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• Supplement | HBS Case Collection | July 2020

  Gregg Kaplan 1997

  Anthony Mayo

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  Mayo, Anthony. "Gregg Kaplan 1997." Harvard Business School Supplement 421-009, July 2020.  View Details

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  Rosalind Fox at John Deere

  Anthony Mayo and Olivia Hull

  Rosalind Fox, the factory manager at John Deere’s Des Moines, Iowa plant, has improved the financial standing of the factory in the three years she’s been at its helm. But employee engagement scores—which measured employees’ satisfaction with working conditions and enthusiasm about their work— have remained lackluster. As the first Black female factory manager to lead the plant, Fox considers how to build stronger bonds with her staff, who are mostly white men. The case describes how Fox took charge and established her credibility while building and nurturing a diverse leadership team. In addition to discussing Fox’s current role, this leadership case chronicles Fox’s career trajectory from her college years in Missouri through her time at Ford Motor Company and later, rising up the ranks at Deere & Company. The case discusses the pressure Fox has felt to assimilate into the dominant white male cultures and figure out how much of her authentic self to bring to work.

  Keywords: Agribusiness; Change Management; Experience and Expertise; Talent and Talent Management; Diversity; Gender; Race; Engineering; Geographic Location; Globalized Markets and Industries; Leadership Development; Leadership Style; Leading Change; Management Style; Management Teams; Organizational Culture; Personal Development and Career; Prejudice and Bias; Power and Influence; Status and Position; Trust; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; United States;

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  Mayo, Anthony, and Olivia Hull. "Rosalind Fox at John Deere." Harvard Business School Case 421-011, July 2020.  View Details

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  Karen Bruck: Growing Managers at MercadoLibre

  Joshua D. Margolis, Fernanda Miguel and Mariana Cal

  Karen Bruck, Corporate Sales Director at MercadoLibre, Latin America's largest e-commerce platform, needs to make a decision about one of her managers, who, while analytically savvy, has an approach that does not fit in with the company's culture.

  Keywords: Performance Evaluation; Employee Relationship Management; Decision Making; Interpersonal Communication; Retail Industry; Latin America; Argentina;

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  Margolis, Joshua D., Fernanda Miguel, and Mariana Cal. "Karen Bruck: Growing Managers at MercadoLibre." Harvard Business School Case 421-013, July 2020.  View Details

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