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Rethink What You "Know" About High-Achieving Women
Ely, Robin J.; Stone, Pamela; Ammerman, ColleenArticle HBS-R1412G-ELeadership and People ManagementOn the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the admission of women to Harvard Business School's MBA program, the authors, who have spent more than 20 years studying professional women, set out to learn what HBS graduates had to say about work and family and how their experiences, attitudes, and decisions might shed light on prevailing controversies. What their comprehensive survey revealed suggests that the conventional wisdom about women's career...Starting at €8.20
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Tessile Milana, SpA (A)
Chinchilla Albiol, Nuria; San Martín Martin-Pozuelo, ÁlvaroCase DPO-795Leadership and People ManagementAnte un conflicto familiar y una atractiva oferta profesional externa, la directora de ventas de una empresa familiar tiene que decidir si abandona o no la compañía en la que ha trabajado durante varios lustros. Este documento está basado en el caso "Tessuti Dalmine, SpA (A)" (FH-648).Starting at €8.20
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Tessile Milana, SpA (A)
Chinchilla Albiol, Nuria; San Martín Martin-Pozuelo, ÁlvaroCase DPO-795-ELeadership and People ManagementThe sales director of a family firm finds herself involved in a family dispute. On receiving an attractive job offer from another company, she has to decide whether or not to leave the firm he has served for most of his working life. This case is based on the "Tessuti Dalmine, SPA (A)" case (FH-648-E).Starting at €8.20
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Doctor Kubber
Jimenez Lopez, Esther; Chinchilla Albiol, NuriaCase DPO-351-ELeadership and People ManagementDr. Kubber directs the internal medicine ward of a hospital. His pace of work and his management style trigger a series of reactions and consequences in and among his team of doctors that reflect the lower level of productivity, despite the professionalism of many of them. Katy, an assistant doctor at a hospital in Madrid, begins to get tired of the work pace and management style of Dr. Kubber, head of the Internal Medicine plant where she works....Starting at €8.20
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It Wasn't About Race. Or Was It? (HBR Case Study and Commentary)
Connor, Jeffrey C.; Myers, Verna; Borgia, John; Millard, Jeanette; Ely, Robin J.Article HBS-R00502-EKnowledge and CommunicationHope Barrows, a partner at the national accounting firm Fuller Fenton, drove to the office on Sunday and swiped her access card to enter the parking garage. She noticed that another car followed her in--without using an access card. Hope could see that the driver was a man, but she didn't recognize him. Concerned for her safety, she got out and asked to see his ID. Dillon Johnson, an associate at the same firm, was rushing to meet a colleague to ...Starting at €8.20
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Intrategy: A basic dimension of corporate culture (Portuguese Version, Brazil)
Cardona Soriano, Pablo; Chinchilla Albiol, NuriaTechnical Note FHN-323-PBLeadership and People ManagementThis technical note coins a new term, 'intrategy', to refer to the study of the company's internal environment and processes in order to enhance the unity of the organisation, ie the commitment of those who work in it. It also introduces a new model for diagnosing the culture of business organisations in order to facilitate change management.Starting at €8.20
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Personal leadership (Portuguese Version, Brazil)
Chinchilla Albiol, Nuria; Torres, Maximilian B.Technical Note FHN-344-PBLeadership and People ManagementSelf-leadership -the way a person leads himself- is absolutely essential in order to be able to lead others. We have also seen how self-leadership is nourished by competencies such as self-knowledge, emotional intelligence, proactivity, time and stress management, personal and professional career management, and affective maturity (as the fruit of evaluative learning, obtained through resolving intermotivational conflicts).Starting at €8.20
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Rethinking Political Correctness (Spanish version)
Ely, Robin J.; Davidson, Martin N.; Meyerson, DebraArticle HBS-R0609DLeadership and People ManagementPause to short-circuit the emotion and reflect; connect with others, affirming the importance of relationships; question yourself to identify blind spots and discover what makes you defensive; get genuine support that helps you gain a broader perspective; and shift your mind-set from one that says, "You need to change" to one that asks, "What can I change?" When people treat their cultural differences--and related conflicts and tensions--as oppo...Starting at €8.20
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A New Paradigm for Managing Diversity (Spanish version)
Thomas, David A.; Ely, Robin J.Article HBS-96510Leadership 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. Diversity efforts in the workplace have been undertaken with great goodwill, but, ironically, they often end up fueling tensions. They rarely spur the leaps in organizational effectiveness that are possible. Two paradigms for diversity are responsible, but a new t...Starting at €8.20
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Unmasking Manly Men
Ely, Robin J.; Meyerson, DebraArticle HBS-F0807B-ELeadership and People ManagementLiving alongside the roughnecks and roustabouts on two offshore oil platforms, the authors learned that when the men abandoned their macho behavior, they maximized the safety of their coworkers and did their jobs more effectively.Starting at €8.20