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What Having a “Growth Mindset” Actually Means
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What Is Psychological Safety?
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The Case for a Chief of Staff
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Understanding Leadership (HBR Classic)
Leadership & Managing People Magazine ArticleThe would-be analyst of leadership usually studies popularity, power, showmanship, or wisdom in long-range planning. But none of these qualities is the... -
The Leader as Coach
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Leading Change: Why Transformation Efforts Fail
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What Leaders Really Do
Change management Magazine ArticleThey don’t make plans; they don’t solve problems; they don’t even organize people. What leaders really do is prepare organizations for change and help them cope as they struggle through it. -
Leader's Framework for Decision Making
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Emotional Intelligence Has 12 Elements. Which Do You Need to Work On?
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Leading Change: Why Transformation Efforts Fail
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Employees Are Losing Patience with Change Initiatives
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What Makes a Leader?
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Three Differences Between Managers and Leaders
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Begin with Trust
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How Our Brains Decide When to Trust
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The Key to Inclusive Leadership
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The Leadership Odyssey
Leadership Magazine ArticleIt’s not easy to become less directive and more empowering. Here’s how to navigate the challenges. -
The Hard Side of Change Management
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AI Should Augment Human Intelligence, Not Replace It
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What It Takes to Give a Great Presentation
Communication Digital ArticleFive tips to set yourself apart.
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Lessons from Large Family Firms About Choosing a CEO
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Conservative CEOs Pursue Riskier International Deals Than Liberals Do
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Why Real-Time Leadership Is So Hard
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The New Rules of Executive Presence
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The Leadership Mindset
Leadership Magazine ArticleExemplary leadership involves more than mastering a repertoire of skills and executing high-level tasks. The secret to it is achieving an enlightened inner state in which you tap into your greatest potential—and inspire your employees to do the same. -
Leading in a World Where AI Wields Power of Its Own
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Leaders Must React
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Leading in the Flow of Work
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The Leadership Mindset
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8 Essential Qualities of Successful Leaders
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What Innovators Who Create New Markets Do Differently
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How GenAI Could Accelerate Employee Learning and Development
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What It Really Takes to Become an Executive Coach
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How Leaders Fake Psychological Safety
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When Charismatic CEOs Are an Asset — and When They’re a Liability
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To Craft a Purpose That Motivates Your Team, Balance Pragmatism and Idealism
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Unifying Your Company Around a Moral Goal
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Leaders, Make Curiosity the Core of Your Organizational Culture
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Bringing Your Company’s Purpose to Life
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The Leap from Project Manager to CEO Is Hard — But Not Impossible
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Business Process Transformation at the CIA (A)
Leadership & Managing People Case Study8.95View Details When Dick Calder is named head of the CIA's Directorate of Administration (DA) in 1995, he faces the task of leading a beleaguered organization through... -
Business Process Transformation at the CIA (B)
Leadership & Managing People Case Study5.00View Details When Dick Calder is named head of the CIA's Directorate of Administration (DA) in 1995, he faces the task of leading a beleaguered organization through... -
Hurricane Katrina (A): Preparing for 'The Big One' in New Orleans
Leadership & Managing People Case Study8.95View Details When Hurricane Katrina slammed into the Gulf Coast on Monday morning, August 29, it cut a wide swath of destruction in the area; but despite inflicting... -
Digital Equipment Corp.: The Endpoint Model (B1)
