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The Leader as Coach
Leadership & Managing People Magazine ArticleIn the face of rapid, disruptive change, companies are realizing that managers can't be expected to have all the answers and that command-and-control... -
Make Your Values Mean Something
Organizational Development Magazine ArticleTake a look at this list of corporate values: Communication. Respect. Integrity. Excellence. They sound pretty good, don't they? Maybe they even resemble... -
Change Management Requires a Change Mindset
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleOur ability to manage change hinges on our ability to manage ourselves, including our fears and anxieties. -
Consulting Is More Than Giving Advice
Management Magazine ArticleBy building on a hierarchy of goals, consultants and managers can work toward mutual interests. -
Employees Are Losing Patience with Change Initiatives
Organizational change Digital ArticleA Gartner survey found that employees’ willingness to support enterprise change fell from 74% in 2016 to just 43% in 2022. -
What Does It Actually Take to Build a Data-Driven Culture?
Strategy & Execution Digital ArticleLessons from Kuwait's Gulf Bank. -
Why Diversity Programs Fail
Organizational Development Magazine ArticleAfter Wall Street firms repeatedly had to shell out millions to settle discrimination lawsuits, businesses started to get serious about their efforts... -
8 Questions About Using AI Responsibly, Answered
Technology & Operations Big IdeaGenerative AI tools are poised to change the way every business operates. As your own organization begins strategizing which to use, and how, operational... -
Strategies for Learning from Failure
Organizational Development Magazine ArticleMany executives believe that all failure is bad (although it usually provides lessons)-and that learning from it is pretty straightforward. The author,... -
To Implement Change, You Don’t Need to Convince Everyone at Once
Organizational change Digital ArticleRather than trying to convince skeptics from the outset, start with a small group of enthusiastic people. -
Strategic Management for Competitive Advantage
Strategic planning Magazine ArticleHow some large companies infuse their planning process with new entrepreneurial vigor, maintaining market leadership over the long haul. -
Embracing Agile
Organizational Development Magazine ArticleOver the past 25 to 30 years, agile innovation methods have greatly increased success rates in software development, improved quality and speed to market,... -
Radical Optionality
Strategy & Execution Magazine ArticleThe next era of competition is at hand. To succeed in an environment of high uncertainty, greater short-term pressure, and tighter resource constraints,... -
6 Key Levers of a Successful Organizational Transformation
Organizational Development Digital ArticleLeaders, don't overlook your employees' emotional journey. -
Getting Serious About Diversity: Enough Already with the Business Case
Diversity and inclusion Magazine ArticleIt’s time for a new way of thinking. -
The Future of Leadership Development
Leadership & Managing People SpotlightCompanies spend heavily on executive education but often get a meager return on their investment. That's because business schools and other traditional... -
Choosing Strategies for Change (HBR Classic)
Organizational Development Magazine ArticleThe rapid rate of change in the world of management continues to escalate. New government regulations, new products, growth, increased competition, technological... -
Protecting DEI Progress When Budgets Are Tight
Organizational Development Digital ArticleThree strategies to embed DEI into your core business practices - and make your efforts recession-proof. -
Communities of Practice: The Organizational Frontier
Organizational Development Magazine ArticleA new organizational form is emerging in companies that run on knowledge: the community of practice. And for this expanding universe of companies, communities... -
Change Is Hard. Here’s How to Make It Less Painful.
Change management Digital ArticleFour strategies to help you shift your mindset.
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The Turnaround Artist: Craig Coy Tackles Political Influence at Massport
Global Business Case Study8.95View Details Craig Coy, a business executive, retired Coast Guard officer, and former White House security adviser, was named executive director of the Massachusetts... -
Scott Paper Co.
Finance & Accounting Case Study8.95View Details A professional turnaround manager attempts to implement a massive global downsizing program at the world's largest producer of consumer tissue products.... -
Old Mutual Limited: Leading Culture Change
Organizational Development Case Study8.95View Details Karabo Morule is the managing director of Old Mutual Ltd. Personal Finance in South Africa. In June 26, 2018, she is leading a team through the company's... -
FJ Management Inc.
