John J. Gabarro

Jack Gabarro is Baker Foundation Professor in Organizational Behavior at the Harvard Business School where he has also served as UPS Foundation Professor of Human Resource Management.

Gabarro's research has focused on leadership, executive succession, professional service firms, and organizational change.  He is the author or co-author of eight books including When Professionals Have to Lead with Thomas DeLong and Robert Lees (Harvard Business School Press, 2007), Breaking Through with David Thomas, which won the 2001 George Terry Prize, given by the Academy of Management for contribution to management theory and practice and the Dynamics of Taking Charge which won the New Perspectives in Leadership Award and was named one of the best business books of the year by the Wall Street Journal.  Gabarro is also a recipient of the McKinsey Foundation Award and the Johnson Smith Knisely Foundation Award for research on executive leadership.  His current research focuses on leadership in professional service firms.

Gabarro has taught in Harvard's MBA, Executive and Doctoral Programs.  He has served as faculty chair of Harvard's International Senior Management Program, twice as head of its Organizational Behavior Unit and most recently as faculty chair of HBS Executive Education's Advanced Management Program.

Gabarro has worked with a number of firms including Credit Suisse,  Ernst & Young, Ford Motor Co., Goldman Sachs, IBM, Morgan Stanley, and General Electric, where he served as lead consultant for GE Capital's workout initiative.  He is currently a director of Towers Watson & Co., having previously served as a director of Jupiter Saturn Holding Co., Watson Wyatt & Co., the Wyatt Company, and Town and Country.

Gabarro completed his MBA, doctorate and post-doctoral work at Harvard before joining its faculty. 

(See also John Gabarro and Jack Gabarro)

Books

• Gabarro, John J., and John P. Kotter. Managing Your Boss. Paperback ed. Harvard Business Review Classics. Harvard Business School Press, 2008. View Details
• DeLong, Thomas J., John J. Gabarro, and Robert Lees. When Professionals Have to Lead: A New Model for High Performance. Harvard Business School Press, 2007. View Details
• Thomas, D. A., and John J. Gabarro. Breaking Through: The Making of Minority Executives in Corporate America. Boston, MA: Harvard Business School Press, 1999. View Details
• Gabarro, J. J., ed. Managing People and Organizations. Boston, MA: Harvard Business School Press, 1992. View Details
• Gabarro, John J. The Dynamics of Taking Charge. Boston: Harvard Business School Press, 1987. View Details
• Schlesinger, Leonard A., Robert G. Eccles and John J. Gabarro, eds. Managing Behavior in Organizations. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1983. View Details
• McCaskey, Michael B., John J. Gabarro, and Louise Cahill-Dettrich. Teaching Interpersonal Behavior. Englewood Cliffs: Prentice Hall, 1979. View Details
• Athos, Anthony and John J. Gabarro, eds. Interpersonal Behavior. Englewood Cliffs: Prentice Hall, 1978. View Details

