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Ferguson's Formula
Leadership & Managing People Magazine ArticleWhen Alex Ferguson took over as manager of the English football team Manchester United, the club was in dire straits: It hadn't won a league title in... -
Life's Work: An Interview with Alex Honnold
Leadership & Managing People Magazine ArticleThe star of the 2018 Oscar-winning documentary "Free Solo" talks about how he prepares for climbs, the way he thinks about risk, and what's next now that... -
Building the Green Way
Organizational Development Magazine ArticleJust five or six years ago, the term "green building" evoked visions of barefoot, tie-dyed, granola-munching denizens. There's been a large shift in perception.... -
CEOs with Headsets
Executive compensation Magazine ArticleAnalysis of college coach compensation shows how hard it is to align pay with performance. -
Life's Work: Pele
Leadership & Managing People Magazine ArticleThe soccer superstar talks about becoming an informal team leader, why he came out of retirement to join the New York Cosmos, and what he thinks about... -
Building a Data-Driven Culture from the Ground Up
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The Five Messages Leaders Must Manage
Management communication Magazine ArticleAll too often, leaders fail to explain what they mean when they talk about organizational structure, financial results, their own jobs, time management, and corporate culture. Left unclear, these concepts can throw a firm into turmoil—but when given proper focus, they confer extraordinary leverage. -
Life's Work: Joe Girardi
Leadership & Managing People Magazine ArticleJoe Girardi had wanted to play for the Chicago Cubs since he was a boy. He achieved that ambition, went on to coach for the Yankees, and is now the New... -
Super Bowl Skeptic-Why Great Coaches Make Lousy Leaders
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleA Note from Bill: I posted this entry on Friday, two days before the Super Bowl. Well, the big game is over, my gritty and humble Giants are the champions,... -
Sports and Social Justice
Strategy & Execution Magazine ArticleTwo new books--"The Game Is Not a Game" and "Football's Fearless Activists"--offer some useful context for examining the current relationship between... -
Life's Work: An Interview with Megan Rapinoe
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In the Workplace of the NFL, the Players Hold the Upper Hand
Organizational Development Digital ArticleSoon, team owners will realize it. -
And Now, a Word from Our Sponsor (HBR Case Study)
Sales & Marketing Magazine ArticleBryant Pharmaceutical's flagship product, a popular arthritis medicine called Seflex, is selling well--but not well enough. With generic versions due... -
SoulCycle’s CEO on Sustaining Growth in a Faddish Industry
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Rupert Murdoch, the NFL, and the Negotiation That Remade TV
Negotiation strategies Digital ArticleThe deal turned Fox into a powerhouse. -
And Now, a Word from Our Sponsor
Business ethics Magazine ArticleBryant Pharmaceuticals is looking for alternatives to traditional advertising—including product placements in TV shows and other media. But when does clever marketing become trickery? -
Life's Work: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
Leadership & Managing People Magazine ArticleKareem Abdul-Jabbar, one of the most celebrated centers in basketball history, has evolved into a successful writer, historian, and filmmaker. -
Life's Work: An Interview with Jerry Rice
Leadership & Managing People Magazine ArticleThe former professional wide receiver talks about how he got good at football so quickly, how he proved himself with the NFL as a first-round draft pick... -
Life's Work: Jimmie Johnson
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Life's Work: An Interview with Billie Jean King
Leadership & Managing People Magazine ArticleThe renowned tennis player reflects on founding the Women's Tennis Association Tour, being outed as gay, her work to make tennis diverse, and more.
