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Fresh to Table, Teaching Note
Mukunda, Gautam; Holtom, Brooks C.Teaching Note HBS-917542-ELeadership and People ManagementTeaching note for case 917541.Starting at €0.00
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Cynthia Carroll at Anglo American (B)
Mukunda, Gautam; Mazzanti, Lisa; Sesia, AldoCase HBS-414020-ELeadership and People ManagementIn 2007, Cynthia Carroll, the newly-appointed chief executive of mining giant Anglo American, ordered the temporary shutdown of Anglo American Platinum's Rustenburg, South Africa mines in response to a spate of deaths at the operations. The case lays out Carroll's requirements of what had to be done before the Rustenburg mines could restart operations, including the implementation of a new safety program for tens of thousands of workers that call...Starting at €5.74
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Cynthia Carroll at Anglo American (C)
Mukunda, Gautam; Mazzanti, Lisa; Sesia, AldoCase HBS-414021-ELeadership and People ManagementWhen Cynthia Carroll, chief executive of Anglo American, ordered the shutdown of the company's Rustenburg, South Africa mines in the summer of 2007, it was just the first of many steps the company would take under her leadership to achieve zero harm. The case describes Carroll's approach to stakeholder relationships (i.e., relationships with the government and unions), how the shutdown was used as a platform to change the culture at Anglo America...Starting at €5.74
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Robert K. Steel at Wachovia (A)
Mukunda, Gautam; Hsieh, Nien-he; Lane, DavidCase HBS-418055-ELeadership and People ManagementIn September 2008, Robert Steel presided over the sale of Wachovia, a top U.S. bank, less than three months after becoming its CEO. Wachovia's exposure to risky home loans led depositors and creditors to flee the bank on Friday, September 26, after the FDIC seized and sold a smaller bank with similar exposure, whose collapse nonetheless made it the biggest bank failure in U.S. history. Faced with Wachovia's impending bankruptcy, the FDIC interven...Starting at €8.20
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Great Leaders Don't Need Experience
Mukunda, GautamArticle HBS-F1210D-ENew research on effective leaders shows that the most brilliant ones tend to be people without a great deal of experience. The only trouble is, the same is true of the very worst leaders.Starting at €8.20
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Gerry Pasciucco at AIG Financial Products, Teaching Note
Mukunda, Gautam; DeLong, Thomas J.Teaching Note HBS-415064-ELeadership and People ManagementTeaching note for case 413059.Starting at €0.00
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Robert K. Steel at Wachovia (B)
Mukunda, Gautam; Hsieh, Nien-he; Lane, DavidCase HBS-418056-ELeadership and People ManagementSupplement to case 418055. In September 2008, Robert Steel presided over the sale of Wachovia, a top U.S. bank, less than three months after becoming its CEO. Wachovia's exposure to risky home loans led depositors and creditors to flee the bank on Friday, September 26, after the FDIC seized and sold a smaller bank with similar exposure, whose collapse nonetheless made it the biggest bank failure in U.S. history. Faced with Wachovia's impending ba...Starting at €5.74
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The Price of Wall Street's Power
Mukunda, GautamArticle HBS-R1406D-EEconomicsOver and over again, executives make decisions that aren't in their companies' best interests, in response to pressure from Wall Street. Though many believe this happens because firms have a "fiduciary duty" to maximize shareholder returns, U.S. executives do not, as a matter of law, have any such obligation. Yet it's hard for them to resist demands from a quarter that has amassed such a huge and disproportionate share of power. In the past few d...Starting at €8.20
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Cynthia Carroll at Anglo American (A), (B), and (C), Teaching Note
Mukunda, GautamTeaching Note HBS-415061-ELeadership and People ManagementTeaching note for cases 414019, 414020, and 414021.Starting at €0.00
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Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corp: Redefining Success in the U.S. (B)
Mukunda, Gautam; DeLong, Thomas J.; Sesia, AldoCase HBS-415049-ELeadership and People ManagementThis (B) case describes the actions Andre Wyss, President of Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corp., took in early 2012 to transform the company's General Medicines group and build its speciality medications marketing the selling capabilities in the face of falling revenues and an imminent workforce reduction. Rather than downsize the organization quickly to save costs, Wyss and his team took a different approach. They told the organization's employees t...Starting at €5.74