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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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Can People Trust You?: Influence Begins with Trust-Why Earning the Trust of Others Is Key to Becoming a Great Boss
Hill, Linda A.; Lineback, KentBook Chapter HBS-7315BC-EKnowledge and CommunicationWhat's it like to work for you? How do people experience you, especially in tense situations? Do they know they'll be treated fairly, supportively, and with respect? Or are they always on their guard, wondering how you'll respond to everyday problems? In this chapter, authors Linda Hill and Kent Lineback explain why the kind of person you are directly affects the people you manage-the quality of the work they do, their level of care and commitmen...Starting at €8.20
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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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Iz-Lynn Chan at Far East Organization (Abridged)
Hill, Linda A.; Mayo, Anthony J.; Teppert, Dana M.Case HBS-415033-EKnowledge and CommunicationThis case describes how to champion and implement organizational change from the middle by recounting the experiences of Iz-Lynn Chan at Far East Organization. This 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.Starting at €8.20
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Don't Forget Your Boss: Make the Most of This Critical Relationship-Why Managing Your Boss Is Key to Becoming a Great Boss Yourself
Hill, Linda A.; Lineback, KentBook Chapter HBS-7321BC-EKnowledge and CommunicationOne member of your professional network deserves special attention: your boss. Why? Because your boss plays a pivotal role in your success-or your failure. You can leverage your boss's influence in the organization in several ways-for example, by obtaining valuable information, winning needed resources, or securing support for your group's initiatives. If you mishandle your relationship with your boss, you might find yourself isolated and ignored...Starting at €8.20
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Be Clear About How Your Team Works: Foster the Right Team Culture-Why Effective Team Management Is Key to Becoming a Great Boss
Hill, Linda A.; Lineback, KentBook Chapter HBS-7323BC-EKnowledge and CommunicationYour team's culture, like the infrastructure of a society, makes productive work possible. If you get the culture wrong, nothing your team undertakes is likely to go smoothly. In this chapter, authors Linda Hill and Kent Lineback describe four critical elements of team culture that you, as a good boss striving to be a great one, must make sure your team clearly understands: 1) Individual roles-who does what, and how each role contributes to your ...Starting at €8.20
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Drive Innovation with Better Decision-Making
Hill, Linda A.; Tedards, Emily; Swan, TaranArticle HBS-R2106D-EKnowledge and CommunicationDespite their embrace of agile methods, many firms striving to innovate are struggling to produce breakthrough ideas. A key culprit, according to the authors, is an outdated, inefficient approach to decision-making. Today's discovery-driven innovation processes involve an unprecedented number of choices, from which ideas to pursue to countless decisions about how to conduct experiments, what data to collect, and so on. But these choices are often...Starting at €8.20
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Exercising Influence Without Formal Authority: How New Managers Can Build Power and Influence
Hill, Linda A.Book Chapter HBS-5606BC-EKnowledge and CommunicationWhen they become managers, most people assume that certain rights and privileges come with a promotion. They expect to have more authority and freedom than they did as individual contributors. But new managers soon learn that formal authority is a very limited source of power. In fact, most of the people who can make a manager's life miserable are people over whom they have no formal authority: bosses and peers. They must acquire the ability to m...Starting at €8.20