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Exercise September 2019 Difficult Conversations (B) |
The exercises can be used as a follow-up to the Yesware (A) case (#816-039), or in conjunction with any case that involves replacing a founding team member (and/or providing feedback to a top executive). This is a role-playing exercise, and has been carried out in the HBS elective course Founders’ Journey, taught in the second year of the MBA program. Timewise, the exercises can stretch over an entire 80-minute session. On the day before class, students are divided into two groups, and are given the role of either (A) CEO or (B) VP.
Keywords: firing; feedback; founders; culture; values; neuroscience; Business Startups; Organizational Culture; Resignation and Termination; Communication; Emotions; Trust; Human Resources; Entrepreneurship;
Ghosh, Shikhar, and Shweta Bagai. "Difficult Conversations (B)." Harvard Business School Exercise 820-056, September 2019.
