Choosing Your Next CEO
Succession planningMagazine ArticleExpectations for company leaders have never been greater. This issue’s Spotlight illuminates the changing conditions that CEOs must adapt to, the skills they particularly need, certain executive lifestyle behaviors to watch out for, and the reasons you might want two people in the top job.The C-Suite Skills That Matter Most
Leadership & Managing PeopleSpotlightLanding a job as a CEO today is no longer all about industry expertise and financial savvy. What companies are really seeking are leaders with strong...Choosing Your Next CEO
Leadership & Managing PeopleDigital ArticleThe demands on company leaders have never been greater. CEOs are expected to be not just operations experts and good financial stewards but corporate...As the World Shifts, So Should Leaders
Leadership & Managing PeopleSpotlightTwo decades ago, extensive research led Nohria, the former dean of Harvard Business School, to conclude that the hallmark of great leadership is the ability...When Hiring CEOs, Focus on Character
Leadership & Managing PeopleSpotlightThe author, an associate professor at Harvard Business School, has studied the ways in which the lifestyle behaviors of CEOs--in particular, materialism...Is It Time to Consider Co-CEOs?
Leadership & Managing PeopleSpotlight"Two heads are better than one." It's a familiar expression--and one that businesses might want to heed. The authors' study of 87 companies led by co-CEOs...Choosing Your Next CEO
Succession planningMagazine ArticleExpectations for company leaders have never been greater. This issue’s Spotlight illuminates the changing conditions that CEOs must adapt to, the skills they particularly need, certain executive lifestyle behaviors to watch out for, and the reasons you might want two people in the top job.When the Head of a Family Business Is Impaired — and Won’t Step Down
Family businessesDigital ArticleIt can be hard to tell a leader that they aren’t capable anymore. It’s even harder when they’re family.Manage Your Organization as a Portfolio of Learning Curves
Career coachingMagazine ArticleUse this approach for talent development, succession planning, and team configuration.Finding the Right CEO
Talent managementMagazine ArticleThe most promising candidates in your company may not be where you expect.Research: How Long Should a Founder Remain CEO?
Entrepreneurs and foundersDigital ArticleOn average, their value-add tends to decline after an IPO.Case Study: Is This the Right C-Suite Role?
Leadership transitionsMagazine ArticleA female executive considers whether a staff job is a dead end or the next step to becoming CEO.Is This the Right C-Suite Role? (Commentary for HBR Case Study)
Leadership & Managing PeopleMagazine ArticleA female executive considers whether a staff job is a dead end or the next step to becoming CEO. This fictional case study by Anne Donnellon, Joshua D....Is This the Right C-Suite Role? (HBR Case Study)
Leadership & Managing PeopleMagazine ArticleA female executive considers whether a staff job is a dead end or the next step to becoming CEO. This fictional case study by Anne Donnellon, Joshua D....Do Most Family Businesses Really Fail by the Third Generation?
Family businessesDigital ArticleDebunking the oft-cited “three generation” myth.The High Cost of Poor Succession Planning
Leadership developmentMagazine ArticleA better way to find your next CEOThe Former and Current Chairs of Mastercard on Executing a Strategic CEO Succession
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Age and generational issuesMagazine ArticleCompanies that endure do these five things right.Why Rookie CEOs Outperform
Leadership & Managing PeopleMagazine ArticleExperienced executives rely too much on old playbooks PLUS the downside of creative superstars, a better way to manage virtual queues, and more.
The C-Suite Skills That Matter Most
Succession planningSpotlightMore than ever, companies need leaders who are good with people.Leading Change: Why Transformation Efforts Fail
LeadershipMagazine ArticleOver the past decade, I have watched more than 100 companies try to remake themselves into significantly better competitors. They have included large organizations (Ford) and small ones (Landmark Communications), companies based in the United States (General Motors) and elsewhere (British Airways), corporations that were on their knees (Eastern Airlines), and companies that were earning […]Is It Time to Consider Co-CEOs?