Technology & Operations Case Study5.00View Details Should follow Digital Equipment Corp.: The Endpoint Model (A). The plant manager has been promoted and students must decide what kind of individual--background,... -
Mercedes and the Moose Test (A)
Leadership & Managing People Case Study8.95View Details The case describes a crisis management situation faced by Mercedes-Benz, a division of Daimler-Benz AG. In 1997 Mercedes introduced a revolutionary new... -
"Lead, Follow or Get Out of the Way": The Challenges Facing the New Chair of Ophthalmology
Management Case Study8.95View Details The case describes the challenges facing Shlomit Schaal, MD, PhD, the newly appointed Chair of UMass Memorial Health Care's Department of Ophthalmology.... -
Hurricane Katrina (B): Responding to an 'Ultra-Catastrophe' in New Orleans
Leadership & Managing People Case Study5.00View Details When Hurricane Katrina slammed into the Gulf Coast on Monday morning, August 29, it cut a wide swath of destruction in the area; but despite inflicting... -
Saint George Triangle: A Multi-Party Simulation - The Stakeholders - Our Beautiful Island
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Netflix and Dave Chappelle (B)
Management Case Study8.95View Details In late 2021, Netflix leadership had to deal with some fierce employee and public blowback after airing The Closer, a comedy special by comedian Dave... -
Leadership Online (B): Barnes & Noble vs. Amazon.com in 2005
Strategy & Execution Case Study5.00View Details Supplements the (A) case. A rewritten version of an earlier supplement. -
Change at Whirlpool Corp. (B)
Strategy & Execution Case Study5.00View Details Supplements the (A) case. -
Mercedes and the Moose Test (B)
Leadership & Managing People Case Study5.00View Details The case describes a crisis management situation faced by Mercedes-Benz, a division of Daimler-Benz AG. In 1997 Mercedes introduced a revolutionary new... -
HBR's 10 Must Reads on Public Speaking and Presenting (with featured article "How to Give a Killer Presentation" By Chris Anderson)
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Singapore TradeNet: A Tale of One City
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Ingvar Kamprad and IKEA
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Merck, Darmstadt: Sustaining Legacy Beyond 350 Years
Leadership & Managing People Case Study8.95View Details This case is about the business, governance and leadership transformation of Merck - a 13th generation, family-owned, German multinational group operating... -
Saint George Triangle: A Multi-Party Simulation - The Stakeholders - The Ministry for Domestic Investment
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Virgin Atlantic Airways: Ten Years After
Sales & Marketing Case Study8.95View Details The Virgin Atlantic Airways (VAA) case was written on the occasion of the company's 10th anniversary. In 10 years, VAA has brought many innovations to... -
Fresh to Table
Leadership & Managing People Case Study8.95View Details After the contentious firing of an office manager, the leadership at Fresh to Table, a software-as-a-service provider for luxury hotels and restaurants,... -
MicroFridge: The Concept
Sales & Marketing Case Study8.95View Details Robert Bennett, who has a Master's degree in engineering, wants to exploit his idea to combine a refrigerator, freezer, and 500-watt microwave into an...
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What Having a “Growth Mindset” Actually Means
Managing yourself Digital ArticleDebunking three common misconceptions. -
What Is Psychological Safety?
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleA culture of trust and belonging doesn't just happen. Here's how you make one. -
The Case for a Chief of Staff
Leadership & Managing People Magazine ArticleNew CEOs are typically focused on creating and implementing a strategy, building a top team, and driving culture change. Optimizing administrative workflow... -
Understanding Leadership (HBR Classic)
Leadership & Managing People Magazine ArticleThe would-be analyst of leadership usually studies popularity, power, showmanship, or wisdom in long-range planning. But none of these qualities is the... -
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... -
Leading Change: Why Transformation Efforts Fail
Leadership & Managing People Magazine ArticleIn the past decade, the author has watched more than 100 companies try to remake themselves into better competitors. Their efforts have gone under many... -
What Leaders Really Do
Change management Magazine ArticleThey don’t make plans; they don’t solve problems; they don’t even organize people. What leaders really do is prepare organizations for change and help them cope as they struggle through it. -
Leader's Framework for Decision Making
Leadership & Managing People Magazine ArticleSnowden and Boone have formed a new perspective on leadership and decision making that's based on complexity science. The result is the Cynefin framework,... -
Emotional Intelligence Has 12 Elements. Which Do You Need to Work On?
Emotional intelligence Digital ArticleIt’s far more than just being nice. -
Leading Change: Why Transformation Efforts Fail
Organizational transformation Magazine ArticleLeaders who successfully transform businesses do eight things right (and they do them in the right order).