Personal growth and transformation

Too often our conscious (or unconscious) beliefs hold us back from what we really want to achieve.

Four strategies to balance short- and long-term success.

Debunking three common misconceptions.

Number one: You're no longer growing in your role.

Seven strategies to help you make progress with even the most difficult people

Mental tools to help you master new skills

What makes a great leader? Why do some people appear to know instinctively how to inspire employees--bringing out their confidence, loyalty, and dedication--whereas...

Success in the knowledge economy comes to those who know themselves—their strengths, their values, and how they best perform.

We all need to get better at something.

Six practices to sharpen your inquiry.

Five steps for coming out of a crisis stronger

Five research-backed strategies to help you embrace a new identity and move forward with confidence.

Most developmental psychologists agree that what differentiates one leader from another is not so much philosophy of leadership, personality, or style...

Very few people succeed in business without a degree of confidence. Yet everyone, from young people in their first real jobs to seasoned leaders in the...

Whether you're a boss, a colleague, or a friend, you can help the people around you make important life-enhancing changes. But the way to do that isn't...

In today's fast-changing business environment, employees' continual development is essential. That's leading to a new and more powerful role for chief...

George Westerman, Research Scientist in the MIT Initiative on the Digital Economy, explains how large companies in traditional industries are using digital...

Innovators can be their own worst enemies, derailed by personal traits, such as confidence and optimism, that are essential to creativity but can be toxic...

Think incrementally.

Make them open-ended.

This short document introduces five fundamental concepts of the digital economy that will help managers evaluate the possibilities, and dangers, of digital...

The case tells the story of Chris Freund, the co-founder of Mekong Capital, a Vietnam-based private equity firm established in 2001 when the country began...

Designed for use in the first year of an MBA program, can be included within a core course on leadership or used more broadly to orient students to their...

Carlos Ghosn, a former executive vice president of Renault, became the COO of Nissan Motor Co., a troubled auto company in Japan when Renault bought 38%...

In the first half of 2020, worldwide lockdowns caused by the COVID-19 pandemic brought explosive growth to the Zoom Video Communications platform, as...

The new CEO of DEI airlines is faced with the challenge of creating a customer service oriented culture in a company that is losing money, needs to shed...

This case describes the experiences of an HBS student as he takes on the challege of transitioning from an intern to a president at a small consumer packaged...

The case, and its accompanying pedagogical material, offers a unique perspective on CSR-based transformational entrepreneurship, looking at a startup...

Supplement to case HEC206. This (real) case takes place in the context of the newspaper industry, which is being turned upside down by powerful socio-technological...

Ten years after having launched a chain of non-profit health clinics, its founder is now debating the merits of scaling the operation by converting to...

Danfoss is one of Denmark's largest family firms, producing components for a wide range of industrial control activity. Spanning the period 1996-2004,...

A new frontier of innovation exists where economic and population growth collides with natural systems (the environment). This note details the changing...

By the mid 1980's Jack Welch had completely transformed General Electric with more than 300 divestitures and acquisitions since the beginning of the decade....

As the market leader in fastening technology Bossard maintained a global network of more than 1,800 employees in 50 countries from its headquarters in...

This case explores InsurTech start-up Lemonade's disruptive new business model aimed at creating and delivering a 'shockingly great user experience' around...

In the late 1990s, IBM successfully moved up the value chain and became one of the largest business and information technology (IT) solution providers...

Describes the process of transforming a recently formed division of Hewlett-Packard.

The case describes how a leading Chinese management software provider Yonyou (formerly known as "UFIDA") disrupted its value chain-based business model...

Supplement to case IMD972 Kaan Terzioglu, Turkcell's CEO, and his top team had spent Capital Markets Day with global investment analysts celebrating...

This case illustrates a CEO-led organizational transformation driven by stretch goals, performance measurement, and accountability. When Kasper Rorsted...

Too often our conscious (or unconscious) beliefs hold us back from what we really want to achieve.

Four strategies to balance short- and long-term success.

Debunking three common misconceptions.

Number one: You're no longer growing in your role.

Four ways young professionals can overcome imposter syndrome.

Seven strategies to help you make progress with even the most difficult people

A “career portfolio” is a new way to think about, talk about, and craft your professional future.

Mental tools to help you master new skills

What makes a great leader? Why do some people appear to know instinctively how to inspire employees--bringing out their confidence, loyalty, and dedication--whereas...

Success in the knowledge economy comes to those who know themselves—their strengths, their values, and how they best perform.