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      Leadership Transitions | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School
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      • April 2021
      • Case

      The Mahindra Group: Leading with Purpose

      By: Ranjay Gulati and Rachna Tahilyani
      India headquartered Mahindra Group is a multibillion-dollar federation of companies operating across the globe. It is ahead of its time in articulating its purpose and mapping its values something it had first done at inception and then refreshed yet again as ‘Rise’ in...  View Details
      Keywords: Mission and Purpose; Organizational Culture; Change Management; Communication Strategy; Family Ownership; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Auto Industry; Financial Services Industry; Manufacturing Industry; Technology Industry; Asia; India; Mumbai; South Korea; Italy; United States
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      Gulati, Ranjay, and Rachna Tahilyani. "The Mahindra Group: Leading with Purpose." Harvard Business School Case 421-091, April 2021.
      • January 2021
      • Case

      Best Buy's Corie Barry: Confronting the COVID-19 Pandemic

      By: William W. George and Amram Migdal
      This case examines the leadership of Corie Barry, the new CEO of Best Buy, with a focus on actions the company took in 2020 to adapt to the COVID-19 pandemic. The case includes a history of Best Buy’s strategy and leadership, including the transitions between the...  View Details
      Keywords: Health Pandemics; Job Cuts and Outsourcing; Leadership; Leadership Development; Leadership Style; Business or Company Management; Crisis Management; Management Succession; Management Teams; Personal Development and Career; Strategic Planning; Problems and Challenges; Safety; Retail Industry
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      George, William W., and Amram Migdal. "Best Buy's Corie Barry: Confronting the COVID-19 Pandemic." Harvard Business School Case 321-073, January 2021.
      • November 12, 2020
      • Article

      What We Can Learn About Unity from Hostile Takeovers

      By: Rosabeth Moss Kanter
      In the wake of the recent election, the United States faces a fraught, difficult transfer of power. What we know about hostile takeovers in business can provide help in finding a path forward. Leaders on the winning side of the more successful acquisitions emphasized...  View Details
      Keywords: Leadership; Transition; Government and Politics; Mergers and Acquisitions
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      Kanter, Rosabeth Moss. "What We Can Learn About Unity from Hostile Takeovers." Harvard Business Review Digital Articles (November 12, 2020).
      • July 2020
      • Case

      Driving Transformation at the Majid Al Futtaim Group

      By: Suraj Srinivasan and Esel Çekin
      The case opens with Alain Bejjani, CEO of Majid Al Futtaim (MAF) Holding, anticipating on the Group’s next phase in the multi-year transformation journey and reflecting on the initiatives he implemented to create the Group’s growth-oriented culture. Founded in 1995,...  View Details
      Keywords: Transformation; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Organizational Culture; Growth and Development Strategy; Retail Industry; United Arab Emirates; Middle East; Dubai
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      Srinivasan, Suraj, and Esel Çekin. "Driving Transformation at the Majid Al Futtaim Group." Harvard Business School Case 121-002, July 2020.
      • January 2020
      • Case

      Sunset Limited or Full Speed Ahead? Amtrak Talks to Congress

      By: John D. Macomber
      Richard Anderson took the helm of Amtrak in 2017 after leading a successful turnaround at Delta Airlines. Amtrak is a US state owned enterprise with about $3.5 bn in annual revenue (and a large operating loss) that is responsible for substantial segments of passenger...  View Details
      Keywords: Railroad; Passenger Transportation; Urbanization; Cities; U.s. Congress; Infrastructure; Transition; Transportation; Rail Transportation; Climate Change; Urban Scope; Strategic Planning; Business and Government Relations; Rail Industry; United States
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      Macomber, John D. "Sunset Limited or Full Speed Ahead? Amtrak Talks to Congress." Harvard Business School Case 220-052, January 2020.
      • August 2019
      • Case

      Simón Cohen at Henco: Sustaining 'High Performance, Happy People'

      By: Francesca Gino, Jeff Steiner, Arianna Camacho and Paul Green
      Simón Cohen—Founder of Henco Logistics—transformed a small Mexican logistics company into a major player within the industry. Cohen credits the firm’s focus on employee happiness as the key ingredient to its success, an approach he developed following a personal...  View Details
      Keywords: Work/life Balance; Growth Strategy; Corporate Culture; Motivation; Values; Authentic Leadership Development; Leadership; Personal Development and Career; Motivation and Incentives; Values and Beliefs; Service Operations; Organizational Culture; Growth and Development Strategy; Service Industry
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      Gino, Francesca, Jeff Steiner, Arianna Camacho, and Paul Green. "Simón Cohen at Henco: Sustaining 'High Performance, Happy People'." Harvard Business School Case 920-005, August 2019.
      • 2019
      • Book

      Becoming a Manager: How New Managers Master the Challenges of Leadership

      By: Linda A. Hill
      In your career, or anyone's, there is one transition that stands out as the most crucial—going from individual contributor to competent manager.

