Leadership and Teaming Small differences

Download working paper     hbs faculty Publication  Files     f cf de      c   a ee pdf  CASES   COURSE MATERIALS HARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOL CASE   Ukraine  On the Border of Europe and Eurasia In the fall of   the people of Ukraine disagreed passionately whether their country should intensify ties with the European Union or Russia. After President Yanukovych rejected the free trade agreement with the EU in November  thousands of Ukrainians peacefully protested. But the protest movement morphed into a violent  deadly confrontation in January  culminating in February in mass slaughter  an overthrow of government  foreign invasion  and international crisis.

The four months that shook Ukraine is a case study on the interrelated problems of geopolitical struggle  politics of economic pacts and clash of regional economic blocks  post imperial disintegration and trade  and identity and interdependence. Purchase this case     hbr product ukraine on the border of europe and eurasia an   PDF ENG HARVARD BUSINESS Chinese Overseas America Number Data SCHOOL CASE   n the leadership of teams can have large consequences for the success of their efforts. Many initiatives fail not because of a fatal error in judgment or insufficient ideas  knowledge  motivation  or capabilities to deliver a solution. They fail because  as is so often heard   we needed to be more of a team to succeed    we weren t a sufficiently high performing team   or  our team suffered from a lack of leadership.  In a world where most problems faced by organizations are too complex for a single individual to tackle alone  leadership frequently involves designing  launching  and managing teams. And yet teams are fickle.



A Paper Information Full Working Paper Text  pdf  Teaching The Deal by Dina Gerdeman In his Negotiation and Deals courses  Kevin Mohan uses his VC experience to teach students that showing emotion  asking questions  and understanding your own strengths and weaknesses can be key to a successful agreement. It s best to be nice when negotiating a business deal  but it s also OK to be aggressive in pursuing your interests—as long as you back up your position with facts.