Journal Articles

• DeLong, Thomas J., John J. Gabarro, and Robert Lees. "Why Mentoring Matters in a Hypercompetitive World." Special Issue on HBS Centennial. Harvard Business Review 86, no. 1 (January 2008). View Details
• DeLong, Thomas J., John J. Gabarro, and Robert Lees. "Juggling Isn't the Same As Leading." American Lawyer (December 2007): 124–130. (Excerpt from the book When Professionals Have to Lead.) View Details
• Gabarro, John J., and John P. Kotter. "Managing Your Boss." Managing Up, 2nd Edition (HBR Article Collection). Harvard Business Review 85, no. 5 (May 2007). View Details
• Gabarro, John J. "When a New Manager Takes Charge." HBR Classic. Harvard Business Review 85, no. 1 (January 2007). View Details
• Gabarro, John J., and John P. Kotter. "Managing Your Boss." HBR Classic. Harvard Business Review 83, no. 1 (January 2005). View Details
• Gabarro, John J., and John P. Kotter. "Managing Superiors in Leadership for New Managers." Special Issue on Business Fundamentals. Harvard Business Review (2001). View Details
• Hill, Linda A., J. J. Gabarro, and J. Kotter. "Leadership for New Managers." Business Fundamentals as Taught at the Harvard Business School (1998). View Details
• Gabarro, John J., and J. P. Kotter. "Retrospective Commentary on: 'Managing Your Boss'." Harvard Business Review 72, no. 1 (January–February 1994). View Details
• Gabarro, John J., and John P. Kotter. "Managing Your Boss." Harvard Business Review 71, no. 3 (May–June 1993): 150–157. View Details
• Gabarro, J. J. "Retrospective Forty Years Later of Roethlisberger and Roger's Barriers and Gateways to Communication." Harvard Business Review 69, no. 6 (November–December 1991). View Details
• Gabarro, John J. "Managing Your Boss: People are Your Most Important Asset." Harvard Business Review 68 (1990). (Special Issue.) View Details
• Loveman, Gary W., John J. Gabarro, and Jay W. Lorsch. "The Managerial Implications of Changing Work Force Demographics: A Scoping Study." Human Resource Management 30, no. 1 (Spring 1991): 7–29. View Details
• Gabarro, John J. "When a New Manager Takes Charge." Harvard Business Review 63, no. 3 (May–June 1985): 110–123. View Details
• Gabarro, John J., and John P. Kotter. "Managing Your Boss." Harvard Business Review 58, no. 1 (January–February 1980). View Details
• Gabarro, John J. "Socialization at the Top: How CEOs and Subordinates Develop Interpersonal Contracts." Organizational Dynamics 7, no. 3 (Winter 1979). View Details
• Lewicki, Roy, and John J. Gabarro. "Organizational Behavior for Executives." Exchange: The Organizational Behavior Teaching Journal 4, no. 4 (1979). View Details
• Gabarro, John J. "Preface." Special Issue on Leadership. Harvard Business Review 3 (1979). View Details
• Gabarro, John J. "Diagnosing Organization-Environmental Fit." Education and Urban Society 6, no. 2 (February 1974). View Details
• Derr, Brooklyn C., and John J. Gabarro. "An Organizational Contingency Theory for Education." Educational Administration Quarterly 20, no. 2 (spring 1972). View Details

Book Chapters

• Gabarro, John J. "When a New Manager Takes Charge." In Harvard Business Review on the Tests of a Leader. Harvard Business School Press, 2007. View Details
• Gabarro, John J. "Prologue: Emerging Modern Law Firms." In Managing the Modern Law Firm, edited by Laura Empson. Oxford University Press, 2007. View Details
• Gabarro, John J., and John P. Kotter. "Managing Up." In Managing Yourself. 1st ed. Boston, MA: Harvard Business School Publishing, 2005. View Details
• Gabarro, J. J. "Managing Relationships with Superiors." In Encyclopedia of Career and Work Issues, edited by L. Jones. Phoenix: Oryx Press, 1992. View Details
• Gabarro, John J., and Anne Harlan. "Understanding and Influencing Group Process." In Managing People and Organizations, edited by J. J. Gabarro. Boston, MA: Harvard Business School Press, 1992. View Details
• Gabarro, John J. "The Development of Working Relationships." In Intellectual Teamwork: Social and Technological Bases of Collaborative Work, edited by C. Egido, J. Galesher, and R. E. Kraut. Hillsdale, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 1990. View Details
• Gabarro, John J. "Taking Charge." In Designing and Managing Your Career. 1st ed. Edited by Harry Levinson. Boston: Harvard Business School Press, 1989. View Details
• Gabarro, John J. "Executive Leadership and Succession: The Process of Taking Charge." In The Executive Effect: Concepts and Methods for Studying Top Managers, edited by Donald C. Hambrick. New York: JAI Press, 1988. View Details
• Gabarro, John J. "The Development of Working Relationships." In The Handbook of Organizational Behavior, edited by J. W. Lorsch. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice Hall, 1987. View Details
• Gabarro, John J. "Communication in One-to-One Relationships." In Managing Behavior in Organizations, edited by Leonard A. Schlesinger, Robert G. Eccles, and John J. Gabarro. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1983. View Details
• Gabarro, John J. "The Social Motives." In Managing Behavior in Organizations, edited by Leonard A. Schlesinger, Robert G. Eccles, and John J. Gabarro. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1983. View Details
• Schlesinger, Leonard A., and John J. Gabarro. "Some Preliminary Thoughts on Action Planning." In Managing Behavior in Organizations, edited by Leonard A. Schlesinger, Robert G. Eccles, and John J. Gabarro. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1983. View Details
• Harlan, Anne, and John J. Gabarro. "Observing Group Process Dynamics." In Managing Behavior in Organizations, edited by Leonard A. Schlesinger, Robert G. Eccles, and John J. Gabarro. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1983. View Details
• Gabarro, John J. "Stages in Management Succession." In Research and Course Development Profile. Boston, MA: Harvard Business School Press, 1983. View Details
• Gabarro, John J., and Cyrus F. Gibson. "Managing Communications and Conflict in Interpersonal Relationships." In Managing Organizational Behavior, edited by C.F. Gibson. Homewood, IL: Richard D. Irwin, 1980. View Details
• Gabarro, John J. "The Development of Trust, Influence and Expectations." In Interpersonal Behavior, edited by Anthony Athos and John J. Gabarro. Englewood Cliffs: Prentice Hall, 1978. View Details
• Gabarro, John J. "Organizational Adaptation to Environmental Change." In Organizational Systems: General Systems Approaches to Complex Organizations, edited by Frank Baker. Homewood, IL: Richard D. Irwin, 1974. View Details
• Allen, Stephen, and John J. Gabarro. "Sociotechnical and Cognitive Models." In Organization Planning, edited by Jay W. Lorsch and Paul R. Lawrence. Homewood, IL: Richard D. Irwin, 1972. View Details

