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I'm the Boss!: Don't Depend on Your Formal Authority-Why Recognizing the Benefits and Pitfalls of Power Is Essential to Being a Great Boss
Hill, Linda A.; Lineback, KentBook Chapter HBS-7310BC-EKnowledge and CommunicationMany managers take an authoritarian "do this, do that" approach with their people-not necessarily because they want to be controlling, but because they believe exercising authority is the most efficient way to get results. What approach do you take with the people you manage? In this chapter, authors Linda Hill and Kent Lineback explore the nature of formal authority-what it is, the common misconceptions about it, what its limitations are, and wh...Starting at €8.20
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Should She Stay or Should She Go? (Spanish version)
Hill, Linda A.; Rennella, MarkCase HBS-412S25Leadership and People ManagementMartha Rinaldi has been an assistant product manager at leading beverage company Potomac Waters since graduating from business school. Rinaldi is frustrated by her relationships with her boss and a close co-worker. Even though she works hard to please her manager, she has received a negative performance evaluation for her first four months. Should Rinaldi leave Potomac for a standing job offer at a company she previously interned with or try to i...Starting at €8.20
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Katherine Schuler at Boxes & Bins, Inc. (Spanish version)
Hill, Linda A.; Kindley, James T.Case HBS-917S14Leadership and People ManagementThis case is about Katherine Schuler, soon to become senior vice president of marketing at a fast-growing retail organization, Boxes & Bins (B&B). Part of Schuler's success has been due to her "fit" into a company with clear values and principles. In particular, B&B always put its employees first, and eschewed debt in order to grow only as the company could afford it. Several years ago, the founders sold most of their stock to a private-equity fi...Starting at €8.20
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Craig Weatherup (Spanish version)
Hill, Linda A.; Weber, Katherine S.Case HBS-418S21Leadership and People ManagementUna hoja de información biográfica sobre Craig Weatherup, presidente y CEO de Pepsi Cola, América del Norte.Starting at €8.20
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Systems Infrastructure at Google (B)
Hill, Linda A.; Stecker, Emily A.Case HBS-410111-ELeadership and People ManagementThis case is a thick description of how a Senior Vice President of Engineering at Google, Bill Coughran, leads a high-performing engineering organization. The case focuses specifically on Coughran's use of encouraging two teams of engineers to develop competing solutions for application storage systems. It also shows how Coughran assembled an informal brain trust of managers and technical leaders that assist him in leading his 2,000-person organi...Starting at €5.74
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Kay Sunderland: Making the Grade at Attain Learning, Teaching Note
Hill, Linda A.; Beckham, HeatherTeaching Note HBS-4291-EService and Operations ManagementTeaching Note for 4289.Starting at €0.00
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Becoming the Boss (Spanish version)
Hill, Linda A.Article HBS-R0701DLeadership and People Managementbecoming a boss for the first time. That's a shame, because the trials involved in this rite of passage have serious consequences for both the individual and the organization. For a decade and a half, the author has studied people -- particularly star performers -- making major career transitions to management. As firms have become leaner and more dynamic, new managers have described a transition that gets more difficult all the time. But the tr...Starting at €8.20
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Making the Grade at Attain Learning (Spanish version)
Hill, Linda A.; Beckham, HeatherCase HBS-415S04Leadership and People ManagementNunez would like Attain content development director Mike Morgan to stop contacting him directly. Sunderland is surprised that Morgan, an experienced and talented contributor, is potentially jeopardizing the account by ignoring Attain's communications policy of restricting client-facing communication to the account director. Now Sunderland must decide how to handle the situation with both the client and her colleague Morgan.Starting at €8.20
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Tom Kalil: Leading Technology & Innovation at the White House
Hill, Linda A.; Wigen, Allison J.Case HBS-417021-ELeadership and People ManagementThis case explores the role of Tom Kalil as Deputy Director for Technology & Innovation at the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy. With the end of President Obama's Administration drawing near, Kalil and his team of "policy entrepreneurs" must work to build an ecosystem of individuals and organizations both inside and outside the Federal government, if they hope to see their science & technology initiatves continue into the next ...Starting at €8.20
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Philipp Justus at eBay Germany (C)
Hill, Linda A.; Stecker, Emily A.Case HBS-409029-ELeadership and People ManagementThis case traces the development of eBay Germany, eBay Inc., and the career of eBay Germany's first country manager, Philipp Justus. The case covers from 2000 through the fall of 2007. This case details how eBay Germany, once a small start-up, became one of eBay's most successful locations. The case reveals how Justus added seasoned leaders and structure to the group, while allowing for improvisation. The case also traces Justus's career, as he m...Starting at €5.74