There are 115 videos in the "Defining a Story" collection
Bill Campbell, Chairman, Intuit
Synopsis:CEO contends with a manager whose loyalty wavers.
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| Subject Area: | Strategic Management, Power and Politics, Conflict |
| Leadership Role: | Board Level |
| Business Function: | General Management |
| Industry: | High Tech |
| Leadership topic: | Taking Charge |
Gordon Bethune, Former CEO, Continental Airlines
Synopsis:Reflections on turnaround at Continental Airlines.
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| Subject Area: | Human Resources, Strategic Management |
| Leadership Role: | Board Level |
| Business Function: | General Management |
| Industry: | Services |
| Leadership topic: | Taking Charge |
Anne Mulcahy, CEO, Xerox
Synopsis:Reflections on turnaround at Xerox.
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| Subject Area: | Decision-Making, Strategic Management |
| Leadership Role: | Board Level |
| Business Function: | General Management |
| Industry: | High Tech |
| Leadership topic: | Difficult Conversations |
Herb Kelleher, Former CEO, Southwest Airlines
Synopsis:Reflections on culture at Southwest Airlines.
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| Subject Area: | Human Resources, Strategic Management |
| Leadership Role: | Board Level |
| Business Function: | General Management |
| Industry: | Services |
| Leadership topic: | Vision, Values, and Culture |
Chris Smith, CEO, Cresco Equipment Rentals
Synopsis:CEO weighs the risks of acquiring a company with a culture that clashes with his firm's.
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| Subject Area: | Strategic Management, Mergers & Acquisitions |
| Leadership Role: | Board Level |
| Business Function: | General Management |
| Industry: | Products & Retail |
| Leadership topic: | Vision, Values, and Culture |
Brian NeSmith, CEO, Blue Coat
Synopsis:CEO faces manager whose current performance is hindered by survivor guilt from past rounds of layoffs.
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| Subject Area: | Human Resources, Strategic Management |
| Leadership Role: | Board Level |
| Business Function: | General Management |
| Industry: | High Tech |
| Leadership topic: | Motivating Teams |
Jeff Clarke, CEO, KQED
Synopsis:CEO responds to an unexpected budget shortfall with an unusual decision-making approach.
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| Subject Area: | Decision-Making, Human Resources, Strategic Management |
| Leadership Role: | Board Level |
| Business Function: | General Management |
| Industry: | Services |
| Leadership topic: | Difficult Conversations |
John Brown, Chairman, Stryker Corp.
Synopsis:CEO must decide whether to buy and integrate company run by two prima donnas.
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| Subject Area: | Mergers & Acquisitions, Power and Politics, Strategic Management |
| Leadership Role: | Board Level |
| Business Function: | General Management |
| Industry: | Healthcare |
| Leadership topic: | Vision, Values, and Culture |
Brian Lillie, VP, VeriSign
Synopsis:VP inherits an unqualified team for a strategically important project.
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| Subject Area: | Human Resources, Strategic Management |
| Leadership Role: | |
| Business Function: | Operations/Supply Chain |
| Industry: | High Tech |
| Leadership topic: | Taking Charge |
Nancy Barry, President, Women's World Banking
Synopsis:President must balance the needs of business partners with those of her staff team to achieve her vision.
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| Subject Area: | Power and Politics, Strategic Management |
| Leadership Role: | Board Level |
| Business Function: | General Management, Human Resources |
| Industry: | Financial |
| Leadership topic: | Leading Change |
Allison Hickey, General, U.S. Air Force
Synopsis:Air Force Brigadier General must persuade reluctant pilots to adopt new technology that will better protect ground forces.
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| Subject Area: | Strategic Management, Power and Politics |
| Leadership Role: | Executive (C-Level) |
| Business Function: | General Management, Human Resources |
| Industry: | Military/Government |
| Leadership topic: | Leading Change |
Rebecca Halstead, General, U.S. Army
Synopsis:Army General discusses how to keep morale high during a year-long combat mission in Iraq.
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| Subject Area: | Human Resources, Strategic Management |
| Leadership Role: | Executive (C-Level) |
| Business Function: | General Management |
| Industry: | Military/Government |
| Leadership topic: | Motivating Teams |
Rebecca Halstead, General, U.S. Army
Synopsis:Army Brigadier General must prepare an unfamiliar group of soldiers for a year-long mission in Iraq.