Cases and Teaching Materials

• Lorsch, Jay W., and John Gabarro. "Tim Blanchard at Jones Mendel & Co. (Abridged)." Harvard Business School Case 913-420, June 2013. (Revised October 2013.) View Details
• Gabarro, John J., and Colleen Kaftan. "Jess Westerly at Kauflauf GmbH (Brief Case)." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 913-528, August 2012. View Details
• Gabarro, John J., and Colleen Kaftan. "Jess Westerly at Kauflauf GmbH." Harvard Business School Brief Case 913-527, August 2012. View Details
• Gabarro, John J., Thomas DeLong, and Jevan Soo. "Erik Peterson at Biometra (A)." Harvard Business School Case 411-031, July 2010. (Revised June 2016.) View Details
• Gabarro, John J., Thomas J. DeLong, and Jevan Soo. "Erik Peterson at Biometra (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 411-032, July 2010. (Revised August 2011.) View Details
• Gabarro, John J., Thomas J. DeLong, and Jevan Soo. "Erik Peterson at Biometra (D)." Harvard Business School Supplement 411-034, August 2010. (Revised August 2011.) View Details
• Gabarro, John J., Thomas J. DeLong, and Jevan Soo. "Richard Jenkins at SciMat." Harvard Business School Case 411-036, August 2010. (Revised August 2011.) View Details
• Gabarro, John J., Thomas J. DeLong, and Jevan Soo. "Erik Peterson at Biometra (C)." Harvard Business School Supplement 411-033, August 2010. (Revised July 2011.) View Details
• Gabarro, John J., Thomas J. DeLong, and Jevan Soo. "Erik Peterson at Biometra (E)." Harvard Business School Supplement 411-035, August 2010. (Revised July 2011.) View Details
• Gabarro, John J., and Colleen Kaftan. "Jamie Turner at MLI, Inc." Harvard Business School Brief Case 114-254, February 2011. View Details
• Gabarro, John J., and Colleen Kaftan. "Jamie Turner at MLI, Inc. (Brief Case)." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 114-255, February 2011. View Details
• Gabarro, John J. "Organizational Alignment, Performance, and Change in Professional Service Firms." Harvard Business School Background Note 908-416, May 2008. (Revised May 2010.) View Details
• Beer, Michael, John J. Gabarro, and Michael L. Tushman. "Developing an Effective Living Group." Harvard Business School Background Note 406-051, September 2005. (Revised March 2009.) View Details
• Gabarro, John J. "Wolfgang Keller at Konigsbrau-TAK (A)." Harvard Business School Case 498-045, December 1997. (Revised October 2008.) View Details
• Gabarro, John J. "Wolfgang Keller at Konigsbrau-TAK (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 498-046, December 1997. (Revised May 2008.) View Details
• Gabarro, John J., and Thomas J. DeLong. "The Producing Manager: A Double-Barreled Role." Harvard Business School Background Note 908-415, May 2008. View Details
• Gabarro, John J., and Andrew P. Burtis. "Richard Jenkins." Harvard Business School Case 494-113, February 1994. (Revised July 2007.) View Details
• Beer, Michael, and John J. Gabarro. "Developing an Effective Living Group in the General Management Program." Harvard Business School Background Note 407-022, August 2006. (Revised March 2007.) View Details
• Gabarro, John J., and Andrew P. Burtis. "Brainard, Bennis & Farrell (A)." Harvard Business School Case 495-037, February 1995. (Revised October 2006.) View Details
• Khaire, Mukti, John J. Gabarro, and Lynda M. Applegate. "Jack Strang at SequenceLabs." Harvard Business School Case 806-088, January 2006. View Details
• Gabarro, John J. "Aston-Blair, Inc." Harvard Business School Case 494-015, July 1993. (Revised October 2004.) View Details
• Beer, Michael, and John J. Gabarro. "Organizational Alignment Exercise." Harvard Business School Exercise 403-075, March 2003. (Revised December 2003.) View Details
• Gabarro, John J., and Leslie Freeman. "Ian Woods at Wellington Peterson & Co." Harvard Business School Case 403-071, September 2002. (Revised June 2003.) View Details
• Gabarro, John J. "Tim Blanchard at Jones Mendel & Co." Harvard Business School Case 402-052, May 2002. (Revised May 2002.) View Details
• Gabarro, John J., and Linda A. Hill. "Managing Performance." Harvard Business School Background Note 496-022, October 1995. (Revised January 2002.) View Details
• Hackman, J. Richard, Ruth Wageman, and John J. Gabarro. "Overhead Reduction Task Force, The." Harvard Business School Case 400-026, October 1999. View Details
• Gabarro, John J. "Overhead Reduction Task Force (Full Version)." Harvard Business School Video Supplement 400-501, October 1999. View Details
• Gabarro, John J. "Overhead Reduction Task Force (Shorter Versions)." Harvard Business School Video Supplement 400-502, October 1999. View Details
• Gabarro, John J. "Erik Peterson (D)." Harvard Business School Supplement 494-008, October 1993. (Revised December 1998.) View Details
• Gabarro, John J. "Geoffrey Stoughton." Harvard Business School Case 495-053, April 1995. (Revised June 1998.) View Details
• Gabarro, John J. "David O'Conner." Harvard Business School Case 495-054, April 1995. (Revised June 1998.) View Details
