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What Your Leader Expects of You
Bossidy, LarryArticle HBS-R0704C-ELeadership and People ManagementThis article includes a one-page preview that quickly summarizes the key ideas and provides an overview of how the concepts work in practice along with suggestions for further reading. The success of an executive team depends heavily on the relationships the boss has with his or her direct reports. Yet the leadership literature has had little to say about what is expected in those relationships--on either side. Larry Bossidy, formerly the chairma...Starting at €8.20
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We Googled You (HBR Case Study and Commentary) (Spanish version)
Coutu, DianeArticle HBS-R0706ALeadership and People Managementcase study-only, reprint R0706X, and commentary-only, R0706Z.Starting at €8.20
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We Googled You (HBR Case Commentary)
Coutu, DianeArticle HBS-R0706Z-ELeadership and People ManagementAs the CEO of Hathaway Jones, an American luxury apparel retailer, Fred Westen has spent the past four years struggling to revamp his company's stodgy image and boost flagging sales. He's just announced an ambitious plan to elbow in on China's fast-growing luxury goods market when he gets a call from an old prep school friend. Fred agrees to meet his friend's daughter, Mimi Brewster, to see whether she might be able to head up the company's flags...Starting at €8.20
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Making Companies More Like Communities
Pfeffer, JeffreyBook Chapter HBS-2527BC-EThis chapter considers the questions what does "organization as community" really mean in practice, and how do organizations actually live their values?Starting at €8.20
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Stop Picking Employees' Pockets: It Seldom Fixes Anything
Pfeffer, JeffreyBook Chapter HBS-2532BC-EWhen large companies fall into financial difficulties, they often turn first to cutting employees' wages to overcome their problems. This chapter analyzes this strategy, suggesting that in fact a disinvestment in frontline workers may not be the answer to surviving in a competitive environment.Starting at €8.20
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Blueprint for Success: Spend More on Training
Pfeffer, JeffreyBook Chapter HBS-2528BC-EA country's or a company's competitive advantage in the current global economy depends primarily on its people's skills, talent, and educational attainment. This chapter outlines the steps that companies can, and must, take in order to nurture the human capital needed for long-term success.Starting at €8.20
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HCL Technologies (B)
Hill, Linda A.; Khanna, TarunCase HBS-408006-EThis case is accompanied by a Video Short that can be shown in class or included in a digital coursepack. Instructors should consider the timing of making the video available to students, as it may reveal key case details. Supplements the (A) case.Starting at €5.74
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HCL Technologies (A)
Hill, Linda A.; Khanna, Tarun; Stecker, Emily A.Case HBS-408004-EKnowledge and CommunicationThis case is accompanied by a Video Short that can be shown in class or included in a digital coursepack. Instructors should consider the timing of making the video available to students, as it may reveal key case details. When Vineet Nayar became president of HCL Technologies, a global IT services business, in April 2005, he knew the company needed drastic change. Since its founding as a hardware company in the 1970s, HCL had grown into an enter...Starting at €8.20
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Creating a Community of Purpose: Whole Foods Market: Management Innovation in Action
Hamel, Gary; Breen, BillBook Chapter HBS-2512BC-EThis chapter provides a portrait of Whole Foods Market and its game-changing business model, in which a company is not just a company but a community of people working to make a difference in the world, and mission matters as much as the bottom line. This chapter was originally published as chapter 4 of "The Future of Management."Starting at €8.20
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Differences at Work: Erica (B)
Sucher, Sandra J.; Gordon, RachelCase HBS-408048-ELeadership and People ManagementIn Differences at Work: Erica (B) HBS Case No. 9-408-048, Erica discovers that both she and the client are African-American. She reflects on why she has been invited to attend the dinner.Starting at €5.74