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Mannarkkad Rural Service Co-operative Bank: Innovating at the Edge
Nidheesh Joseph; Abhishek Totawar; Ranjeet NambudiriCase IVEY-9B20C009-EEntrepreneurship, Leadership and People Management, StrategyIn November 2016, the secretary of Mannarkkad Rural Service Co-operative Bank Ltd. (MCB) based in Kerala, India, learned that the prime minister of India had announced that large-denomination currency notes would be invalid as of midnight November 8. This demonetization move was to eradicate unaccounted for “black money” from the nation. Co-operative banks like MCB were excluded from the purview of India’s central bank, the Reserve Bank of India,...Starting at €8.20
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How Presidents Persuade (Spanish version)
Gergen, David; Morse, GardinerArticle HBS-F0301DLeadership and People ManagementDavid Gergen, adviser to presidents Nixon, Ford, Reagan, and Clinton, knows a thing or two about how leaders get their messages across. In this edited e-mail interview with HBR's Gardiner Morse, Gergen discusses the power of persuasion and the theatrics of communicating well.Starting at €8.20
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Filling Big Shoes at Adobe (Spanish version)
Chizen, Bruce; Morse, GardinerArticle HBS-F0303CLeadership and People ManagementWhen Bruce Chizen took over as president and CEO from Adobe's legendary founders in 2000, he knew he had to confront the skeptics who doubted he had the technological grounding to lead the company. In this interview, Chizen describes how he won converts by acknowledging his shortcomings and discusses the leadership lessons he learned along the way.Starting at €8.20
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Executive Psychopaths (Spanish version)
Morse, GardinerArticle HBS-F0410DLeadership and People ManagementThey're in your organization--and they're easy to mistake for high potentials. But psychologists Robert Hare and Paul Babiak are readying a test to flush them out.Starting at €8.20
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When Stability Breeds Instability (Spanish version)
Morse, GardinerArticle HBS-F0512KLeadership and People ManagementLow turnover--typically a sign of organizational health--seems to increase a company's vulnerability to the effects of losing social capital.Starting at €8.20
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Shut Up and Stop Whining (Spanish version)
Winget, Larry; Morse, GardinerArticle HBS-F0612FLeadership and People ManagementLarry Winget, "The Pit Bull of Personal Development," uses irritation rather than motivation to get managers on the road to improvement.Starting at €8.20
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Formula for the Future: Cymbal Company CEO Craigie Zildjian on Leading for the Long Term (Spanish version)
Zildjian, Craigie; Morse, GardinerArticle HBS-F0707FLeadership and People ManagementThe oldest family-run business in the U.S., the Zildjian Company has been making cymbals, first in Turkey and then in America, since 1623. As a 14th-generation leader of the company, Craigie Zildjian sees innovation in collaboration with customers as her best path to continued success.Starting at €8.20
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Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales on making the most of company wikis (Spanish version)
Wales, Jimmy; Morse, GardinerArticle HBS-F0804GLeadership and People ManagementThe founder of Wikipedia analyzes why wikis are becoming popular tools for sharing knowledge in the workplace. He encourages managers to provide institutional support for these highly practical forums but to be judicious about direct participation.Starting at €8.20
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Apigee: People Management Practices and the Challenge of Growth
Ranjeet Nambudiri; S. Ramnarayan; Catherine XavierCase IVEY-9B17C022-ELeadership and People ManagementIn late 2015, Apigee, a fast-growing technology firm, faced competitive pressures. It needed to scale up rapidly, which included hiring additional staff. At the regional office in India, some members of the senior leadership team wondered whether the company would need to modify its human resources practices. The firm had been operating in a unique organizational culture that encouraged employees’ openness and freedom, in keeping with its core va...Starting at €8.20
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Performance Management at the National Institute of Management (Central India Campus) (A)
Ranjeet Nambudiri; K.R. JayasimhaCase IVEY-9B08C020-ELeadership and People Management, StrategyThe case describes existing performance management systems at a leading business school in India, the National Institute of Management - Central India campus (NIM CI campus). The institution, which is ranked among the top 20 business schools in India, is facing critical issues of attracting and retaining faculty members. The director of the NIM CI campus has implemented a unit based performance measurement and incentive system, which has worked f...Starting at €8.20