, the company's inside counsel and the company's outside counsel are explored in connection with on-boarding, investigating alleged misconduct of, and terminating a company's CEO,...
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- October 2017 (Revised October 2022)
- Case
JetBlue: Relevant Sustainability Leadership
By: George Serafeim and David Freiberg
In 2017, JetBlue, the airline founded on the mission to “bring humanity back to air travel,” was considering becoming one of the first companies to report its sustainability performance according to the Sustainability Accounting Standards Board (SASB) standards. SASB...
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Keywords:
Sustainability;
Metrics;
Leadership And Change Management;
Airlines;
Innovation;
Purpose;
ESG;
ESG (Environmental, Social, Governance) Performance;
Sustainability Reporting;
Change Management;
Leadership;
Financial Reporting;
Environmental Sustainability;
Mission and Purpose;
Reports;
Competitive Strategy;
Measurement and Metrics;
Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact;
Air Transportation Industry;
United States
Serafeim, George, and David Freiberg. "JetBlue: Relevant Sustainability Leadership (A)." Harvard Business School Case 118-030, October 2017. (Revised October 2022.)
- Teaching Interest
Real Estate Management Program: Finance, Design, and Leadership
By: Andy Wu
How do you achieve short-term stability and long-term growth in the unpredictable real estate marketplace? This program explores how forward-thinking real estate leaders are positioning their firms to seize growth opportunities and maximize asset value. Equipped...
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- July 2012
- Supplement
Generation Investment Management, Video
By: Sandra J. Sucher
Examines the Investment process of Generation Investment Management, a "sustainable" investing firm established in 2004 by David Blood and U.S. Vice President Al Gore. Places students in the position of David Lowish, director of global industrials, who must decide...
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Keywords:
Leadership And Managing People;
Accountability;
Investment Management;
Social Issues;
Investment;
Corporate Accountability;
Ethics;
Development Economics;
Natural Environment;
Financial Services Industry;
Energy Industry
Sucher, Sandra J. "Generation Investment Management, Video." Harvard Business School Video Supplement 612-704, July 2012.
- 2001
- Article
Managing Superiors in Leadership for New Managers
By: John J. Gabarro and John P. Kotter
Gabarro, John J., and John P. Kotter. "Managing Superiors in Leadership for New Managers." Special Issue on Business Fundamentals. Harvard Business Review (2001).
- October 2009 (Revised April 2021)
- Case
Ingrid Johnson and Nedbank Business Banking
By: Michael Tushman and David Kiron
This case discusses the issue of leading change at the business banking division of Nedbank, a prominent South African bank, between 2005 and 2009. (This timeframe, beginning just 11 years after Apartheid's end, covers Ingrid Johnson's leadership of this division...
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Keywords:
Leadership And Change Management;
Leadership;
Leading Change;
Banks and Banking;
Organizational Culture;
Organizational Structure;
Change Management;
Leadership Style;
Banking Industry;
South Africa
Tushman, Michael, and David Kiron. "Ingrid Johnson and Nedbank Business Banking." Harvard Business School Case 410-003, October 2009. (Revised April 2021.)
- 2017
- Working Paper
Platforms, Open/User Innovation, and Ecosystems: A Strategic Leadership Perspective
Platform, open/user innovation, and ecosystem strategies embrace and enable interactions with external entities. Firms pursuing these approaches conduct business and interact with environments differently than those pursuing traditional closed strategies. This paper...
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Keywords:
Platforms;
Open/user Innovation;
Ecosystems;
Crowdsourcing;
Institutional Logics;
Strategic Leadership;
Top Management Teams;
CEO Role;
Organizational Change and Adaptation;
Digital Platforms;
Innovation and Invention;
Organizational Design;
Strategy;
Managerial Roles
Altman, Elizabeth J., and Michael L. Tushman. "Platforms, Open/User Innovation, and Ecosystems: A Strategic Leadership Perspective." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 17-076, February 2017. (Revised April 2017.)
- Teaching Interest
Managing Human Capital
The Managing Human Capital course has been specifically designed to teach practical skills for the future general manager (not just the human resource practitioner) who seeks to manage both other people and her or his own career with optimal... View Details
Keywords:
Human Capital;
Hiring;
Socialization;
Performance Management;
Compensation And Benefits;
Talent Development And Retention;
Structure;
Career Management;
Human Resources;
Leadership;
Personal Development and Career;
Organizations;
Organizational Culture;
Organizational Design;
Organizational Structure;
Africa;
Asia;
Europe;
Middle East;
Latin America;
North and Central America;
South America
- December 2017
- Course Overview Note
Managing Change and Transformation: Adapting Leadership for 21st Century Organizations
Syllabus for Managing Change 2018 EC Course
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- December 2016
- Course Overview Note
Managing Change and Transformation: Adaptive Leadership for 21st Century Organizations
Syllabus for Managing Change 2017 EC Course
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- March 1990 (Revised September 1993)
- Case
People Express Airlines: Rise and Decline
By: Michael Beer
Describes the innovative approach to organizing and managing employees by People Express and describes the company's eventual demise. This material can be used to inform about leading edge human resource management practices and to raise questions about what went...
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Beer, Michael. "People Express Airlines: Rise and Decline." Harvard Business School Case 490-012, March 1990. (Revised September 1993.)
- September 2013
- Case
Advanced Leadership Pathways: Laurent Adamowicz and Bon'App
By: Rosabeth Moss Kanter, Juliane Calingo Schwetz and Patricia Bissett Higgins
After a successful career as Chairman and CEO of Paris-based luxury food company Fauchon, Laurent Adamowicz sought to reduce obesity and improve health outcomes. Adamowicz created a mobile application to provide consumers with more accessible and interpretable...
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Keywords:
Management;
Startup;
Leadership;
Leadership Style;
Leadership Skills;
Nutrition Database;
Nutritionist In Your Pocket;
Nutritional Educational Platform;
Shazam Of Food;
Weight Loss;
Iphone;
Android;
Applications;
App Development;
Nutrition Labeling;
Nutritional Information;
Obesity;
Epidemic;
Applications and Software;
Nutrition;
Business Startups;
Health;
Health Care and Treatment;
Information Technology Industry;
Health Industry;
Boston;
Massachusetts