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Picking the Right Insider for CEO Succession
Carey, Dennis; Phelan, Dan; Useem, MichaelArticle HBS-F0901E-ELeadership and People ManagementGlaxoSmithKline's radical process for choosing the best CEO candidate shows the benefit of running parallel evaluations of the finalists.Starting at €8.20
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Leadership Lessons from India
Cappelli, Peter; Singh, Harbir; Singh, Jitendra V.; Useem, MichaelArticle HBS-R1003G-ELeadership and People ManagementUntil recently India was seen by Western businesses primarily as a source of cheap, low-skill labor. But over the past decade the country has attracted a flood of high-skill jobs from the West. Meanwhile, India's economy has grown at roughly 9% a year, and some of its largest companies have grown at twice that rate. What accounts for this? A host of economic, policy, and other environmental factors have played important roles, but the authors asc...Starting at €8.20
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Four Lessons in Adaptive Leadership
Useem, MichaelArticle HBS-R1011F-ELeadership and People ManagementThe armed services have been in the business of leadership development much longer than the corporate world has. Today's military leaders need tools and techniques to face a fast-changing and unpredictable type of enemy-so the armed services train their officers in ways that build a culture of readiness and commitment. Business leaders need to foster an adaptive culture to survive and succeed, given that they, too, face unprecedented uncertainty-...Starting at €8.20
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Decision Making as Leadership Foundation
Useem, MichaelBook Chapter HBS-6153BC-ELeadership and People ManagementAll organizations have an interest in ensuring that their leaders make good and timely decisions, but good decision making-so vital to effective leadership-is not a skill that comes naturally to every leader. Studies of what Nobel laureate and noted expert on decision making Daniel Kahneman terms "systemic biases"-the mental flaws that separate the choices leaders actually make from what rational agent models expect-reveal that these biases can b...Starting at €8.20
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Southfield Packaging (Spanish version)
Beer, Michael; Zalosh, AlisaCase HBS-917S16Leadership and People ManagementSouthfield Packaging provides packaging materials and services to medical device manufacturers. The case examines the relationship between a corporate vice president, Mark Sanders, and one of his direct reports, Regional Manager Frank Belby. Sanders' preparation for Belby's annual performance review provides a foundation for discussing the common challenges and difficulties associated with performance reviews. Specific issues include the need to ...Starting at €8.20
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Picking the Right Insider for CEO Succession (Spanish version)
Carey, Dennis; Phelan, Dan; Useem, MichaelArticle HBS-F0901ELeadership and People ManagementGlaxoSmithKline's radical process for choosing the best CEO candidate shows the benefit of running parallel evaluations of the finalists.Starting at €8.20
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Wendy Peterson, Teaching Note
Hill, Linda A.; Zalosh, AlisaTeaching Note HBS-913561-ELeadership and People ManagementTeaching Note for Product #913560Starting at €0.00
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Southfield Packaging
Beer, Michael; Zalosh, AlisaCase HBS-913562-ELeadership and People ManagementSouthfield Packaging provides packaging materials and services to medical device manufacturers. The case examines the relationship between a corporate vice president, Mark Sanders, and one of his direct reports, Regional Manager Frank Belby. Sanders' preparation for Belby's annual performance review provides a foundation for discussing the common challenges and difficulties associated with performance reviews. Specific issues include the need to ...Starting at €8.20
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Leadership Lessons from India (Spanish version)
Cappelli, Peter; Singh, Harbir; Singh, Jitendra V.; Useem, MichaelArticle HBS-R1003GLeadership and People ManagementFar more than their Western counterparts, they create a sense of social mission, engage employees in give-and-take, empower them to find solutions, and invest in their training and development. Western leaders should understand the managerial approaches that have fueled the rise of India's largest companies, and mindfully adapt them.Starting at €8.20
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Wendy Peterson (Spanish version)
Hill, Linda A.; Zalosh, AlisaCase HBS-915S09Leadership and People ManagementWendy Peterson was recently promoted to Vice President of Sales at the Plano, Texas, office of AccountBack, an accounting software and services company. To penetrate a perceived market niche, Peterson hires Fred (Xing) Wu, whose familiarity with and access to Chinese business leaders in Plano is valuable. Wu was born and raised in China, partly educated in the U.S., and immigrated to the U.S. in 2005. Within 12 months, he had signed his regional ...Starting at €8.20