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Social Salary Setting at Spiber, Teaching Note
Whillans, Ashley V.; Beshears, JohnTeaching Note HBS-921014-ELeadership and People ManagementThis case tells the story of Spiber, a Japanese technology start-up company. To reflect the company's values, the leadership team implemented a new and unique salary-setting process: each employee had the authority to choose their own salary. In the couStarting at €0.00
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France Telecom (C): An Unprecedented Trial
Montgomery, Cynthia A.; Whillans, Ashley V.Case HBS-721422-ELeadership and People ManagementA landmark legal case holds corporate leaders responsible for Institutional harassment of employees during restructuring In the C case we learn that former CEO Didier Lombard, Deputy Chief Executive Louis-Pierre Wenes, Human Resources Head Olivier Barberot and France Telecom itself were charged for institutional harassment by French authorities, a first for a CAC 40 company. In December 2019 they were found guilty in a landmark ruling. Each was ...Starting at €5.74
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The What Works Centre: Using Behavioral Science to Improve Social Worker Well-being (A) and (B), Teaching Note
Whillans, Ashley V.Teaching Note HBS-921021-ELeadership and People ManagementTeaching note for cases 921020 and 921022.Starting at €0.00
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The What Works Centre: Using Behavioral Science to Improve Social Worker Well-being (A)
Whillans, Ashley V.; O'Flaherty, ShibealCase HBS-921020-ELeadership and People ManagementThis case describes the experiences of Michael Sanders-the Chief Executive of the What Works Center for Children's Social Care-as he led the design and implementation of a program of research aimed at improving the social care system in the United Kingdom (UK) at the national level. In the course of discussing the case, students are asked to consider the challenges of improving wellbeing for social workers and to debate the merits and challenges ...Starting at €8.20
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Motivating Through Metrics (Spanish version)
Reichheld, Fred; Rogers, PaulArticle HBS-F0509CLeadership and People ManagementTo get frontline employees to work as a team, solicit performance rankings from customers and employees, not bosses.Starting at €8.20
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Who Has the D? How Clear Decision Roles Enhance Organizational Performance (Spanish version)
Rogers, Paul; Blenko, MarciaArticle HBS-R0601DLeadership and People ManagementAlign decision roles with the most important sources of value, make sure that decisions are made by the right people at the right levels of the organization, and let the people who will live with the new process help design it.Starting at €8.20
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La organización impulsada por las decisiones
Blenko, Marcia W.; Mankins, Michael C.; Rogers, PaulArticle HBS-R1006BLeadership and People ManagementCEOs tienden a creer que la estructura empresarial está estrechamente ligada al rendimiento, así que tiene sentido que la mitad de casi todos los directores generales reorganizar sus empresas durante sus dos primeros años en el trabajo. Pero Marcia W. Blenko, Michael C. Mankins, y Paul Rogers, de Bain & Company informe en el que de 57 reorganizaciones que estudiaron entre 2000 y 2006, menos de un tercio de la sierra mejora significativa del rendi...Starting at €8.20
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The Decision-Driven Organization
Blenko, Marcia W.; Mankins, Michael C.; Rogers, PaulArticle HBS-R1006B-ELeadership and People ManagementCEOs tend to believe that company structure is closely tied to performance, so it makes sense that nearly half of all CEOs reorganize their companies during their first two years on the job. But Marcia W. Blenko, Michael C. Mankins, and Paul Rogers of Bain & Company report that of 57 reorganizations they studied between 2000 and 2006, less than one-third saw significant performance improvement. This failure, they believe, is rooted in a misunders...Starting at €8.20
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France Telecom (A): A Challenging Restructuring
Montgomery, Cynthia A.; Whillans, Ashley V.Case HBS-721420-ELeadership and People ManagementThese cases explore the impacts of industry shocks, resulting corporate actions that had a devastating impact on employees, and the legal conviction of corporate leaders for "institutional harassment. This case series follows the evolution of France Telecom from a national telephone monopoly to a private company facing two severe challenges: (1) The company's competitive advantage as a land-line carrier is being challenged by mobile carriers and...Starting at €8.20
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France Telecom (B): A Wave of Staff Suicides
Montgomery, Cynthia A.; Whillans, Ashley V.Case HBS-721421-ELeadership and People ManagementIn the B case we learn that at least 19 France Telecom employees took their own lives between 2006 and 2009, 12 others attempted suicide, and eight suffered from serious depression for reasons reportedly related to work. Some of these deaths occurred in public places, others on company grounds. Labor inspector Sylvie Catala conducted an investigation and found that the "lack of consideration or psychosocial risks in the restructuring is the res...Starting at €5.74