Is Too Much Focus A Problem
Karun Varma Focus is good, right? For years we have been admonished as managers to maintain focus: design strategies centered around focused factories that produce better goods less expensively, weed out the…
Optimists Vs. Pessimists In Managing Family Business
In general, optimists are best suited to lead family-run entrepreneurial organizations. At least until disaster strikes. John A. Davis explains why both perspectives are so valuable. Optimism and pessimism are…
How StarBucks Reinvented Itself To Be A Leader Again
Nancy Koehn's new case on the rebirth of Starbucks under Howard Schultz "distills 20 years of my thinking about the most important lessons of strategy, leadership, and managing in turbulence."…
Creating Value In Organizations
Managers who adopt a mindset to create value hold the key to becoming truly successful leaders, says Brian Hall. As a young teacher at Harvard Business School, Brian J. Hall…
How To Spot A Liar
Key linguistic cues can help reveal dishonesty during business negotiations, whether it's a flat-out lie or a deliberate omission of key information, according to research by Lyn M. Van Swol,…
Role of Emotions In Negotiations
HBS Senior Lecturer Andy Wasynczuk, a former negotiator for the New England Patriots, explores the sometimes intense role that emotions can play in negotiations. A simple view of negotiation presents…
Leadership Decoded
Telling CEOs these days that leadership drives performance is a bit like saying that oxygen is necessary to breathe. Over 90 percent of CEOs are already planning to increase investment…
Evolving Trends in Real Estate Private Equity Fee Terms
Recently, the Pension Real Estate Association (PREA) in USA ,released its 2014 study of fee terms ? including both management fees and incentive fees (aka ?carried interest? or ?promote?) ?…
Leaders Don’t Matter Most of The Times
Leaders don't matter. That might seem hard to believe. Any large group needs a leader to function, right? How good can an orchestra be without a conductor? From Zubin Mehta…
Managing the Real Estate Portfolio
Look around you. If you?re on land, you are in real estate. It is ubiquitous and indispensable. For most businesses, it is the largest or second-largest asset on the books;…