Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 10, 2015

The free-flowing exchange, in which employees, partners, and collaborators gain social capital through their creative input, has helped propel growth. So Jim instead proposed a small experiment. He asked his management team to join him in a six-month prototype of the company’s open “Leadership Community.”

Creativity 8

Creativity Storytelling Social Capital Open-book 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 21, 2016

Our decades strangely resemble each other – and have big implications for how individuals and companies may want to rethink a whole host of issues, from career management and pensions to mobility and leadership criteria. For decades, this has eliminated too many women from leadership pipelines.

Career 8

Career Leadership Pipeline Social Capital Open-book 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 24, 2014

Smart companies form brand councils to meet this leadership imperative. On occasion, these senior executives may designate lieutenants to sit on the brand council as their representatives, but they ensure the designees have the social capital, as well as the authority, to participate fully.

Brand 8

Brand Strategy Advertising Brand Management 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 8, 2016

The smaller ones could keep their own names, leadership teams, practices, and policies for the first five years. The lack of control meant that the leadership team had little say in how the Contect brand was being managed at a local level. But it would take a lot of social capital.

Case Study 8

Case Study Decentralization CFO Construction 8