Ed Ludwig CEO of the medical technology company, Becton Dickinson (BD), from 2000 to 2011 says turning around a company in trouble must start with the truth. Read more > >

Distinct from other research on “people centric” or “socially responsible companies,” our four-year study examined leadership behavior in creating superior social and financial performance. Read more > >

It took three tries before Cascade Engineering, Inc. successfully hired and integrated former welfare recipients into Cascade's workforce. Fred Keller, President and CEO, reflects on the unexpected twist and turns of institutionalizing a good intention. Read more > >

Deanna M. Mulligan, President and Chief Executive Officer of The Guardian Life Insurance Company of America, shares her decision to sacrifice short-term sales growth in order to keep long-term commitments to customers. Read more > >

Is there such a thing as a consistent pattern of successful global leadership?

To answer this question, during the last few years, we have met with about 30 CEOs who pass two critical tests for succeeding globally: Read more > >

On November 7 and 8, 2011, 35 current and former CEOs from the U.S., Europe and India joined the five Higher Ambition authors, and five HBS faculty to share perspectives on leadership. Read more > >

A few years ago my colleague Flemming Norrgren and I asked a long-tenured European CEO how he came up with the idea for his company's radical and new strategic direction. "Oh, that's an interesting question," he said. "I never thought about it in that way. Certainly it was not only me. I had a big role, but it was not me, me, me. This is not an American organization." Read more > >

Leif Johansson, recently retired CEO of the Volvo Group, has a simple and powerful test to track his progress as a leader. In addition to the usual metrics — return on investment, growth in market share, increases in shareholder value — Johansson uses what he calls the "kitchen table test". Read more > >