      New managers have to learn how to lead others rather than do the work themselves, to win trust and respect, to...  View Details
      Keywords: Management; Leadership; Leadership Development; Management Skills; Learning
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      Hill, Linda A. Becoming a Manager: How New Managers Master the Challenges of Leadership. 2nd ed., Boston: Harvard Business Review Press, 2019.
      • December 2018 (Revised June 2019)
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      Wolfgang Puck: Setting the Table for the Future

      By: Boris Groysberg and Matthew G. Preble
      Chef Wolfgang Puck oversees a disparate business empire that includes fine dining restaurants, a catering business, and various licensed products that run from cookware, to soup, to fast-casual restaurants. His businesses activities are divided among three separate...  View Details
      Keywords: Brands and Branding; Growth and Development; Management Systems; Business Processes; Leadership; Transition; Food and Beverage Industry; Consumer Products Industry
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      Groysberg, Boris, and Matthew G. Preble. "Wolfgang Puck: Setting the Table for the Future." Harvard Business School Case 419-001, December 2018. (Revised June 2019.)
      • November 2018
      • Case

      Governance Transition at Anadolu Group

      By: Paul M. Healy and Esel Y. Cekin
      Kamil Yazici and Izzet Ozilhan founded and built Anadolu Group Holding—a family business that grew into a multi-billion-dollar regional powerhouse. For 57 years they were equal partners in running the company. They then handed over a leadership role to a next...  View Details
      Keywords: Family-managed Business; Professionally-run Company; Second-generation; Third-generation; Governance; Governance Changes; Succession Planning; Corporate Culture; Shareholders; Board Of Directors; Long-term Sustainability; Conglomerate; Family Business; Corporate Governance; Change Management; Management Succession; Leadership; Transition; Organizational Structure; Consumer Products Industry; Turkey; Central Asia; Middle East
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      Healy, Paul M., and Esel Y. Cekin. "Governance Transition at Anadolu Group." Harvard Business School Case 119-048, November 2018.
      • August 2018
      • Case

      Enfoca: Private Equity in Peru

      By: Victoria Ivashina and Jeffrey Boyar
      This case follows Enfoca, Peru’s largest local private equity firm and its portfolio company Maestro, a leading player in Peru’s hardware retail market. Peru’s GDP growth between 2008 and 2014 was the highest of any Latin American country. Growth of the Peruvian middle...  View Details
      Keywords: Private Equity; Emerging Markets; Capital Markets; Transition; Strategy; Peru
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      Ivashina, Victoria, and Jeffrey Boyar. "Enfoca: Private Equity in Peru." Harvard Business School Case 219-030, August 2018.
      • Jul 2018
      • Interview

      James Siegal, KaBOOM!: How Did You Manage the Leadership Transition from the Founder?

      By: V. Kasturi Rangan
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      Rangan, V. Kasturi. "James Siegal, KaBOOM!: How Did You Manage the Leadership Transition from the Founder?" James Siegal Interview, July 2018.
      • March 2018 (Revised October 2019)
      • Case

      Yo-Yo Ma and Silkroad

      By: Rohit Deshpandé, Paul A. Gompers and Scott Duke Kominers
      Silkroad—a cross-cultural music collaboration that world-famous cellist Yo-Yo Ma had spearheaded since 1998, was preparing to celebrate its 20th anniversary. In parallel, Ma was stepping back from his role as the organization’s Artistic Director. Silkroad had come of...  View Details
      Keywords: Managing Diverse Teams; Leadership Transitions; Global Innovation; Music; Cultural Entrepreneurship; Nonprofit Organizations; Music Entertainment; Leadership; Transition
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      Deshpandé, Rohit, Paul A. Gompers, and Scott Duke Kominers. "Yo-Yo Ma and Silkroad." Harvard Business School Case 818-110, March 2018. (Revised October 2019.)
      • February 2018
      • Teaching Note

      Still Leading Series—Issues in Transitioning to New Forms of Service Later in Life

      By: Rosabeth Moss Kanter, Rakesh Khurana, James Honan and Ai-Ling Jamila Malone
      The Still Leading case series includes an introductory note, “Still Leading (A): Issues in Transitioning to New Forms of Service Later in Life” and 10 supplementary cases that cover the transition of highly accomplished and prolific leaders (Hon. Robert McDonald, Hon....  View Details
      Keywords: Leadership; Personal Development and Career; Transition
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      Kanter, Rosabeth Moss, Rakesh Khurana, James Honan, and Ai-Ling Jamila Malone. "Still Leading Series—Issues in Transitioning to New Forms of Service Later in Life." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 318-101, February 2018.
      • January 2018
      • Case

      Scaling Swagbucks (A)