Succession planningSpotlightThe model is more viable than you might think.7 Ways to Set Up a New Hire for Success
Leadership & Managing PeopleDigital ArticleEmphasize learning, not just doing.After the Handshake
Leadership & Managing PeopleMagazine ArticleA startling percentage of new CEOs fail within their first 18 months, according to many estimates--whether they come from outside or are promoted from...When Hiring CEOs, Focus on Character
Leadership & Managing PeopleSpotlightThe author, an associate professor at Harvard Business School, has studied the ways in which the lifestyle behaviors of CEOs--in particular, materialism...How Managers Become Leaders
Career transitionsMagazine ArticleThe seven seismic shifts of perspective and responsibilityStepping into a Leadership Role? Be Ready to Tell Your Story.
Leadership & Managing PeopleDigital ArticleHit the ground running with a thoughtful personal pitch.When Is It a Good Idea to Bring Back Your Old CEO?
Leadership transitionsDigital ArticleWhy the “back-to-the-future” approach to succession can work for some companies.Who’s Really Responsible for P&G’s Succession Problems?
Succession planningDigital ArticleMany boards struggle with succession practices.The Dangers of Nepotism
Hiring and recruitmentDigital ArticleGill Corkindale, executive coach and former management editor of the Financial Times. While nepotism is accepted in some countries, it poses dangers. These include damaged morale when employees hired by family underperform on the job or receive special treatment.The Outstanding Outsider and the Fumbling Family
Succession planningMagazine ArticleIn 1945, after four years in the navy, Paul Ballisarian came home to a suburb of Chicago, married his childhood sweetheart, and joined his father in the family butcher shop. Paul was an energetic young man, and when his father retired several years later, he transformed the business from a retail shop into a meat […]Advice for Vikram Pandit, the New CEO of Citigroup
CommunicationDigital ArticleNote: This was written by Dan Ciampa and Michael Watkins. Dan is a leading advisor to CEOs and the author of Taking Advice: How Leaders Get Good Counsel...Boards Are Terrible at Their Most Important Job
Leadership & Managing PeopleDigital ArticleHow directors should manage a new CEO.A Study of Hospitals Found That Outsider CEOs Make Their Organizations More Productive in the Long Run
Leadership & Managing PeopleDigital ArticleA new take on the insider versus outsider debate.How Twitter's Leadership Drama Explains its Success
Leadership & Managing PeopleDigital ArticleThe executive shifts at Twitter were likely critical to the company's growth.The CEO's Guide to Retirement
Leadership & Managing PeopleSpotlightSome CEOs remain in the role too long, hurting investors, employees, and their own legacy. The author sees a frequent reason for that: CEOs don't know...Are Your Leaders Teaching the Next Generation of Leaders?
Leadership & Managing PeopleDigital ArticleOnce a year, I chair a future enterprise leader development program at a Fortune 500 firm. It includes elements on strategy, innovation, leadership, decision-making,...New Managers Don't Have to Have All the Answers
Leadership & Managing PeopleDigital ArticleHow to get better at embracing the unknown.When Naming a CEO, Ignore the Market Reaction
Leadership & Managing PeopleMagazine ArticleA new study finds no correlation between how a company's stock fares upon the announcement of a new CEO and the share price over that CEO's tenure. In...