• Gabarro, John J., and Samantha Graff. "Transformation at Ernst & Young, United Kingdom." Harvard Business School Case 498-049, January 1998. View Details
• Gabarro, John J., Herminia M. Ibarra, John P. Kotter, and Andrew P. Burtis. "Recruiting at Bowles Hollowell Conner & Co." Harvard Business School Case 494-071, December 1993. (Revised March 1997.) View Details
• Gabarro, John J., and Judith Maas. "Erik Peterson (A) - (E) and Richard Jenkins TN." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 496-046, March 1996. (Revised January 1997.) View Details
• Lorsch, Jay W., and John J. Gabarro. "Cambridge Consulting Group: Bob Anderson." Harvard Business School Case 496-023, October 1995. (Revised September 2021.) View Details
• Gabarro, John J. "Maureen Frye at Quaker Steel and Alloy Corporation." Harvard Business School Case 496-024, December 1995. (Revised October 1996.) View Details
• Gabarro, John J., and Samantha Graff. "Ernst & Young United Kingdom (A) (Abridged)." Harvard Business School Case 496-049, March 1996. View Details
• Gabarro, John J., and Samantha Graff. "Ernst & Young United Kingdom (B) (Abridged)." Harvard Business School Case 496-050, March 1996. View Details
• Gabarro, John J., and Samantha Graff. "Ernst & Young United Kingdom (B)." Harvard Business School Case 496-010, November 1995. View Details
• Gabarro, John J. "Process Engineering Proposal." Harvard Business School Supplement 478-008, August 1977. (Revised November 1995.) View Details
• Gabarro, John J. "Erik Peterson (A)." Harvard Business School Case 494-005, November 1993. (Revised October 1995.) View Details
• Gabarro, John J., and Linda A. Hill. "Orientation for Viewing the Cranfield-Kearney Performance Appraisal Interview." Harvard Business School Supplement 496-009, October 1995. View Details
• Gabarro, John J., and Samantha Graff. "Ernst & Young United Kingdom (A)." Harvard Business School Case 495-061, June 1995. (Revised June 1995.) View Details
• Gabarro, John J., and Andrew P. Burtis. "Old Colony Associates, The." Harvard Business School Case 495-034, February 1995. View Details
• Gabarro, John J., and Andrew P. Burtis. "James Cranfield." Harvard Business School Case 495-035, February 1995. View Details
• Gabarro, John J., and Andrew P. Burtis. "Eugene Kearney (A)." Harvard Business School Case 495-036, February 1995. View Details
• Gabarro, John J. "Eugene Kearney (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 495-040, February 1995. View Details
• Gabarro, John J., and Dominik E.D. Zehnder. "Nicolas G. Hayek TN." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 495-006, July 1994. View Details
• Gabarro, John J., and Dominik E.D. Zehnder. "Nicolas G. Hayek." Harvard Business School Case 495-005, June 1994. View Details
• Gabarro, John J. "Erik Peterson (E)." Harvard Business School Supplement 494-009, November 1993. (Revised March 1994.) View Details
• Gabarro, John J. "Thurgood Marshall High School TN." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 494-087, January 1994. View Details
• Gabarro, John J. "Thurgood Marshall High School." Harvard Business School Case 494-070, November 1993. View Details
• Gabarro, John J. "Erik Peterson (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 494-006, November 1993. View Details
• Gabarro, John J. "Erik Peterson (C)." Harvard Business School Supplement 494-007, November 1993. View Details
• Gabarro, John J. "Acton-Burnett, Inc." Harvard Business School Case 476-018, August 1975. (Revised July 1993.) View Details
• Gabarro, John J. "Bull HN Brighton Facility." Harvard Business School Case 492-008, August 1991. View Details
• Gabarro, John J., and Colleen Kaftan. "Konigsbrau-Hellas A.E. (D)." Harvard Business School Case 483-005, October 1982. (Revised November 1990.) View Details
• Gabarro, John J., and Thomas M. Claflin II. "Jane and Gordon Simms." Harvard Business School Case 489-021, March 1989. View Details
• Gabarro, John J. "Quaker Steel and Alloy Corp., Action Plan." Harvard Business School Supplement 481-051, August 1980. (Revised November 1987.) View Details
• Gabarro, John J. "Note on Process Observation." Harvard Business School Background Note 477-029, August 1976. (Revised December 1986.) View Details
• Gabarro, John J. "Hollandsche Beton Groep N.V. (A)." Harvard Business School Case 485-181, May 1985. (Revised May 1986.) View Details
• Gabarro, John J. "Robert F. Kennedy High School, Teaching Note." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 479-021, January 1979. (Revised November 1985.) View Details
• Gabarro, John J. "Hollandsche Beton Groep N.V. (B)." Harvard Business School Case 485-182, May 1985. View Details
• Gabarro, John J. "Hollandsche Beton Groep N.V. (C): The Sale and Terms of the Social Plan." Harvard Business School Case 485-183, May 1985. View Details
• Gabarro, John J. "Brief Biographical Note on General George S. Patton." Harvard Business School Background Note 485-150, March 1985. View Details
