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The Best Advice I Ever Got: William P. Lauder (Spanish version)
Dowling, Daisy WademanArticle HBS-F0805DLeadership and People ManagementThe president and CEO of Estee Lauder Companies learned the importance of time management back when he worked under U.S. treasury secretary Donald Regan. The lesson sounds simple, but it has shaped his approach to strategy and his philosophy on motivating people.Starting at €8.20
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Why Did We Ever Go Into HR
Breitfelder, Matthew D.; Dowling, Daisy WademanArticle HBS-R0807B-ELeadership and People ManagementBreitfelder and Dowling are two recent Harvard MBAs who have worked in fields typically chosen by alumni of esteemed business schools: strategy consulting, investment banking, you know the score. Ultimately, however, these promising young professionals decided to do the unexpected and enter human resources. They switched gears not to achieve work/life balance or avoid tough challenges but to get in early on a good thing, as any smart value invest...Starting at €8.20
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The Best Advice I Ever Got: Linda Mason
Dowling, Daisy WademanArticle HBS-F0809D-ELeadership and People ManagementThe chairman and founder of Bright Horizons Family Solutions heeded the wisdom of visionary real estate developer James Rouse: Make your passions central to your life. By doing that, she has created a highly successful company with employees who are driven by its mission to give children the best possible start in life.Starting at €8.20
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The Best Advice I Ever Got: Maureen Chiquet
Dowling, Daisy WademanArticle HBS-F0811D-ELeadership and People ManagementThe CEO of Chanel recalls her days as a young merchant, when she was taken to task by a powerful executive for not listening. Twenty years later, his words still profoundly affect the way she thinks about her company's products and interacts with customers, employees, and other stakeholders.Starting at €8.20
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DineEquity Chairman and CEO Julia A. Stewart on leaders as teachers
Stewart, Julia A.; Dowling, Daisy WademanArticle HBS-F0903J-ELeadership and People ManagementThe chairman and CEO of DineEquity, the restaurant company that owns the Applebee's and IHOP brands, says the key to managing for performance across more than 3,300 sites is to turn the workplace into a classroom. "When employees feel like they're learning," she says, "they become more enthusiastic about their work, and that shows through to the customer in a hundred different ways."Starting at €8.20
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Life Stories of Recent MBAs: Motivations
Nohria, Nitin; Breitfelder, Matthew D.; Dowling, Daisy WademanCase HBS-410031-ELeadership and People ManagementStarting at €8.20
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U.S. Commercial Health Insurance Industry
Gallani, Susanna; Witkowski, Mary L.; Wolberg, Harry B.Case HBS-119064-EAccounting and ControlStarting at €8.20
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Tapping Growth at Lord Hobo Brewing Company, Teaching Note
Rouen, Ethan; Gallani, SusannaTeaching Note HBS-120023-EAccounting and ControlTeaching note for case 119028.Starting at €0.00
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Buffer.com
Gallani, Susanna; Chang, Tiffany Y.; Hall, Brian J.; Shin, Jee EunCase HBS-917019-ELeadership and People ManagementSocial media company Buffer wanted to establish clear company values early in its growth. One of these values was a commitment to transparency in its company practices. Buffer openly shared its business strategies and fundraising decks, among lots of other information. Even when they were hacked, the company live-blogged updates to keep their users informed as the situation unfolded. Having internally released each employee's salary and equity de...Starting at €8.20
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Sales Misconduct at Wells Fargo Community Bank (Spanish version)
Srinivasan, Suraj; Campbell, Dennis; Gallani, Susanna; Migdal, AmramCase HBS-119S25StrategySet in early-2017, this case examines widespread sales misconduct at Wells Fargo Community Bank. Wells Fargo's governance and controls are described in the leadup to the September 2016 announcement that Wells Fargo had settled with regulators for $185 million in relation to the years-long period of misconduct in sales. Subsequent investigations, terminations, compensation clawbacks, and other consequences are described.Starting at €8.20