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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. As CFO, Noelle was, of course, concerned about the numbers. She recounted her meeting with Marshall. ” Two Days Earlier. There was no bustle, no camaraderie.

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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?

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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.” ” “This would, of course, be easier if you knew how any of these people were going to respond to questions.

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5 Steps To Securing a Consulting Internship

Tom Spencer

Nothing tells you more about a firm than meeting the people who work there – the notion of a ‘company culture’ may sound like a cliché at first, but it genuinely provides insight. Get comfortable with case studies and develop your own style. Case studies only make up about half of each interview.

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Changing Company Culture Requires a Movement, Not a Mandate

Harvard Business

Culture is like the wind. For organizations seeking to become more adaptive and innovative, culture change is often the most challenging part of the transformation. But culture change can’t be achieved through top-down mandate. Dr. Reddy’s: A Movement-Minded Case Study.

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How to manage knowledge in a consulting firm

Killer Consultant

Of course, you need the best people. Store all their project data on a server, catalogue it, index it, make it searchable (within the firm, of course)… but this won’t get you all the way. You can make your consultants fill out “post engagement forms” and “case studies” and “one pagers” all you want. Make it culture.

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When Is Teamwork Really Necessary?

Harvard Business

Although his one-on-one meetings with these reports, which involved progress reviews, motivation, and coaching, were highly productive, his monthly team meetings weren’t. Catherine, a senior marketing director leading a cross-functional product development team at the same company, provides a contrasting case study.