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Quest for Resilience (Spanish version)
Hamel, Gary; Valikangas, LiisaArticle HBS-R0309CStrategyIn less turbulent times, executives had the luxury of assuming that business models were more or less immortal. Companies always had to work to get better, but they seldom had to get different--not at their core, not in their essence. Today, getting different is the imperative. It's the challenge facing Coca-Cola as it struggles to raise its "share of throat" in noncarbonated beverages. It's the task that bedevils McDonald's as it tries to restar...Starting at €8.20
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First, Let's Fire All the Managers (Spanish version)
Hamel, GaryArticle HBS-R1112BStrategythe personal mission statement, and the Colleague Letter of Understanding, or CLOU. In a personal mission statement, each employee outlines how he or she will help the company achieve its goals. The CLOU, which must be hammered out every year with colleagues, is an operating plan for fulfilling it. A CLOU covers as many as 30 activity areas and spells out relevant performance metrics. The system isn't without its challenges, and it isn't for eve...Starting at €8.20
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End of Management
Hamel, Gary; Breen, BillBook Chapter HBS-2509BC-EGiven how little the practice of management has changed over the past several decades, it's hardly surprising that most people have a hard time imagining how management might be reinvented. In this chapter, the author considers the evolution of modern management and the challenges managers face in the 21st century, calling for a radical reinvention of management in the years to come. This chapter was originally published as chapter 1 of "The Futu...Starting at €8.20
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Escaping the Shackles: Imagining the Future of Management
Hamel, Gary; Breen, BillBook Chapter HBS-2516BC-EWhen your company is deeply conventional and has been for decades, how do you get the ball rolling? This chapter discusses how to wage war against precedent to encourage breakthrough management thinking. This chapter was originally published as chapter 7 of "The Future of Management."Starting at €8.20
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Learning from the Fringe: Imagining the Future of Management
Hamel, Gary; Breen, BillBook Chapter HBS-2519BC-EAccording to the author, uncommon insights often come from uncommon places. This chapter suggests that in order to glimpse the future of management, you must search for "positive deviants"--organizations and social systems that defy the norms of conventional practice. This chapter was originally published as chapter 9 of "The Future of Management."Starting at €8.20
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Marshall & Gordon: Designing an Effective Compensation System (A) and (B), Teaching Note
Gardner, Heidi K.; McFee, ErinTeaching Note HBS-412077-ELeadership and People ManagementTeaching Note for 411-038 and 411-099.Starting at €0.00
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Ganging up on Cancer: Integrative Research Centers at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute (B)
Gardner, Heidi K.; Bedzra, Edo; Elnahal, Shereef M.Case HBS-412098-ELeadership and People ManagementDr. Barrett Rollins, Chief Scientific Officer of the Dana Farber Cancer Institute, attempts to engender cross-scientist collaboration by applying project management principles to medical research. The resulting innovation, Integrative Research Centers, are novel in this field and present a substantial challenge to the Institute's culture, which had previously allowed faculty scientists complete autonomy over their research. Center leaders are req...Starting at €5.74
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Crafting a Career Narrative for New Professionals
Gardner, Heidi K.; Zalisk, AdamCase HBS-413122-ELeadership and People ManagementThis note suggests an approach for developing an effective "career narrative" - a tool for packaging and sharing a professional's past achievements, long-term goals, and forward-looking needs through a compelling story. It focuses mostly on the ways junior professionals can leverage their career story, but also consider what role more senior mentors can - and should - play in cultivating and sharing juniors' career narratives.Starting at €8.20
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Professional Development at DLA Piper-Building the Strength of Global Legal Talent
Gardner, Heidi K.; Thornley, NicoCase HBS-414039-ELeadership and People ManagementStarting at €8.20
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Riverview Law: Applying Business Sense to the Legal Market
Gardner, Heidi K.; Hodges Silverstein, SilviaCase HBS-414079-ELeadership and People ManagementRiverview Law, run like a business rather than a traditional law firm, wants to expand its unconventional concept from the UK to the US. The firm's approach includes performing all legal work for annual fixed-price contracts, using data and analytics to advise clients on ways to reduce their legal problems (and spending), and evaluating lawyers' performance based on client satisfaction surveys rather than typical metrics like billed revenues. Wit...Starting at €8.20