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| Subject Area: | Human Resources, Operations, Strategic Management |
| Leadership Role: | Executive (C-Level) |
| Business Function: | General Management, Human Resources |
| Industry: | Military/Government |
| Leadership topic: | Leading Change |
Jim Roth, Manager, Dell
Synopsis:Manager must devise incentives for a call-center team to boost customer satisfaction.
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| Subject Area: | Human Resources, Operations, Strategic Management |
| Leadership Role: | Middle Manager |
| Business Function: | Sales/Marketing |
| Industry: | Products & Retail |
| Leadership topic: | Motivating Teams |
Nabeel Gareeb, CEO, MEMC
Synopsis:New CEO considers a radical management overhaul in response to financial and operational disarray.
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| Subject Area: | Human Resources, Operations, Strategic Management |
| Leadership Role: | Board Level |
| Business Function: | General Management, Human Resources |
| Industry: | High Tech |
| Leadership topic: | Leading Change |
Geetha Rao, CEO, Silicon Valley Start-up
Synopsis:CEO of a small company takes on a large company that unfairly cancels its contract.
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| Subject Area: | Conflict, Ethics, Strategic Management |
| Leadership Role: | Board Level |
| Business Function: | Strategy |
| Industry: | Healthcare |
| Leadership topic: | Making Ethical Decisions |
Marene Allison, Officer, U.S. Army
Synopsis:When faced with an emergency, it is critical for the leader to know their people to make the appropriate decisions without time to think.
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| Subject Area: | Decision-Making, Strategic Management |
| Leadership Role: | |
| Business Function: | Human Resources |
| Industry: | Military/Government |
| Leadership topic: | Motivating Teams |
Bill Kern, CEO,
Synopsis:CEO must negotiate a truce between the sales force and support staff.
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| Subject Area: | Strategic Management, Power and Politics, Conflict |
| Leadership Role: | Board Level |
| Business Function: | General Management |
| Industry: | Services |
| Leadership topic: | Storytelling |
Tom Friel, Former Chairman and CEO, Heidrick & Struggles
Synopsis:It is important to follow your instincts and to act quickly on important decisions.
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| Subject Area: | Conflict, Power and Politics, Strategic Management |
| Leadership Role: | Board Level |
| Business Function: | General Management, Human Resources |
| Industry: | Services |
| Leadership topic: | Difficult Conversations |
Dick Kovacevich, Chairman, Wells Fargo
Synopsis:When struggling with new ideas, it is important test them in the market place.
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| Subject Area: | Strategic Management |
| Leadership Role: | Board Level |
| Business Function: | General Management |
| Industry: | Financial |
| Leadership topic: | Vision, Values, and Culture |
N.R. Narayana Murthy, CEO, Infosys
Synopsis:As a leader it is important to be transparent and consistently open about decisions.
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| Subject Area: | Decision-Making, Strategic Management |
| Leadership Role: | Board Level |
| Business Function: | General Management |
| Industry: | High Tech |
| Leadership topic: | Vision, Values, and Culture |
Deborah Nelson, SVP Marketing, Hewlett Packard
Synopsis:VP discusses the factors affecting change in an organization.
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| Subject Area: | Conflict, Decision-Making, Strategic Management |
| Leadership Role: | Executive (C-Level) |
| Business Function: | General Management |
| Industry: | High Tech |
| Leadership topic: | Leading Change |
Deborah Nelson, SVP Marketing, Hewlett Packard
Synopsis:Listening is a skill which will determine a team's ability to function at a high level.
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| Subject Area: | Decision-Making, Strategic Management |
| Leadership Role: | |
| Business Function: | General Management, Sales/Marketing |
| Industry: | High Tech |
| Leadership topic: | Motivating Teams |
Vicente Fox, Former President, Mexico
Synopsis:Mexican Presidential Candidate must appeal to people and their needs to change the political system and lead social change.
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| Subject Area: | Power and Politics, Strategic Management |
| Leadership Role: | Board Level |
| Business Function: | General Management |
| Industry: | Military/Government |
| Leadership topic: | Leading Change |
Brian Lillie, VP, VeriSign
Synopsis:Facing tight deadlines and a difficult project, a manager must challenge an overbearing boss who is hampering progress.
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| Subject Area: | Strategic Management, Power and Politics, Conflict |
| Leadership Role: | |
| Business Function: | General Management |
| Industry: | High Tech |
| Leadership topic: | Difficult Conversations |
Rebecca Halstead, General, U.S. Army
Synopsis:General discusses the importance of diversity to strategy and leadership.