      By: Jeffrey F. Rayport and Matthew G. Preble
      In early 2014, Chuck Davis (HBS '86) has joined Swagbucks as its first professional CEO to scale a successful and profitable brand promotion and consumer research business. Davis came into the job while serving as a venture partner at TCV, a growth stage VC firm,...  View Details
      Keywords: Loyalty Management; Scaling; Scale; Entrepreneurship; Human Resources; Employees; Employee Relationship Management; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Organizational Culture; Organizational Design; Leading Change; Growth Management; Religion; Technology; Online Technology; Internet; Transition; Leadership; Web Services Industry; Technology Industry
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      Rayport, Jeffrey F., and Matthew G. Preble. "Scaling Swagbucks (A)." Harvard Business School Case 818-070, January 2018.
      • January 2018
      • Supplement

      Scaling Swagbucks (B)

      By: Jeffrey F. Rayport and Matthew G. Preble
      “Swagbucks (B),” HBS No. 817123, picks up in mid-2014 following the events described in “Swagbucks (A),” HBS No 817122. Davis and Gorowitz were successful in their efforts to position the company for scale without negatively affecting the company’s foundational...  View Details
      Keywords: Loyalty Management; Scaling; Scale; Entrepreneurship; Human Resources; Employees; Employee Relationship Management; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Organizational Culture; Organizational Design; Leading Change; Growth Management; Religion; Technology; Online Technology; Internet; Transition; Leadership; Web Services Industry; Technology Industry
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      Rayport, Jeffrey F., and Matthew G. Preble. "Scaling Swagbucks (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 818-071, January 2018.
      • January 2018 (Revised May 2018)
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      Wanxiang Group: A Chinese Company's Global Strategy (C)

      By: William C. Kirby and Yuanzhuo Wang
      This case updates Wanxiang Group's activities since 2012, focusing on its electric vehicle strategy and a transition of the group's leadership.  View Details
      Keywords: Electric Vehicles; Leadership Succession; Strategy; Management Succession; Global Range; Auto Industry; United States; China
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      Kirby, William C., and Yuanzhuo Wang. "Wanxiang Group: A Chinese Company's Global Strategy (C)." Harvard Business School Supplement 318-091, January 2018. (Revised May 2018.)
      • January 2018
      • Teaching Note

      Still Leading (B1): Hon. Bob McDonald—Profiting from Purpose

      By: Rosabeth Moss Kanter and Ai-Ling Jamila Malone
      This case is included in the Still Leading series, which is part of an opening series of cases used in the Advanced Leadership Initiative at Harvard University. This case can also be taught as a standalone case as it is rich with many key leadership lessons that fall...  View Details
      Keywords: Leadership; Personal Development and Career; Values and Beliefs; Transition
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      Kanter, Rosabeth Moss, and Ai-Ling Jamila Malone. "Still Leading (B1): Hon. Bob McDonald—Profiting from Purpose." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 318-102, January 2018.
      • 2018
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      Will Urbanization Save the Chinese Economy or Destroy it?

      By: Meg Rithmire
      The Chinese leadership under Xi Jinping has announced its intentions to transition the economy from one driven by investment and exports to one driven by domestic demand. The main strategy to achieve this transformation involves massive state-led urbanization. This...  View Details
      Keywords: China; Urbanization; Economic Development; Urban Development; Economic Growth; China
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      Rithmire, Meg. "Will Urbanization Save the Chinese Economy or Destroy it?" Chap. 16 in The China Questions: Critical Insights into a Rising Power, edited by Jennifer Rudolph and Michael Szonyi. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2018.
      • November 2017
      • Case

      Outrageous Ambition: Duke University

      By: William C. Kirby and Yuanzhuo Wang
      Duke University had grown from a one room schoolhouse in rural North Carolina in 1859 to one of the leading research universities in the U.S. and the world. Since the late 1950s, Duke’s leaders had consciously used the process of strategic planning to guide the...  View Details
      Keywords: Duke University; University Governance; Internationalization; Duke Kunshan University; Interdisciplinarity; Higher Education; Interdisciplinary Studies; Global Strategy; Governing and Advisory Boards; Business History; Growth and Development Strategy; Organizational Design; Organizational Structure; Organizational Culture; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Strategic Planning; Education Industry; United States; China; Singapore
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      Kirby, William C., and Yuanzhuo Wang. "Outrageous Ambition: Duke University." Harvard Business School Case 318-043, November 2017.
      • October 2017
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      Still Leading (B1): Hon. Bob McDonald – Profiting from Purpose

      By: Rosabeth Moss Kanter and Marcus Millen
      Robert (Bob) A. McDonald just completed his service as the 8th United States Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA), successfully leading the beginnings of a transformation for one of the nation’s most scrutinized departments. Reflecting back, McDonald looked to the...  View Details
      Keywords: Leadership; Personal Development and Career; Transition
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      Kanter, Rosabeth Moss, and Marcus Millen. "Still Leading (B1): Hon. Bob McDonald – Profiting from Purpose." Harvard Business School Case 318-050, October 2017.
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