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Why Leadership Training Fails--and What to Do About It
Beer, Michael; Finnstrom, Magnus; Schrader, DerekArticle HBS-R1610C-EU.S. corporations spend enormous amounts of money--some $356 billion globally in 2015 alone--on employee training and education, but they aren't getting a good return on their investment. People soon revert to old ways of doing things, and company performance doesn't improve. To fix these problems, senior executives and their HR departments should change the way they think about learning and development: Because context is crucial, needed fixes i...Starting at €8.20
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Big Shoes to Fill (HBR Case Study and Commentary)
Beer, Michael; Eckert, Robert A.; Dichter, Steven F.; Canavan, Patrick J.; Sulkowicz, KerryArticle HBS-R0605A-ELeadership and People ManagementJack Donally was a colossal figure who commanded a lot of respect, if not affection. Just before Jack suddenly died, the board appointed Stephanie Fortas as the new CEO to lead Innostat, the world's best-known manufacturer of prosthetic limbs and surgical implants. Innostat has recently been struggling; its once generous margins have been narrowing for the past several years as other companies have found ways to engineer around its patents and de...Starting at €8.20
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How to Lead When You're Not the Boss
Harvard Management UpdateArticle HBS-U0903E-ELeadership and People ManagementReal leadership is never a matter of simple rank, and opportunities to lead aren't limited to times when you have formal authority over others. This article suggests five ways you can step forward as a leader in virtually any meeting, team, or project inStarting at €8.20
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Developing, Managing, and Retaining Top Performers
Harvard Management UpdateArticle HBS-2284-ELeadership and People ManagementThe 13 articles in this Harvard Management Update collection provide readers comprehensive yet concise resources for creating a work environment and implementing professional practices that will enable them to develop, manage, and retain their top-performStarting at €8.20
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Managing Teams for High Performance
Harvard Management UpdateArticle HBS-2304-ELeadership and People ManagementHow do you build teams? What's the best way to manage global teams and diverse teams? How can you take your team to the next level--in terms of creativity and effectiveness? The 13 articles in this Harvard Management Update collection, Managing Teams forStarting at €8.20
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El líder que no transa
Eisenstat, Russell A.; Beer, Michael; Foote, Nathaniel; Fredberg, Tobias; Norrgren, FlemmingArticle HBS-R0807DLeadership and People ManagementEste artículo incluye una vista previa de una página que resume rápidamente las ideas clave y proporciona una visión general de cómo los conceptos funcionan en la práctica, junto con sugerencias para la lectura adicional. La gestión de la tensión entre el rendimiento y la gente está en el corazón del trabajo del CEO. Sin embargo, los CEOs bajo presión feroz de los mercados de capitales a menudo se centran exclusivamente en el accionista, lo que p...Starting at €8.20
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Cracking the Code of Change (Spanish version)
Beer, Michael; Nohria, NitinArticle HBS-R00301Leadership and People Managementthe goal is to build and strengthen corporate culture. Most companies focus purely on one theory or the other, or haphazardly use a mix of both, the authors say. Combining E and O is directionally correct, they contend, but it requires a careful, conscious integration plan. Beer and Nohria present the examples of two companies, Scott Paper and Champion International, that used a purely E or purely O strategy to create change--and met with limite...Starting at €8.20
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The Uncompromising Leader
Eisenstat, Russell A.; Beer, Michael; Foote, Nathaniel; Fredberg, Tobias; Norrgren, FlemmingArticle HBS-R0807D-ELeadership and People ManagementThis article includes a one-page preview that quickly summarizes the key ideas and provides an overview of how the concepts work in practice along with suggestions for further reading. Managing the tension between performance and people is at the heart of the CEO's job. But CEOs under fierce pressure from capital markets often focus solely on the shareholder, which can lead to employee disenchantment. Others put so much stock in their firms' heri...Starting at €8.20