Rosabeth Moss Kanter

“There is not all that much new in the best [business] books.”

February 6, 2014

In a recent post for the First Friday Book Synopsis website, Randy Mayeux observes: “I’ve read business books for decades, and presented synopses of many of them for nearly 16 full years. You know what? There is not all that…

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Change with Confidence

August 13, 2013

Change with Confidence: Answers to the 50 Biggest Questions That Keep Change Leaders Up at Night Phil Buckley Jossey-Bass/A Wiley Brand To paraphrase Sun Tzu, every change initiative succeeds or fails before it is launched I agree with Phil Buckley…

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Findings of Harvard Business School’s 2012 Survey on U.S. Competitiveness

March 18, 2013

I am grateful to Danny Stern for the head’s up about a survey that Michael E. Porter, Jan W. Rivkin, and Rosabeth Moss Kanter conducted under the sponsorship of Harvard Business School. Here’s the Executive Summary of the survey, “Competition…

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HBR’s 10 Must Reads on Innovation: A book review by Bob Morris

March 6, 2013

HBR’s 10 Must Reads on Innovation Various Contributors with Editors of Harvard Business Review Harvard Business Review Press (2013) “If at first the idea is not absurd, then there will be no hope for it.” Fond as I am of…

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How Companies of All Sizes Are Moving Beyond Command and Control Cultures

February 22, 2013

Stressing values, earning trust, and connecting with others are some of the ways leaders can inspire their organizations to achieve greater success. Here is an excerpt from an article co-authored by David C. Forman and Friso van der Oord in…

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Rosabeth Moss Kanter on “Why You Need Charisma”

October 29, 2012

Here is an excerpt from an article written by Rosabeth Moss Kanter for the Harvard Business Review blog. To read the complete article, check out the wealth of free resources, and sign up for a subscription to HBR email alerts,…

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What business should do to restore competitiveness

October 18, 2012

Here is an excerpt from article co-authored by Michael Porter and Jan Rivkin in which they explain how and why companies can get America’s edge back while advancing their own interests. It appeared in Fortune magazine. *     *  …

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The Imperfect Balance Between Work and Life

September 6, 2012

Here is an excerpt from an article written by Rosabeth Moss Kanter for the Harvard Business Review blog. To read the complete article, check out the wealth of free resources, and sign up for a subscription to HBR email alerts, please click here. *     *     *…

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Nine Do’s and Don’ts for Dealing with the Disgruntled

January 18, 2012

Here is an excerpt from an article written by Rosabeth Moss Kanter for the Harvard Business Review blog. To read the complete article, check out the wealth of free resources, and sign up for a subscription to HBR email alerts,…

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