• Gabarro, John J., and James G. Clawson. "Meeting of the Overhead Reduction Task Force." Harvard Business School Case 478-013, September 1977. (Revised June 1984.) View Details
• Gabarro, John J. "Quaker Steel and Alloy Corp." Harvard Business School Case 480-063, February 1980. (Revised June 1984.) View Details
• Gabarro, John J. "William Jurgens." Harvard Business School Case 476-123, July 1976. (Revised June 1984.) View Details
• Gabarro, John J., James P. Ware, and James G. Clawson. "Meeting of the Overhead Reduction Task Force, Video." Harvard Business School Video Supplement 884-502, September 1983. View Details
• Gabarro, John J. "James Edwards (A)." Harvard Business School Case 474-221, June 1974. (Revised July 1983.) View Details
• Gabarro, John J. "Nuclear Tube Assembly Room (A) (Condensed)." Harvard Business School Case 477-070, November 1976. (Revised July 1983.) View Details
• Gabarro, John J. "James Edwards (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 474-222, June 1974. (Revised June 1983.) View Details
• Gabarro, John J. "Frank Mason (A)." Harvard Business School Case 476-019, August 1975. (Revised June 1983.) View Details
• Gabarro, John J. "Frank Mason (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 476-020, August 1975. (Revised June 1983.) View Details
• Gabarro, John J. "Understanding Communications in One-To-One Relationships." Harvard Business School Background Note 476-075, October 1975. (Revised June 1983.) View Details
• Gabarro, John J. "Robert F. Kennedy High School." Harvard Business School Case 474-183, April 1974. (Revised June 1983.) View Details
• Gabarro, John J. "Peter Olafson (A)." Harvard Business School Case 475-025, August 1974. (Revised April 1983.) View Details
• Gabarro, John J. "Peter Olafson (B)." Harvard Business School Case 475-026, August 1974. (Revised February 1983.) View Details
• Gabarro, John J. "Peter Olafson (C)." Harvard Business School Case 475-027, August 1974. (Revised February 1983.) View Details
• Gabarro, John J. "Peter Olafson (D)." Harvard Business School Case 475-028, August 1974. (Revised February 1983.) View Details
• Gabarro, John J. "Peter Olafson (E)." Harvard Business School Case 475-029, August 1974. (Revised February 1983.) View Details
• Gabarro, John J., and John B. Matthews Jr. "Bradley Shaw." Harvard Business School Case 483-062, November 1982. View Details
• Gabarro, John J. "Nedco Groep (C)." Harvard Business School Case 483-060, November 1982. View Details
• Gabarro, John J. "Badger (Belgium) N.V. (B)." Harvard Business School Case 481-128, January 1981. (Revised June 1982.) View Details
• Gabarro, John J. "Nedco Groep (A)." Harvard Business School Case 482-120, June 1982. View Details
• Gabarro, John J., and Colleen Kaftan. "Konigsbrau-Hellas A.E. (B1)." Harvard Business School Case 482-117, June 1982. View Details
• Gabarro, John J., and Colleen Kaftan. "Konigsbrau-Hellas A.E. (C)." Harvard Business School Supplement 482-119, June 1982. View Details
• Gabarro, John J. "Badger (Belgium) N.V. (A)." Harvard Business School Case 481-127, January 1981. (Revised February 1982.) View Details
• Gabarro, John J. "Badger (Belgium) N.V. (C)." Harvard Business School Case 481-129, January 1981. (Revised February 1982.) View Details
• Gabarro, John J. "A Brief Note on Social Motives." Harvard Business School Background Note 477-053, November 1976. (Revised November 1980.) View Details
• Gabarro, John J. "Thom Sailer (A&B)." Harvard Business School Case 475-098, June 1975. (Revised October 1980.) View Details
• Lorsch, Jay W., and John J. Gabarro. "Inland Steel Corp." Harvard Business School Case 413-058, January 1968. (Revised August 1980.) View Details
• Gabarro, John J. "Some Notes on Action Planning and Implementation." Harvard Business School Background Note 478-027, December 1977. (Revised June 1980.) View Details
• Gabarro, John J. "Sturdivant Electric Corp.: An Action Plan." Harvard Business School Background Note 480-071, April 1980. View Details
• Athos, Anthony, and John J. Gabarro. "Understanding Another Person, Part II: Some Aspects of Self-Concept." Harvard Business School Background Note 473-008, August 1972. (Revised September 1976.) View Details
• Athos, Anthony, and John J. Gabarro. "Understanding Another Person, Part I: The Individual Frame of Reference." Harvard Business School Background Note 473-009, August 1972. (Revised September 1976.) View Details
• Gabarro, John J. "Understanding and Helping Another Person." Harvard Business School Background Note 475-039, October 1974. (Revised November 1975.) View Details
• Gabarro, John J. "Reflective Technique in a Broader Perspective: Directive as Well as Reflective Leads and Responses." Harvard Business School Background Note 475-042, October 1974. View Details
• Lorsch, Jay W., and John J. Gabarro. "TRW Systems Group (D)." Harvard Business School Case 413-066, March 1967. View Details

