Ask the Coach

An interview with Marshall Goldsmith, Ask the Coach blogger for HarvardBusiness.org. Advice for managers who want to learn how to influence up and become leaders in the future.

Duration : 0:10:0

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How to Stop Good Ideas from Getting Shot Down

John Kotter, emeritus professor at Harvard Business School, outlines four common attacks and explains the best ways to defend against them.

Duration : 0:10:31

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Executing on Innovation

Vijay Govindarajan, Tuck School of Business professor, on why innovation is so hard to implement and what you can do about it.

Duration : 0:14:25

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The Biggest Mistake a Leader Can Make

Management thought leaders share their ideas on how leadership goes wrong. Featuring: Bill George, Evan Wittenberg, Dr. Ellen Langer, Andrew Pettigrew, Gianpiero Petriglieri, Carl Sloane, Jonathan Doochin, Scott Snook, and Daisy Wademan Dowling.

Duration : 0:7:23

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Building Simpler, More Effective HR Processes

Miriam Ort, coauthor of “One Page Talent Management,” explains how to eliminate the complexity that plagues so many HR practices.

Duration : 0:11:33

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Put Your Employees First

Vineet Nayar, CEO of HCL Technologies, Ltd., explains how inverting the management pyramid leads to superior organizational performance.

Duration : 0:8:54

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The Importance of Learning in Organizations

An interview with David Garvin and Amy Edmondson, Professors, Harvard Business School. Learning organizations generate and act on new knowledge. The ability to do this enables companies to stay ahead of change and the competition.

Duration : 0:10:5

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Creating a Culture of Innovation

An interview with David Kester, Chief Executive, Design Council. To foster a culture of innovation, managers must look outward to identify consumers’ problems and spark ideas for solving those problems. They must also ease employees’ fear of change.

Duration : 0:10:17

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Where Will We Find Tomorrow’s Leaders?

An Interview with Linda A. Hill, Professor, Harvard Business School. We won’t find new global leaders by looking in conventional places for people who act in conventional take-charge ways. Instead, look for people who can lead from behind to promote the collective genius of their teams.

Duration : 0:8:41

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Creating a Customer-Centric Business

Ranjay Gulati, Harvard Business School professor and author of “Reorganize for Resilience: Putting Customers at the Center of Your Business,” on how to deliver what customers really want.

Duration : 0:10:37

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