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The HBR Agenda 2011
Ariely, Dan; Brown, Tim; Cappelli, Peter; Davenport, Thomas H.; Duflo, Esther; Fernández-Aráoz, Claudio; Govindarajan, Vijay; Gratton, Lynda; Hackman, J. Richard; Ibarra, Herminia; Kedrosky, Paul; Lafley, A.G.; Li, Charlene; Ma, Jack; Manzoni, Jean-Francois; Pink, Daniel H.; Porter, Michael E.; Schein, Edgar H.; Schmidt, Eric; Schwab, Klaus; Shirky, Clay; Stiglitz, Joseph E.; Sutton, Robert I.; Tyson, LaArticle HBS-R1101B-EKnowledge and CommunicationJoseph E. Stiglitz will be crafting a new postcrisis paradigm for macroeconomics whereby rational individuals interact with imperfect and asymmetric information. Herminia Ibarra will be looking for hard evidence of how "soft" leadership creates value. Eric Schmidt will be planning to scale mobile technology by developing fast networks and providing low-cost smartphones in the poorest parts of the world. Michael Porter will be using modern cost a...Starting at €8.20
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The HBR Agenda 2011 (Spanish version)
Ariely, Dan; Brown, Tim; Cappelli, Peter; Davenport, Thomas H.; Duflo, Esther; Fernández-Aráoz, Claudio; Govindarajan, Vijay; Gratton, Lynda; Hackman, J. Richard; Ibarra, Herminia; Kedrosky, Paul; Lafley, A.G.; Li, Charlene; Ma, Jack; Manzoni, Jean-Francois; Pink, Daniel H.; Porter, Michael E.; Schein, Edgar H.; Schmidt, Eric; Schwab, Klaus; Shirky, Clay; Stiglitz, Joseph E.; Sutton, Robert I.; Tyson, LaArticle HBS-R1101BKnowledge and CommunicationJoseph E. Stiglitz will be crafting a new postcrisis paradigm for macroeconomics whereby rational individuals interact with imperfect and asymmetric information. Herminia Ibarra will be looking for hard evidence of how "soft" leadership creates value. Eric Schmidt will be planning to scale mobile technology by developing fast networks and providing low-cost smartphones in the poorest parts of the world. Michael Porter will be using modern cost a...Starting at €8.20
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El arte y la ciencia de encontrar al CEO adecuado
Lafley, A.G.Article HBS-R1110CKnowledge and CommunicationLa elección de un nuevo director general es el trabajo más importante de la junta directiva de una empresa. Ninguna otra decisión tiene un impacto tan profundo en la estrategia y el rendimiento de una empresa. Sin embargo, el tema de la sucesión a menudo se hizo a un lado por las preocupaciones que parecen más urgentes. Nadie presta atención hasta la salida del CEO es inminente, y para entonces ya es demasiado tarde para entrenar adecuadamente ve...Starting at €8.20
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Executive Pay: Time for CEOs to Take a Stand
Lafley, A.G.Article HBS-F1005J-ELeadership and People ManagementCEO pay has become a lightning rod for criticism and debate, but CEOs themselves have been largely absent from the conversation, says Procter & Gamble's former CEO. It's time to stand up for responsible compensation leadership and get rid of indefensible and inappropriate amounts and forms of compensation. The author's proposals include establishing simpler and clearer guidelines, eliminating post-employment provisions not based on performance, a...Starting at €8.20
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Bringing Science to the Art of Strategy
Lafley, A.G.; Martin, Roger; Rivkin, Jan W.; Siggelkow, NicolajArticle HBS-R1209C-EStrategyMany managers feel doomed to trade off the futile rigor of ordinary strategic planning for the hit-or-miss creativity of the alternatives. In fact, the two can be reconciled to produce novel but realistic strategies. The key is to recognize that conventional strategic planning, for all its analysis, is not actually scientific--it lacks the careful generation and testing of hypotheses that are at the heart of the scientific method. The authors out...Starting at €8.20
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The Art and Science of Finding the Right CEO
Lafley, A.G.Article HBS-R1110C-EChoosing a new CEO is the most important job of a company's board of directors. No other decision has such a profound impact on a firm's strategy and performance. Yet the topic of succession often gets shoved aside by concerns that seem more pressing. No one pays attention until the CEO's departure is imminent-and by then it's too late to adequately vet and train a replacement. A.G. Lafley, in contrast, began pushing the directors at P&G to begin...Starting at €8.20
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What Only the CEO Can Do
Lafley, A.G.Article HBS-R0905D-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 author combines his nine years' experience as the CEO of Procter & Gamble with the last writings of the management scholar Peter Drucker to answer the question "What is the work of the CEO?" The chief executive, Lafley says, is held singularly accountable for t...Starting at €8.20
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"I Think of My Failures as a Gift"
Lafley, A.G.; Dillon, KarenArticle HBS-R1104F-ELafley, the former CEO of Procter & Gamble, is regarded as one of the most successful chief executives in recent history. But like everyone else, he's had his share of mistakes. Politicians and winning sports teams draw their biggest lessons from their toughest losses, he says, and the same has been true for him. The company learned more from its failed new brands and products than from its successes. Among Lafley's favorite examples is the color...Starting at €8.20
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Cumulative Advantage
Lafley, A.G.; Martin, Roger; Gunther McGrath, Rita; Cook, Scott; Knudstorp, Jorgen Vig; Champion, DavidArticle HBS-R1701B-EStrategyWhy do companies routinely succumb to the lure of rebranding? Because, say A.G. Lafley and Roger L. Martin, the authors of "Customer Loyalty Is Overrated," they believe they must continually update their business models, strategies, and communications toStarting at €8.20