article thumbnail

Case Study: Can You Fix a Toxic Culture Without Firing People?

Harvard Business

Editor's Note This fictionalized case study will appear in a forthcoming issue of Harvard Business Review, along with commentary from experts and readers. It was Noelle’s third scheduled meeting to review financials, and again she was alone in a conference room waiting for people to show up. ” Two Days Earlier.

article thumbnail

Case Study: Should an Algorithm Tell You Who to Promote?

Harvard Business

Editor's Note This fictionalized case study will appear in a forthcoming issue of Harvard Business Review, along with commentary from experts and readers. Meeting Ed Yu. “These are network analyses based on Molly’s and Ed’s e-mail and meeting history at BBI. “No problem,” she said.

Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

Case Study: An Office Romance Gone Wrong

Harvard Business

Editor's Note This fictionalized case study will appear in a forthcoming issue of Harvard Business Review, along with commentary from experts and readers. After two months of romantic dinner dates, daily texts, and even a brief meet-and-greet with her parents, she and Brad had hit a lull. Ada: Because he’s your boss?

article thumbnail

Case Study: When Two Leaders on the Senior Team Hate Each Other

Harvard Business

Lance Best, the CEO of Barker Sports Apparel, was meeting with Nina Kelk, the company’s general counsel, who also oversaw human resources. ” Editor's Note This fictionalized case study will appear in a forthcoming issue of Harvard Business Review, along with commentary from experts and readers. Doing Just Fine.

article thumbnail

Case Study: Are Our Customer Liaisons Helping or Hurting?

Harvard Business

Editor's Note This fictionalized case study will appear in a forthcoming issue of Harvard Business Review, along with commentary from experts and readers. It took several meetings to convince them that he didn’t know what he was talking about.” Vishnu Patel, a respected cardiologist who’d just given his notice.

article thumbnail

Case Study: Follow Dubious Orders or Speak Up?

Harvard Business

Editor's Note This fictionalized case study will appear in a forthcoming issue of Harvard Business Review, along with commentary from experts and readers. Thank you so much for meeting me on the weekend.” Moon’s team, but there had been complications with her visa. “Not yet.

article thumbnail

Case Study: Should a Direct-to-Consumer Company Start Selling on Amazon?

Harvard Business

Editor's Note This fictionalized case study will appear in a forthcoming issue of Harvard Business Review, along with commentary from experts and readers. In the meetings with Gideon it feels like you’ve been holding something back. That afternoon, Mark asked Gideon to meet him in the cafeteria for coffee.