How to build the foundation for superior performance.
https://hbrblogs.wordpress.com/2013/06/making-virtual-teams-work-ten/
What to tell your favorite graduate about how to succeed in the workplace.
https://hbrblogs.wordpress.com/2013/05/twelve-rules-for-new-grads/
What leaders need to know to change orgs for the better.
https://hbrblogs.wordpress.com/2013/05/what-is-organizational-culture/
The morning after a hard-fought campaign is the time to savor the sweet taste of victory. And what a campaign it has been, scaling new political heights and plumbing new lows. So enjoy the mornin...
https://hbrblogs.wordpress.com/2012/11/congratulations-mr-president-n/
In his recent Businessweek blog entry on The CEO Revolving Door, Kevin Kelly, the CEO of Heidrick and Struggles, correctly laments the short-term orientation that hobbles many new CEOs. However h...
https://hbrblogs.wordpress.com/2010/12/improving-leadership-transitio/
Once a year, I chair a future enterprise leader development program at a Fortune 500 firm. It includes elements on strategy, innovation, leadership, decision-making, corporate diplomacy, and exec...
https://hbrblogs.wordpress.com/2010/06/are-your-leaders-teaching-lead/
After his slicing, dicing, and grilling by Congress, BP’s CEO Tony Hayward has been relieved of some of his duties, with responsibilities for managing the company’s PR response shifting to ch...
https://hbrblogs.wordpress.com/2010/06/i-want-to-live-like-common-peo/
What is the most damning criticism to be leveled at the CEO of BP and his senior team for what has happened in the Gulf of Mexico? It’s that they committed the company to a global strategy but ...
https://hbrblogs.wordpress.com/2010/06/global-strategy-local-policies/
Here’s a leadership challenge for the ages. Let’s imagine that you were appointed to turn around a business that was in very deep trouble. It was awash in red ink, shedding employees like lea...
https://hbrblogs.wordpress.com/2010/06/what-should-president-obama-do/
“Try and fail, but don’t fail to try.” — Stephen Kaggwa Earlier this week I was a guest on Minnesota Public Radio’s morning show discussing “The Gulf Oil Spill and the Blame Game.” ...
https://hbrblogs.wordpress.com/2010/05/when-should-we-forgive-failure/
In any sensible system of institutional governance, negligence would be sanctioned. So why is it that leaders of major corporations often seem to escape punishment for negligent conduct? Why is i...
https://hbrblogs.wordpress.com/2010/05/how-to-punish-leadership-negli/
There are two wonderful articles on the Gulf of Mexico oil-spill disaster in the May 11 Wall Street Journal that are required reading for everyone interested in systems failures and the need for ...
https://hbrblogs.wordpress.com/2010/05/the-gulf-oil-spill-a-classic-f/
What do Toyota’s sudden-acceleration woes and the disastrous oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico have in common? Both are examples of a type of organizational breakdown that is destined, absent som...
https://hbrblogs.wordpress.com/2010/05/leaning-your-way-to-disaster/
“After 18 months our troops will begin to come home.” – President Obama speaking to the nation on his strategy for Afghanistan, December 1, 2009 In his West Point speech about the future of...
https://hbrblogs.wordpress.com/2009/12/obama-and-afghanistan-the-powe/
“The strongest of all warriors are these two: Time and Patience.” – Leo Tolstoy “I’m the decider,” former President George Bush famously uttered in April of 2006. “I decide what is ...
https://hbrblogs.wordpress.com/2009/11/deciding-vs-deliberating-presi/
With so many companies focused on simple survival during the downturn, with so much job loss and anxiety among those who survived, it was easy to forget about the war for top talent. But the down...
https://hbrblogs.wordpress.com/2009/10/in-the-talent-war-the-ceasefir/
Beyond the obvious snub to the Bush Administration, what was the Nobel Committee’s goal in awarding President Obama the Peace Prize? Certainly this is not an “A” for accomplishment, as it w...
https://hbrblogs.wordpress.com/2009/10/obama-and-the-peace-prize-a-fo/
With the declaration of Chapter 11, GM is poised to enter a new era. Deciding to place a big bet that a massive, tax-payer funded restructuring will truly turn the company around, the Obama Admin...
In this post, I continue my evaluation of President Obama’s first stretch in office, focusing on the third and final evaluative dimension: creating a compelling vision. Has he begun to articula...
https://hbrblogs.wordpress.com/2009/05/obama-and-the-vision-thing/
In this post, I continue my evaluation of President Obama’s first stretch in office, focusing on a second key dimension: laying a foundation. Has he laid a solid foundation for accomplishing hi...
https://hbrblogs.wordpress.com/2009/05/has-obama-built-a-strong-found/
In my last post, I laid out a framework for evaluating President Obama’s first 100 days on three dimensions: Securing early wins (short-term). Did the he build credibility by scoring early vict...
https://hbrblogs.wordpress.com/2009/04/obamas-first-100-days-has-he-s/
Editor’s note: This post is part of our special package examining Obama’s transition into the Presidency. As President Obama’s first 100 days draw to a close, countless news organizations, ...
https://hbrblogs.wordpress.com/2009/04/obamas-first-100-days-how-shou/
When it comes to getting things done in the domestic arena, Presidents can lean heavily on the executive authority that comes packaged with the Office. The situation shifts substantially when it ...
https://hbrblogs.wordpress.com/2009/04/president-obama-negotiatorinch/
This post is part of HarvardBusiness.org’s in-depth look at the First 90 Days of Obama’s Administration. While much attention is being focused on the (welcome) details of the Geithner plan fo...
https://hbrblogs.wordpress.com/2009/03/obamas-matrixed-presidency/
This article is part of our in-depth look at President Obama’s first three months in office. In a feature article in the Wall Street Journal this weekend historian David Greenberg writes of “...
https://hbrblogs.wordpress.com/2009/03/why-the-first-100-days-matters/