2014
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What Matters About Mozilla: Employees Led the Coup
June 10 | Jerry Davis, Wilbur K. Pierpont Professor of Management, Ross School of Business | Comments (0)Brendan Eich had been CEO of Mozilla, the free software community, only two weeks when he resigned under pressure last Thursday because he’d financially supported California’s Proposition 8, banning same-sex marriage, in 2008.
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How Unusual CEOs Drive Value
June 06 | HBR IDEACAST | Comments (0)William Thorndike, investor and author of The Outsiders:: Eight Unconventional CEOs and Their Radically Rational Blueprint For Success, looks at some less-known but more effective executives.
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CEOs: Own the Crisis or It Will Own You
May 30 | Lauren Leader-Chivée, Former President, Center for Tallent Innovation | Comments (0)Leaders must demonstrate three key attributes in order to be seen as a true leader. First, they must have “grace under fire.” But also, our research found that leaders must stand for and by a clear set of values which define them. Finally, they must have integrity, constantly speaking truthfully.
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Google Flu Trends’ Failure Shows Good Data > Big Data
May 28 | Kaiser Fung, Professional Statistician, Vimeo | Comments (0)In their best-selling 2013 book Big Data: A Revolution That Will Transform How We Live, Work and Think, authors Viktor Mayer-Schönberger and Kenneth Cukier selected Google Flu Trends (GFT) as the lede of chapter one.
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The Importance of Storytelling and Leadership – Why Your Narrative Matters
May 20 | David Lange, Senior Fellow, Human Capital, The Conference Board | Comments (0)There is an increasing amount being written about the use of storytelling as a powerful leadership tool. In fact, stories may be one of the most meaningful ways of quickly understanding what lies “below the water line.” Why might this be the case?
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The Seven Skills You Need to Thrive in the C-Suite
May 12 | Boris Groysberg, Professor of Business Administration, Harvard Business School | Comments (0)What executive skills are most prized by companies today? How has that array of skills changed in the last decade, and how is it likely to change in the next ten years? Here are the seven C-level skills and traits companies prize most.
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Assess Your CEO’s Strategic Fit Over Time
May 08 | Miriam Ort, Senior Vice President, Human Resources, Avis Budget Group | Marc Effron, Author, One Page Talent Management and | Comments (0)some CEOs consistently win in one context but lose in another. If you’re involved in CEO selection, this requires that you both hire the right CEO and understand when the company’s strategic situation suggests that a different CEO is more likely to win.
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The Crisis Communications Playbook: What GM’s Mary Barra (and Every Leader) Needs to Know
May 08 | Paul Argenti, Professor of Corporate Communications, The Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth | Comments (0)Most of the people who end up in top jobs have never had any training for or experience in dealing with communicating in a crisis on the big stage. I thought it might be useful to put together a playbook that every leader should have ready for when it hits the fan.
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Developing Mindful Leaders for the C-Suite
April 28 | Bill George, Professor of Management Practice, Harvard Business School | Comments (0)Time Magazine recently put “The Mindfulness Revolution” on its cover, which could either be seen as hyping the latest business fad, or as signaling a major change in the thinking of executive leaders. I believe it’s the latter.