Other Publications and Materials

• Gabarro, John J., Thomas J. DeLong, and Robert Lees. "Organizational Alignment in Professional Services." January 2009. View Details
• Gabarro, John J., Thomas J. DeLong, and Robert Lees. "Motivational Dynamics of Professionals." January 2009. View Details
• Ira, Kay, and John J. Gabarro. "Executive Pay in a Crises Environment." View Details
• Gabarro, John J., Thomas J. DeLong, and Rob Lees. "The Producing Manager: A Double-Barreled Role." January 2008. View Details
• Gabarro, John J., Thomas J. DeLong, and Robert Lees. "Professional Service Firms: A Breed Apart." January 2007. View Details
• Gabarro, John J., Thomas J. DeLong, and Robert Lees. "Practice Segmentation in Professional Services." January 2007. View Details

Research Summary

Organizational Change in Professional Service Firms

Professor Gabarro's current research focuses on organizational change in professional service firms and the challenges that they face in dealing with increased size, scale and complexity.

Areas of Interest

• leadership
• leading change
• organizational change and transformation
• professional service firms
• succession
Additional Topics
• corporate governance
• diversity
• general management
• investment banking
• management styles
• managerial skills
• strategic human resources management
• strategy implementation
Industries
• financial services
• investment banking industry
• legal services
• management consulting
• manufacturing
• professional services
Geographies
• Europe
• North America
• South America