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| Subject Area: | Human Resources, Strategic Management |
| Leadership Role: | Executive (C-Level) |
| Business Function: | General Management |
| Industry: | Military/Government |
| Leadership topic: | Diversity |
Janet Ang, VP, Global Desktop Business Unit, Lenovo
Synopsis:Leader working in a multi-cultural environment says trust is the key to communication.
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| Subject Area: | Globalization, Human Resources, Strategic Management |
| Leadership Role: | |
| Business Function: | Human Resources |
| Industry: | High Tech |
| Leadership topic: | Diversity |
Rebecca Halstead, General, U.S. Army
Synopsis:Army General outlines what she thinks is important in a good leader.
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| Subject Area: | Career Development, Strategic Management |
| Leadership Role: | Executive (C-Level) |
| Business Function: | General Management |
| Industry: | Military/Government |
| Leadership topic: | Motivating Teams |
Rebecca Halstead, General, U.S. Army
Synopsis:General talks about the importance of after action reports for successful missions and operations.
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| Subject Area: | Decision-Making, Strategic Management |
| Leadership Role: | Executive (C-Level) |
| Business Function: | General Management |
| Industry: | Military/Government |
| Leadership topic: | Leading Change |
Roger Deromedi, CEO, Kraft
Synopsis:CEO talks about how his personal style has evolved through time and experience.
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| Subject Area: | Career Development, Strategic Management |
| Leadership Role: | Board Level |
| Business Function: | General Management |
| Industry: | Products & Retail |
| Leadership topic: | Taking Charge |
Roger Deromedi, CEO, Kraft
Synopsis:When developing a vision it is important to be realistic and keep in mind the facts.
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| Subject Area: | Strategic Management |
| Leadership Role: | Board Level |
| Business Function: | General Management |
| Industry: | Products & Retail |
| Leadership topic: | Vision, Values, and Culture |
Nancy Barry, President, Women's World Banking
Synopsis:When leading people, it is important to respect them and be humble in spite of your position.
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| Subject Area: | Human Resources, Strategic Management |
| Leadership Role: | Board Level |
| Business Function: | General Management |
| Industry: | Financial |
| Leadership topic: | Taking Charge |
Nancy Barry, President, Women's World Banking
Synopsis:When spearheading change in an organization, don't expect everyone to rally around the flag.
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| Subject Area: | Strategic Management, Power and Politics |
| Leadership Role: | Board Level |
| Business Function: | General Management, Human Resources |
| Industry: | Financial |
| Leadership topic: | Leading Change |
Nancy Barry, President, Women's World Banking
Synopsis:Unity in an organization is important and should be prioritized since it will impact the strategy.
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| Subject Area: | Decision-Making, Power and Politics, Strategic Management |
| Leadership Role: | Board Level |
| Business Function: | General Management |
| Industry: | Financial |
| Leadership topic: | Motivating Teams |
Rebecca Halstead, General, U.S. Army
Synopsis:Army General sets goals which guide her leadership strategy and balances the risk of losing a soldier in combat.
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| Subject Area: | Decision-Making, Human Resources, Strategic Management |
| Leadership Role: | |
| Business Function: | General Management |
| Industry: | Military/Government |
| Leadership topic: | Making Ethical Decisions |
Webb McKinney, EVP, Hewlett Packard
Synopsis:Executive discusses key considerations and processes used to pull off the HP-compaq merger.
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| Subject Area: | Decision-Making, Mergers & Acquisitions, Strategic Management |
| Leadership Role: | Executive (C-Level) |
| Business Function: | Strategy |
| Industry: | High Tech |
| Leadership topic: | Mergers and Acquisitions |
Webb McKinney, EVP, Hewlett Packard
Synopsis:Executive must implement the HP-Compaq merger while controlling the flow of information.
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| Subject Area: | Ethics, Mergers & Acquisitions, Strategic Management |
| Leadership Role: | Executive (C-Level) |
| Business Function: | Strategy |
| Industry: | High Tech |
| Leadership topic: | Mergers and Acquisitions |
Geetha Rao, CEO, Silicon Valley Start-up
Synopsis:Entrepreneur talks about how having an authoritarian leadership style makes an impact on long term relationships and projects.
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| Subject Area: | Entrepreneurship, Human Resources, Strategic Management |
| Leadership Role: | Board Level |
| Business Function: | General Management |
| Industry: | High Tech |
| Leadership topic: | Difficult Conversations |
Naila Mehrabova, General Director, CrossCaspian Oil and Logistics
Synopsis:Young female executive in male-dominated industry must woo a skeptical board.
