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Do Your Commitments Match Your Convictions? (Spanish version)
Sull, Donald N.; Houlder, DominicArticle HBS-R0501HLeadership and People Management"I'm too busy to do anything about it now." Unfortunately, unless a personal or professional crisis strikes, very few of us step back, take stock of our day-to-day actions, and make a change. In this article, London Business School strategy professors Donald Sull and Dominic Houlder examine the reasons why a gap often exists between the things we value most and the ways we actually spend our time, money, and attention. They also suggest a practi...Starting at €8.20
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People Analytics at Teach For America (A)
Polzer, Jeffrey T.; Kelley, JuliaCase HBS-418013-ELeadership and People ManagementAs of mid-2016, national nonprofit Teach For America (TFA) had struggled with three consecutive years of declining application totals, and senior management was re-examining the organization's strategy, including recruitment and selection. A few months earlier, former TFA corps member Michael Metzger had spearheaded the launch of a predictive analytics team responsible for integrating strategy across TFA's recruitment and admissions continuum. Me...Starting at €8.20
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Linda Rabbitt at rand* construction, Teaching Note
Groysberg, Boris; Connolly Baden, Katherine; Kelley, JuliaTeaching Note HBS-418069-ELeadership and People ManagementTeaching note for case 416022.Starting at €0.00
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The Global-Local Tension: Vodafone CEO Vittorio Colao Leading with "International Values and Local Roots" (A) and (B), Teaching Note
Neeley, Tsedal; Kelley, JuliaTeaching Note HBS-419063-ELeadership and People ManagementTeaching note for cases 419031 and 419032.Starting at €0.00
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CEO Activism (A)
Toffel, Michael W.; Chatterji, Aaron; Kelley, JuliaCase HBS-617001-EEconomicsThis case introduces CEO activism, a phenomenon in which business leaders engage in political or social issues that do not relate directly to their companies. The case uses several examples to describe why business leaders are engaging in CEO activism, and the potential benefits and drawbacks: (1) how Angie's List's CEO responded to the state of Indiana passing a controversial religious freedom law; (2) how Duke Energy's CEO supported pending U.S...Starting at €8.20
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CEO Activism (B)
Toffel, Michael W.; Chatterji, Aaron; Kelley, JuliaCase HBS-617048-EEconomicsSupplement to case 617001.Starting at €5.74
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Synthetic Biology Investment Opportunity
Barrett, Peter; Lakhani, Karim R.; Kelley, Julia; Herman, KerryCase HBS-620015-EInformation TechnologiesStarting at €8.20
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Health Leads: Reaching for Impact, Teaching Plan
Rangan, V. Kasturi; Appleby, Sarah; Kelley, JuliaTeaching Note HBS-520005-EThis teaching plan is designed to be used in conjunction with the case "Health Leads: Reaching for Impact (A)," HBS No. 517-022, and its related products, "Health Leads: Reaching for Impact (B)," HBS No. 517-023, and "Health Leads: Reaching for Impact (Abridged)," HBS No. 517-024, to help faculty deepen students' comprehension of business issues and energize classroom discussion.Starting at €0.00
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Promise-Based Management: The Essence of Execution
Sull, Donald N.; Spinosa, CharlesArticle HBS-R0704E-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. Critical initiatives stall for a variety of reasons--employee disengagement, a lack of coordination between functions, complex organizational structures that obscure accountability, and so on. To overcome such obstacles, managers must fundamentally rethink how wor...Starting at €8.20
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Preserving Trust at Care.com (B)
Palepu, Krishna G.; Kelley, JuliaCase HBS-120012-EAccounting and ControlCare.com was an online platform designed to match caregivers with individuals seeking care for themselves, others, and pets, through job postings, caregiver profiles, and directories of local day care centers. In March 2019, the Wall Street Journal had just published a 2,900-word investigative piece detailing potential trust and safety concerns of customers of Care.com. The success of Care.com's business model required individuals to trust the pl...Starting at €5.74