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THE BULLARD HOUSES - Debriefing Handout
Strategy & Execution Case Study8.95View Details Debriefing Handout for PON120. -
SÄBU Holzbau GmbH: From a Leadership Crisis to Qualitative Growth (A)
Organizational Development Case Study8.95View Details Case A describes a leadership crisis affecting the managing director of the German construction company SÄBU Holzbau GmbH. In 2013, severe organizational... -
THE BULLARD HOUSES - General Instructions
Strategy & Execution Case Study8.95View Details Downtown Realty, Inc. owns the historic Bullard Houses, a set of 51 attached brownstones in the city of Gotham. The Houses, occupied for decades by the... -
Project Execution Dilemma at MICC
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study8.95View Details Mid-India Construction Private Company Limited (MICC) was awarded a refurbishing project for INR30 million from the National Institute of Management.... -
Negotiating for Equal Pay: The U.S. Women's National Soccer Team (B)
Sales & Marketing Case Study5.00View Details Supplements the (A) case and describes the events following it. -
Currie Road Construction Limited (B)
Global Business Case Study5.00View Details Having operated for two years in the Texas market, the company is confronting a variety of difficulties. The case looks at the organization issues of... -
Building Smart Neighborhoods at Bouygues
Technology & Operations Case Study8.95View Details Can a consortium of 16 organizations, including multinational corporations, local government agencies, and startups, turn a run-down Paris suburb into... -
Free Agency (B): Negotiating as a Player's Agent
Management Case Study5.00View Details This case set challenges students to consider the upcoming free agency decision-making of an NBA team by conducting some basic statistical analyses of... -
THE BULLARD HOUSES - Confidential Instructions for the Buyer's Representative
Strategy & Execution Case Study5.00View Details Downtown Realty, Inc. owns the historic Bullard Houses, a set of 51 attached brownstones in the city of Gotham. The Houses, occupied for decades by the... -
GoSports: Developing Sports Talent to Create Role Models
Strategy & Execution Case Study8.95View Details The case GoSports: Developing Sports Talent to Create Role Models describes the evolution of an Indian not-for-profit organization GoSports, whose mission... -
SÄBU Holzbau GmbH: From a Leadership Crisis to Qualitative Growth (B)
Organizational Development Case Study5.00View Details Supplement to case W19170 Case B describes how management at SÄBU Holzbau GmbH was able to overcome the crisis with the help of a team of consultants... -
Rawabi
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study14.00View Details Bashar Masri is developing the first new stand-alone Palestinian city 25 kilometers north of Jerusalem and 9 kilometers north of Ramallah in the West... -
Puma's Challenge to Maintain Leadership in India
Global Business Case Study8.95View Details In 2015, Puma became the market leader in sportswear sales in India, leaving Adidas, Reebok, and Nike behind for the first time since Puma entered the... -
Michael Rubin and Fanatics (B)
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NASCAR and the Confederate Flag (A)
Global Business Case Study8.95View Details In May 2020, in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic and the protests that followed the death of George Floyd while in Minneapolis police custody, leadership... -
BrightView Plumbing and Heating: A New Business Model
Technology & Operations Case Study8.95View Details BrightView Plumbing and Heating (BrightView) was founded in 1997 to provide plumbing services for both residential and commercial customers. The founder's... -
Selling at ServiceBox (A): Jon Clifford's Perspective
Leadership & Managing People Case Study8.95View Details An entrepreneur and his business partner have created ServiceBox, a web-based software-as-a-service (SaaS) work order management system for use in plumbing... -
Custom Closet Contractors: Making the Database Cut
Technology & Operations Case Study8.95View Details In the summer of 2017, after completing his third year of business school, a student was eager to apply his newly developed business and technology skill... -
The Branding of Club Atlético de Madrid: Local or Global?
Sales & Marketing Case Study8.95View Details With four percent of the world's population involved in a sport that generated nearly $3.1 billion in annual revenue, it is no wonder that football clubs... -
Kansas City Zephyrs Baseball Club, Inc.
Finance & Accounting Case Study8.95View Details Describes a dispute between the owners of the major league baseball teams and the players' union about the profitability of the baseball teams. The issue...
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Ferguson's Formula
Leadership & Managing People Magazine ArticleWhen Alex Ferguson took over as manager of the English football team Manchester United, the club was in dire straits: It hadn't won a league title in... -
THE BULLARD HOUSES - Debriefing Handout
Strategy & Execution Case Study8.95View Details Debriefing Handout for PON120. -
SÄBU Holzbau GmbH: From a Leadership Crisis to Qualitative Growth (A)
Organizational Development Case Study8.95View Details Case A describes a leadership crisis affecting the managing director of the German construction company SÄBU Holzbau GmbH. In 2013, severe organizational... -
THE BULLARD HOUSES - General Instructions
Strategy & Execution Case Study8.95View Details Downtown Realty, Inc. owns the historic Bullard Houses, a set of 51 attached brownstones in the city of Gotham. The Houses, occupied for decades by the... -
Life's Work: An Interview with Alex Honnold
Leadership & Managing People Magazine ArticleThe star of the 2018 Oscar-winning documentary "Free Solo" talks about how he prepares for climbs, the way he thinks about risk, and what's next now that... -
Building the Green Way
Organizational Development Magazine ArticleJust five or six years ago, the term "green building" evoked visions of barefoot, tie-dyed, granola-munching denizens. There's been a large shift in perception.... -
Project Execution Dilemma at MICC
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study8.95View Details Mid-India Construction Private Company Limited (MICC) was awarded a refurbishing project for INR30 million from the National Institute of Management.... -
CEOs with Headsets
Executive compensation Magazine ArticleAnalysis of college coach compensation shows how hard it is to align pay with performance. -
Negotiating for Equal Pay: The U.S. Women's National Soccer Team (B)
Sales & Marketing Case Study5.00View Details Supplements the (A) case and describes the events following it. -
Currie Road Construction Limited (B)
Global Business Case Study5.00View Details Having operated for two years in the Texas market, the company is confronting a variety of difficulties. The case looks at the organization issues of...