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| Subject Area: | Power and Politics, Strategic Management |
| Leadership Role: | Board Level |
| Business Function: | General Management |
| Industry: | Products & Retail |
| Leadership topic: | Leading Change |
Naila Mehrabova, General Director, CrossCaspian Oil and Logistics
Synopsis:Executive talks about the importance of sharing success with the team and being humble as the leader.
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| Subject Area: | Human Resources, Strategic Management |
| Leadership Role: | Executive (C-Level) |
| Business Function: | General Management |
| Industry: | Products & Retail |
| Leadership topic: | Vision, Values, and Culture |
Janet Ang, VP, Global Desktop Business Unit, Lenovo
Synopsis:Executive commands a team of people from vastly different cultures following a merger.
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| Subject Area: | Human Resources, Strategic Management, Globalization |
| Leadership Role: | |
| Business Function: | General Management |
| Industry: | High Tech |
| Leadership topic: | Diversity |
Pradeep Jotwani, SVP, Supplies, Hewlett Packard
Synopsis:Manager must keep operating standards high despite anxiety and uncertainty during a merger.
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| Subject Area: | Operations, Strategic Management |
| Leadership Role: | |
| Business Function: | Operations/Supply Chain |
| Industry: | High Tech |
| Leadership topic: | Mergers and Acquisitions |
Webb McKinney, EVP, Hewlett Packard
Synopsis:Exploring the multiple layers of complexity in the HP-Compaq merger.
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| Subject Area: | Mergers & Acquisitions, Strategic Management |
| Leadership Role: | Executive (C-Level) |
| Business Function: | Strategy |
| Industry: | High Tech |
| Leadership topic: | Mergers and Acquisitions |
Leslye Louie, SVP, Hewlett Packard
Synopsis:Manager must decide when to fight, or give in, during merger implementation talks.
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| Subject Area: | Conflict, Mergers & Acquisitions, Strategic Management |
| Leadership Role: | |
| Business Function: | Strategy |
| Industry: | High Tech |
| Leadership topic: | Vision, Values, and Culture |
Hank Vigil, SVP, Strategy & Partnership, Microsoft
Synopsis:Executive engages a loose affiliation of colleagues to make deals with corporate partners.
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| Subject Area: | Power and Politics, Strategic Management |
| Leadership Role: | |
| Business Function: | Strategy |
| Industry: | High Tech |
| Leadership topic: | Motivating Teams |
Dave Kaval, CEO, Golden Baseball League
Synopsis:Founder must find new types of incentives to make his younger workers do his bidding.
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| Subject Area: | Human Resources, Strategic Management, Entrepreneurship |
| Leadership Role: | Board Level |
| Business Function: | General Management |
| Industry: | Products & Retail |
| Leadership topic: | Motivating Teams |
Dave Kaval, CEO, Golden Baseball League
Synopsis:Entrepreneur encounters a chorus of naysayers as he tries to get his startup off the ground.
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| Subject Area: | Finance/Accounting, Entrepreneurship, Strategic Management |
| Leadership Role: | Board Level, Executive (C-Level) |
| Business Function: | General Management, R&D/Product Development, Strategy |
| Industry: | Products & Retail |
| Leadership topic: | Leading Change |
Manuel Medina-Mora, Chairman & CEO, Citigroup Latin America
Synopsis:Executive must respond to tough times with a special set of clear priorities.
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| Subject Area: | Human Resources, Strategic Management |
| Leadership Role: | Board Level |
| Business Function: | General Management |
| Industry: | Financial |
| Leadership topic: | Vision, Values, and Culture |
Jeffrey Bewkes, CEO, Time Warner
Synopsis:Executive struggles to convey a conglomerate's complex business issues to a diverse board.
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| Subject Area: | Power and Politics, Strategic Management |
| Leadership Role: | Board Level |
| Business Function: | General Management |
| Industry: | Services |
| Leadership topic: | Vision, Values, and Culture |
Tom Friel, Former Chairman and CEO, Heidrick & Struggles
Synopsis:Executive steps into CEO role realizing that there is no planning for his successor.
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| Subject Area: | Human Resources, Power and Politics, Strategic Management |
| Leadership Role: | Board Level |
| Business Function: | General Management |
| Industry: | Services |
| Leadership topic: | Developing Leaders |
Karen Zaderej, Former VP, Johnson & Johnson
Synopsis:Leader finds that her lackluster R&D team lacks the skills they need to perform.
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| Subject Area: | Human Resources, Operations, Strategic Management |
| Leadership Role: | |
| Business Function: | Operations/Supply Chain |
| Industry: | Healthcare |
| Leadership topic: | Developing Leaders |
Janet Ang, VP, Global Desktop Business Unit, Lenovo
Synopsis:Executive must bring together two international companies with different internal processes and cultures.