Leadership & Managing People Case Study8.95View Details In late 2015, Crystal Call Maggelet, president and CEO of FJ Management, is working with her investment committee to help set the company's strategic... -
Strategy Maps: Converting Intangible Assets into Tangible Outcomes
Strategy & Execution BookMore than a decade ago, Robert S. Kaplan and David P. Norton introduced the Balanced Scorecard, a revolutionary performance measurement system that allowed... -
HBR's 10 Must Reads on Managing People, Vol. 2 (with bonus article "The Feedback Fallacy" by Marcus Buckingham and Ashley Goodall)
24.95View Details Are you a good boss--or a great one? Get more of the management ideas you want, from the authors you trust, with "HBR's 10 Must Reads on Managing People... -
NatureSweet
Communication Case Study15.05View Details This case describes the business model and workplace philosophy of NatureSweet, a privately owned, vertically integrated greenhouse grower and marketer... -
Big Sky, Inc.: The Magasco Paper Mill (A)
Leadership & Managing People Case Study8.95View Details This case describes the start-up and the early trials and tribulations of the Magasco Paper Mill. Originally designed to be a state-of-the-art operation,... -
Eco-Branding: The Case of Änglamark
Strategy & Execution Case Study8.95View Details This case describes the development of an ecological brand in a large Swedish supermarket chain. The experience of änglamark has been unique and successful,... -
3-D Negotiation: Powerful Tools to Change the Game in Your Most Important Deals
Strategy & Execution BookWhen discussing being stuck in a "win-win vs. win-lose" debate, most negotiation books focus on face-to-face tactics. Yet, table tactics are only the... -
The Heart of Change: Real-Life Stories of How People Change Their Organizations
Moving beyond the process of change... Why is change so hard? Because in order to make any transformation successful, you must change more than just the... -
Opening the Valve: From Software to Hardware (B)
Strategy & Execution Case Study5.00View Details Valve, one of the world's top video game software companies, has also become an iconic example of an organization with virtually no hierarchy. A 400-person... -
Qualtrics (C)
Sales & Marketing Case Study5.00View Details Qualtrics was an online survey research platform and since the beginning, the company had relied entirely on an inside sales model-sales done remotely... -
Mabuchi Motor Co. Ltd.
Organizational Development Case Study8.95View Details A year had elapsed since Mabuchi Motor Co. Ltd. of Japan, the world's most successful producer of small electric motors, had implemented a new management... -
Time, Talent, Energy: Overcome Organizational Drag and Unleash Your Team's Productive Power
35.00View Details Managing Your Scarcest Resources. Business leaders know that the key to competitive success is smart management of scarce resources. That's why companies... -
ING Bank: Creating an Agile Organisation
Strategy & Execution Case Study8.95View Details Set in 2016, this case describes ING Bank's implementation of a radical new way of working using agile principles. ING's agile way of working has been... -
Duane Morris: Balancing Growth and Culture at a Law Firm
Organizational Development Case Study8.95View Details After nearly 100 years as a mid-size regional law firm, Duane Morris entered a period of spectacular growth led by CEO Sheldon Bonovitz. Originally founded... -
Australia and New Zealand Banking Group: The Agile Transformation
Strategy & Execution Case Study8.95View Details In May 2019, Australia and New Zealand Banking Group (ANZ) had paused rapid expansion of its massive agile organizational transformation, trying to make... -
Hema Hattangady and Conzerv (A)
Leadership & Managing People Case Study8.95View Details This case describes the evolution of a fast growing Indian energy firm. It illustrates both leadership change as Hema is evolving as a leader, as well... -
Otis Elevator: Accelerating Business Transformation with IT
Organizational Development Case Study8.95View Details Focuses on a major transformation of Otis Elevator's infrastructure. Led by the CEO, this transformation represents a remarkable long-term reengineering...
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The Leader as Coach
Leadership & Managing People Magazine ArticleIn the face of rapid, disruptive change, companies are realizing that managers can't be expected to have all the answers and that command-and-control... -
Make Your Values Mean Something
Organizational Development Magazine ArticleTake a look at this list of corporate values: Communication. Respect. Integrity. Excellence. They sound pretty good, don't they? Maybe they even resemble... -
Change Management Requires a Change Mindset
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleOur ability to manage change hinges on our ability to manage ourselves, including our fears and anxieties. -
Consulting Is More Than Giving Advice
Management Magazine ArticleBy building on a hierarchy of goals, consultants and managers can work toward mutual interests. -
Employees Are Losing Patience with Change Initiatives
Organizational change Digital ArticleA Gartner survey found that employees’ willingness to support enterprise change fell from 74% in 2016 to just 43% in 2022. -
What Does It Actually Take to Build a Data-Driven Culture?
Strategy & Execution Digital ArticleLessons from Kuwait's Gulf Bank. -
Why Diversity Programs Fail
Organizational Development Magazine ArticleAfter Wall Street firms repeatedly had to shell out millions to settle discrimination lawsuits, businesses started to get serious about their efforts... -
8 Questions About Using AI Responsibly, Answered
Technology & Operations Big IdeaGenerative AI tools are poised to change the way every business operates. As your own organization begins strategizing which to use, and how, operational... -
Strategies for Learning from Failure
Organizational Development Magazine ArticleMany executives believe that all failure is bad (although it usually provides lessons)-and that learning from it is pretty straightforward. The author,... -
To Implement Change, You Don’t Need to Convince Everyone at Once
Organizational change Digital ArticleRather than trying to convince skeptics from the outset, start with a small group of enthusiastic people.