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Change Management in Coaching
Larburu A.; Poelmans, StevenTechnical Note DPON-68-ELeadership and People ManagementOne of the key skills in successful coaching is change management in third parties. Managing the changes affecting the coached party is the essential content or objective of the process: the coached party's change and learning process. To this end, we will work on the management of: 1) the real context (the day-to-day environment of the coached party, i.e., action); 2) the mental context (the perceptions the coached party constructs, based on rea...Starting at €8.20
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The Action Orientation of the Coach
Larburu A.; Poelmans, StevenTechnical Note DPON-69-ELeadership and People ManagementAgroinnovation is a European business that is part of a worldwide group that is the market leader in seed and plant protection and which produces products essential in modern agriculture. In recent years there have been two important changes: the use of new technologies in the client interface (B2B) and the move to an open-plan office. Technological change has simplified and streamlined many of our systems. They open new ways of offering services...Starting at €8.20
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Communication in Coaching
Larburu A.; Poelmans, StevenTechnical Note DPON-67-ELeadership and People ManagementWhen implementing a process, a coach uses many different tools. However, all the techniques, theories and processes the coach applies have one thing in common: communication. Communication is a fundamental skill in coaching. The aim of this note is therefore to delve into the communication process and the variables involved in communication, and to review the different communication techniques in the different phases of the coaching process: unde...Starting at €8.20
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Group Decision Making
Sahibzada, Khatera; Stepanova, Olena; Poelmans, StevenTechnical Note DPON-44-ELeadership and People ManagementThe aim of group decision making is ultimately to develop and manage a successful and profitable organization. One way of doing so is to be aware of the processes and dynamics that occur in group decision making. Organizational teams need to fully understand and take into consideration all factors, individual, organizational, and cultural, in order to strategize the best approach to a decision. By adopting a systems approach, they can develop a ...Starting at €8.20
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Launching flexible work-arrangements within Procter & Gamble EMEA (A)
Andrews, W.; Poelmans, StevenCase FH-716-ELeadership and People ManagementHelena Josue, HR manager for Western Europe at Procter & Gamble, was meeting significant resistance to the flexible work arrangements that had been launched across Europe. This was strange because the introduction of the work/life policies had been meticulously prepared, and systematically deployed, with the support of top management and promotional materials. At first, things had seemed to go well. Some managers had taken to the policies more th...Starting at €8.20
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Launching flexible work-arrangements within Procter & Gamble EMEA (B)
Andrews, W.; Poelmans, StevenCase FH-717-ELeadership and People ManagementHelena Josue, HR manager for Western Europe at Procter & Gamble, was meeting significant resistance to the flexible work arrangements that had been launched across Europe. This was strange because the introduction of the work/life policies had been meticulously prepared, and systematically deployed, with the support of top management and promotional materials. At first, things had seemed to go well. Some managers had taken to the policies more th...Starting at €5.74
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Individual and corporate stress management in spain: causes of managerial stress and ways to deal with it
Chinchilla, Nuria; Poelmans, StevenTechnical Note FHN-324-ELeadership and People ManagementStarting at €8.20
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Follow Dubious Orders or Speak Up (Commentary for HBR Case Study)
Sucher, Sandra J.; Preble, MatthewArticle HBS-R1704Z-EA summer intern isn't sure how to respond to a request that she misrepresent herself in collecting competitive intelligence for her company. One of her primary duties is to assist with market research by calling direct competitors and asking for sensitive information. Her manager wants her to tell these contacts that she's a student working on a project. She needs the internship and the money, but she also doesn't want to start her career in this...Starting at €8.20
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An Intern's Dilemma
Sucher, Sandra J.; Preble, MatthewCase HBS-611041-EBusiness Ethics and Corporate Social ResponsibilityAn HBS student is asked by his employer to misrepresent himself during the course of his summer internship in order to obtain data from industry competitors.Starting at €8.20
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Generation Investment Management
Sucher, Sandra J.; Preble, MatthewCase HBS-613002-EExamines the investment process of Generation Investment Management, a "sustainable" investing firm established in 2004 by David Blood and U.S. Vice President Al Gore. Places students in the position of David Lowish, director of global industrials, who must decide whether to recommend an investment in ABB India. The decision pits economic development-supplying energy to impoverished rural areas in India, against environmental damage-caused by the...Starting at €8.20