Scanteak: The Making of Successors in a Family Firm (B)
Organizational DevelopmentCase Study5.00View Details Supplement to case W19053 This part (B) of the case follows Scanteak: The Making of Successors in a Family Firm (A) to disclose how the founders of Scanteak...Publicis Groupe (A): Leading Creative Acquisitions
Organizational DevelopmentCase Study8.95View Details The CEO of a French-based advertising agency network led a series of high-profile acquisitions that created the world's 4th largest global communications...The Leadership Transitions Collection (5th Edition)
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Strategy & ExecutionCase Study8.95View Details In 2005, CEO Bruce Rohde has almost completed the integration of ConAgra Foods' collection of 90 independent operating companies into a focused, value-added...Jeanne Lewis at Staples, Inc. (B)
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Global BusinessCase Study8.95View Details On 6 November 2007, Alibaba.com debuted on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, raising US$1.5 billion to become the world's biggest internet offering since...Leadership at WildChina (A)
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Leadership & Managing PeopleCase Study8.95View Details In this simulation exercise, four family members must negotiate over the future of the family business. Should the business be sold to a strategic buyer,...Nike in Transition (B): Phil Knight Returns, Chinese Version
Leadership & Managing PeopleCase Study5.00View Details After returning to the CEO/COO job, Phil Knight makes changes to Nike's strategy, organization, and management between 1983 and 1987 aimed at making Nike...Ruma's Fruit and Gift Basket World: Will Dad Ever Talk to Me?
Innovation & EntrepreneurshipCase Study8.95View Details Andrea Ruma has worked for three years at Ruma's Fruit and Gift Basket (Ruma's), a 112- year- old family business in Massachusetts. Andrea is trying to...American Express (B)
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Strategy & ExecutionCase Study8.95View Details In January 2017, the owner of Exotic Caribbean Mountain Pride Ltd., based in Trinidad and Tobago, was trying to decide on a strategy to ensure the continued...ATH Technologies (A): Making the Numbers, Spanish Version
Strategy & ExecutionCase Study8.95View Details An exercise that takes students through five stages of growth in an entrepreneurial start-up in the medical devices industry: 1) founding, 2) growth,...Flying into a Storm: British Airways (1996-2000)
Strategy & ExecutionCase Study8.95View Details This case considers the transition at the head of British Airways (BA) from Lord Marshall, key architect of BA's spectacular restructuring and revitalisation...Barbara Krakow Gallery
Strategy & ExecutionCase Study8.95View Details The Barbara Krakow Gallery is a successful contemporary art gallery located in Boston. It utilizes a very rare "no haggle pricing" strategy and extended...Coco Chanel: Creating Fashion for the Modern Woman (A)
Innovation & EntrepreneurshipCase Study8.95View Details Chanel, the iconic haute couture house, founded by Gabrielle "Coco" Chanel in 1913, came to embody its founder's philosophy, taste, and style and set...Harvard Business Review Leader's Handbook: Make an Impact, Inspire Your Organization, and Get to the Next Level
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The C-Suite Skills That Matter Most
Succession planningSpotlightMore than ever, companies need leaders who are good with people.Leading Change: Why Transformation Efforts Fail
LeadershipMagazine ArticleOver the past decade, I have watched more than 100 companies try to remake themselves into significantly better competitors. They have included large organizations (Ford) and small ones (Landmark Communications), companies based in the United States (General Motors) and elsewhere (British Airways), corporations that were on their knees (Eastern Airlines), and companies that were earning […]Is It Time to Consider Co-CEOs?
Succession planningSpotlightThe model is more viable than you might think.7 Ways to Set Up a New Hire for Success
Leadership & Managing PeopleDigital ArticleEmphasize learning, not just doing.After the Handshake
Leadership & Managing PeopleMagazine ArticleA startling percentage of new CEOs fail within their first 18 months, according to many estimates--whether they come from outside or are promoted from...When Hiring CEOs, Focus on Character
Leadership & Managing PeopleSpotlightThe author, an associate professor at Harvard Business School, has studied the ways in which the lifestyle behaviors of CEOs--in particular, materialism...How Managers Become Leaders
Career transitionsMagazine ArticleThe seven seismic shifts of perspective and responsibilityStepping into a Leadership Role? Be Ready to Tell Your Story.
Leadership & Managing PeopleDigital ArticleHit the ground running with a thoughtful personal pitch.When Is It a Good Idea to Bring Back Your Old CEO?
Leadership transitionsDigital ArticleWhy the “back-to-the-future” approach to succession can work for some companies.Who’s Really Responsible for P&G’s Succession Problems?
Succession planningDigital ArticleMany boards struggle with succession practices.