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• Article | Harvard Business Review (website) | April 30, 2020

  Leading Your Team Past the Peak of a Crisis

  Rosabeth M. Kanter

  In the middle of a crisis, everything looks like a failure. But it’s possible to come out the other end with a strong company—and often with a plan for growth. Companies with a people-first culture can succeed by paying attention to three things: establishing clear accountability in the leadership ranks; developing a nuts-and-bolts, collaborative plan for getting through the crisis; and putting a separate group in charge of defining the “new normal,” when the worst is over.

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  Kanter, Rosabeth M. "Leading Your Team Past the Peak of a Crisis." Harvard Business Review (website) (April 30, 2020).  View Details

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• Case | HBS Case Collection | April 2006 (Revised April 2020)

  "The Case of Leadership Inertia"

  Rosabeth Moss Kanter

  The CEO of an international bank has raised the bank's performance by emphasizing a new culture of leadership that empowers people at all levels. Managers are rated both on their business results and their leadership—how they model new behaviors—but 12 senior managers with good business results have yet to embrace the new culture. The CEO is concerned that their inertia will undermine the culture change, especially as the bank is about to consummate a major merger and a new strategic alliance. He solicits proposals from three consultancies with different approaches to change to determine which might help him solve the problem presented by the 12 laggards. A fictional case based on real situations.

  Keywords: Organizational Culture; Leadership Style; Leading Change; Performance Evaluation; Employee Relationship Management;

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  Kanter, Rosabeth Moss. The Case of Leadership Inertia"." Harvard Business School Case 303-125, April 2006. (Revised April 2020.)  View Details

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• Case | HBS Case Collection | September 2019 (Revised January 2020)

  Gun Safety in America: Three Leaders Propose Innovative Solutions

  Rosabeth Moss Kanter and Joseph Paul

  Gun violence was a significant problem in America. Three Harvard Advanced Leadership Initiative Fellows Christy Wood, Russell Sternlicht, and Gareth Glaser each decided to do something about gun safety. They each used their professional and leadership experience to identify their own solutions to the issue. Wood created a set of principles for investments funds to pressure gun manufacturers and gun sellers within their portfolios to adopt safety standards. Sternlicht designed a membership-based lobbying and advocacy group in order to harness the power of mass movements to create positive change. And Glaser founded a smart-gun company whose product could help reduce certain types of deaths and injuries. Would any of these three innovations move beyond the historical gridlock on gun safety?

  Keywords: gun violence; guns; advanced leadership; Advanced Leadership Initiative; innovation; innovation ＆ entrepreneurship; social change; social responsibility; Leadership; Change Management; Experience and Expertise; Social Entrepreneurship; Values and Beliefs; Policy; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Leading Change; Non-Governmental Organizations; Social Issues; Innovation and Invention; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; United States;

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  Kanter, Rosabeth Moss, and Joseph Paul. "Gun Safety in America: Three Leaders Propose Innovative Solutions." Harvard Business School Case 320-004, September 2019. (Revised January 2020.)  View Details

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