Forget Mozart, companies now prefer a steady Salieri as CEO Herminia Ibarra 4 November 2014 The pendulum seems to be swinging away from egocentric, inspirational stagecraft. It used to be that calling someone a ‘good manager’ was to damn with faint praise. But we...
What the scarcity of women in business case studies really looks like Lesley Symons and Herminia Ibarra 5 May 2014 “The school owed you better, and I promise it will be better,” Harvard Business School Dean Nitin Nohria told an alumni audience in January,...
How companies are putting managers in a bind Herminia Ibarra 27 April 2014 Businesses are putting managers in a tough spot: They’re forcing bosses to take on many new responsibilities — but they’re not training them to get those jobs done. With competition fierce...