The Greatest Leadership Learning Tool - Harvard Business School Executive Director, Carin-Isabel Knoop

Carin-Isabel Knoop is the Executive Director of the Harvard Business School Case Research & Writing Group. She’s written cases on managers and leaders all over the world across functions and industries for decades.  Carin co-authored the book on Compassionate Management of Mental Health in the Modern Workplace​ (with Dean John Quelch, Herbert Business School, University of Miami), and her articles have been published in Africa, Europe, the U.S., and Latin America.  She champions diversity of thought, adaptability, and human sustainability at work, working closely with public and private organizations, student groups, and employee benefits organizations to promote Mental Health by All and For All. She has an undergraduate degree from the University of Texas and an MBA from the Harvard Business School. Carin's Linkedin Profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/carinknoop/ (https://www.linkedin.com/in/carinknoop/ ) Carin’s list of Harvard Business School Case Studies https://hbsp.harvard.edu/search?N=&Nrpp=25&Ntt=knoop&searchLocation=header (https://hbsp.harvard.edu/search?N=&Nrpp=25&Ntt=knoop&searchLocation=header)  Carin’s book, Compassionate Management of Mental Health in the Modern Workplace​ https://www.springer.com/gp/book/9783319715407 (https://www.springer.com/gp/book/9783319715407)  WHAT YOU WILL DISCOVER FROM THIS EPISODE: How Carin created her role inside Harvard Business School. Celebrating the 100th anniversary of the first case study used at HBS. TRIVIA: The first case study used at HBS was… General Shoe Company. Why case studies are such a POWERFUL tool to teaching leaders. Why learning to disagree is essential for all leaders. Why a case study is such an effective training tool. The step-by-step process of how Harvard Business School students approach a case study. The one case study Carin would recommend if you could only read one. The business case that made her cry. How a singing Walmart greeter led to an amazing interaction with Wa