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When Your Star Performer Can't Manage (HBR Case Study and Commentary)
Adler, Gordon; Vroom, Victor; Rokoff, June; Olsen, David; Burnham, David H.Article HBS-97401-ELeadership and People ManagementVic, the CEO of a sporting goods company in this fictional case study, is pleased with the numbers. For several years now, they've gone steadily in one direction: up. But there's trouble in paradise. Hidden from the public's view of industry-dominating winners--from the coolest snowboards to the hottest in-line skates--lies a product-development department that may be ready to shatter like cheap fiberglass. Carver, the company's chief of product ...Starting at €8.20
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The Case of the Floundering Expatriate (HBR Case Study)
Adler, GordonArticle HBS-95401X-ELeadership and People ManagementFrank Waterhouse, CEO of Argos Diesel, Europe, is exasperated. Bert Donaldson, who arrived in Zurich a year ago to create a European team--to facilitate communication among the parts suppliers that Argos has acquired over the past two years--just isn't working out. Although he has excellent credentials, both as a successful team builder at Argos International in Detroit and as a teacher in Cairo, his style seems abrasive here and he is behind sch...Starting at €8.20
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The Case of the Floundering Expatriate (HBR Case and Commentary)
Adler, Gordon; Ready, Douglas A.; Schneider, Susan; Johansson, Bjorn; Trompenaars, Fons; Borboa, RomanArticle HBS-95401-ELeadership and People ManagementFrank Waterhouse, CEO of Argos Diesel, Europe, is exasperated. Bert Donaldson, who arrived in Zurich a year ago to create a European team--to facilitate communication among the parts suppliers that Argos has acquired over the past two years--just isn't working out. Although he has excellent credentials, both as a successful team builder at Argos International in Detroit and as a teacher in Cairo, his style seems abrasive here and he is behind sch...Starting at €8.20
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When a New Manager Stumbles, Who's at Fault? (HBR Case Study and Commentary)
Adler, Gordon; DeLong, Thomas J.; Hart, Ellen; Collman, Kathleen; Doumani, John; Galarneau, Joseph L.; Johnson, JulieArticle HBS-96201-ELeadership and People ManagementRafferty Goldstone, the protagonist of this HBR case study, was one of Bulwark Securities' hottest sales reps, but he dreamed of management. So he was elated when he was chosen to fill a manager's slot that had opened up on the East Coast. Now, six months later, he's in deep trouble and doesn't know where to turn for help. But who's responsible for Goldstone's floundering? And can anything be done to direct him down the right path? In 96201 and 9...Starting at €8.20