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South African Airways (A)
Margolis, Joshua D.; Roberts, Laura Morgan; Winig, LauraCase HBS-407014-ELeadership and People ManagementAmid efforts to engineer a turnaround at South African Airways (SAA), the CEO confronts an impending strike at the struggling company. How should the company address questions of distributive and procedural justice in post-Apartheid South Africa, and how should the CEO recover from a crucial misstep at the start of the strike? Chronicles the challenges and missteps of previous CEOs and the turnaround plan put in place by Ngqula to help curtail wa...Starting at €8.20
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The Rise of President Barack Hussein Obama, Teaching Note
Thomas, David A.; Roberts, Laura Morgan; Creary, Stephanie J.Teaching Note HBS-409134-ELeadership and People ManagementTeaching Note for [409115].Starting at €0.00
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Daniel Kim's Dilemma (A)
George, Bill; Kindred, NatalieCase HBS-411009-ELeadership and People ManagementDaniel Kim was considering blowing the whistle on his friend, the CEO of a fast-growing start-up where Kim had spent most of his professional career. When Kim joined the company, called Cardio-Metric, in 2002, it consisted of seven young engineers (including its two 25-year-old founders) working from a one-bedroom Minneapolis apartment. By 2008, when the venture capital-backed company recorded $110 million in revenues, Kim had become close friend...Starting at €8.20
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Henkel: Building a Winning Culture (B)
Simons, Robert L.; Kindred, NatalieCase HBS-115040-ELeadership and People ManagementThis case, an update on "Henkel: Building a Winning Culture (A)," describes Henkel's strong performance against its tough 2012 objectives, as well as the new objectives CEO Kasper Rorsted set for 2016.Starting at €5.74
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NatureSweet
Alvarez, Jose B.; Reinhardt, Forest L.; Kindred, NatalieCase HBS-518002-ELeadership and People ManagementThis case describes the business model and workplace philosophy of NatureSweet, a privately owned, vertically integrated greenhouse grower and marketer of fresh tomatoes with sales across the U.S. and $329 million in 2016 revenues. CEO Bryant Ambelang treated NatureSweet more like a consumer-packaged goods manufacturer than an agricultural producer, with a focus on consistency, branding, margin and price stability, and a frontline-worker-centric ...Starting at €8.20
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South African Airways (B)
Margolis, Joshua D.; Roberts, Laura Morgan; Winig, LauraCase HBS-407024-ELeadership and People ManagementSupplements the (A) case. An abstract is not available for this product.Starting at €5.74
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How to Play to Your Strengths (Spanish version)
Roberts, Laura Morgan; Spreitzer, Gretchen; Dutton, Jane; Quinn, Robert; Heaphy, Emily; Barker, BriannaArticle HBS-R0501GLeadership and People ManagementMost feedback accentuates the negative. During formal employee evaluations, discussions invariably focus on "opportunities for improvement," even if the overall evaluation is laudatory. No wonder most executives--and their direct reports--dread them. Traditional, corrective feedback has its place, of course; every organization must filter out failing employees and ensure that everyone performs at an expected level of competence. But too much emph...Starting at €8.20
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Omar Ishrak: Building Medtronic Globally
George, Bill; Kindred, NatalieCase HBS-413065-ELeadership and People ManagementOmar Ishrak, Medtronic's first non-American CEO, aims to reinvigorate the medical device maker's growth by focusing on emerging markets, therapy innovation, and creative business models. In 2012, budget constraints in mature economies, the lack of new medical therapies coming to market, and the decline in growth of Medtronic's core businesses has reduced the company's once dynamic growth close to zero. As the newly appointed CEO, Ishrak faces the...Starting at €8.20
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Leading the Josie Esquivel Franchise (A), (B), & (C), Teaching Note
Groysberg, Boris; Roberts, Laura MorganTeaching Note HBS-407099-ELeadership and People ManagementTeaching Note to (9-404-054), (9-405-027), and (9-405-072). An abstract is not available for this product.Starting at €0.00
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The Rise of President Barack Hussein Obama
Thomas, David A.; Roberts, Laura Morgan; Creary, Stephanie J.Case HBS-409115-ELeadership and People ManagementThis case profiles President Barack Hussein Obama's rise to the presidency as an "improbable candidate." The case illustrates the ways in which he overcame criticism from those who questioned his credibility and his values and skepticism from those who were unsure of whether America was ready to elect its first African American President. It also explores how President Obama was able to gain support from the American people despite lagging behind...Starting at €8.20