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| Subject Area: | Globalization, Mergers & Acquisitions, Strategic Management |
| Leadership Role: | |
| Business Function: | General Management |
| Industry: | High Tech |
| Leadership topic: | Vision, Values, and Culture |
N.R. Narayana Murthy, CEO, Infosys
Synopsis:CEO must gain the trust of the people in his company and the business community.
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| Subject Area: | Human Resources, Strategic Management, Work/Life Balance |
| Leadership Role: | Board Level |
| Business Function: | General Management |
| Industry: | High Tech |
| Leadership topic: | Developing Leaders |
Brian NeSmith, CEO, Blue Coat
Synopsis:CEO questions an under-performing manager who blames sleeplessness caused by a young child at home.
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| Subject Area: | Human Resources, Strategic Management, Conflict |
| Leadership Role: | Board Level |
| Business Function: | General Management |
| Industry: | High Tech |
| Leadership topic: | Developing Leaders |
Gerald Risk, President, Asurion
Synopsis:A CFO’s expanded role comes with the proviso that he raise his group’s performance from good to “world-class.”
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| Subject Area: | Finance/Accounting, Strategic Management |
| Leadership Role: | Executive (C-Level) |
| Business Function: | General Management |
| Industry: | Financial |
| Leadership topic: | Becoming a Leader |
Alex Jensen, Marketing Executive, BP
Synopsis:Manager must keep her team motivated while leading them remotely.
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| Subject Area: | Entrepreneurship, Power and Politics, Strategic Management, Work/Life Balance |
| Leadership Role: | |
| Business Function: | General Management |
| Industry: | Products & Retail |
| Leadership topic: | Motivating Teams |
Marty Evans, Admiral and CEO, U.S Navy, Girl Scouts, and Red Cross
Synopsis:Officer clearly sees a problem in the organizational culture but is not in a position to directly make changes.
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| Subject Area: | Decision-Making, Strategic Management |
| Leadership Role: | Middle Manager |
| Business Function: | General Management, Strategy |
| Industry: | Military/Government |
| Leadership topic: | Vision, Values, and Culture |
Marty Evans, Admiral and CEO, U.S Navy, Girl Scouts, and Red Cross
Synopsis:CEO struggles with whether or not to fund disaster relief when the non-profit organization is financially constrained.
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| Subject Area: | Strategic Management, Decision-Making, Ethics |
| Leadership Role: | Executive (C-Level) |
| Business Function: | General Management, Strategy |
| Industry: | Non-Profit |
| Leadership topic: | Vision, Values, and Culture |
Marty Evans, Admiral and CEO, U.S Navy, Girl Scouts, and Red Cross
Synopsis:Military Officer must understand the cultural dynamics and then drive change for a positive impact from diversity.
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| Subject Area: | Conflict, Decision-Making, Power and Politics, Strategic Management |
| Leadership Role: | |
| Business Function: | Strategy |
| Industry: | Military/Government |
| Leadership topic: | Diversity |
Kate Richardson, Superintendent, National Park Service
Synopsis:National Park Service Superintendent must unify a disparate organization that lacks common focus, branding, mission, and vision.
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| Subject Area: | Decision-Making, Power and Politics, Strategic Management |
| Leadership Role: | Executive (C-Level) |
| Business Function: | General Management |
| Industry: | Military/Government |
| Leadership topic: | Leading Change |
Brian NeSmith, CEO, Blue Coat
Synopsis:CEO must determine how to proceed when he disagrees with the advise of his Board.
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| Subject Area: | Conflict, Decision-Making, Power and Politics, Strategic Management |
| Leadership Role: | Board Level |
| Business Function: | General Management |
| Industry: | Products & Retail |
| Leadership topic: | Taking Charge |
Rosalind Kainyah, Company President, DeBeers Inc.
Synopsis:Vice President must manage challenging international negotiations while leading and motivating her team of worker bees and self motivators.
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| Subject Area: | Conflict, Decision-Making, Ethics, Human Resources, Operations, Power and Politics, Strategic Management |
| Leadership Role: | Executive (C-Level) |
| Business Function: | General Management, Operations/Supply Chain, Strategy |
| Industry: | Products & Retail |
| Leadership topic: | Motivating Teams |
Rosalind Kainyah, Company President, DeBeers Inc.
Synopsis:Vice President must manage team member who was denied her executive level job.
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| Subject Area: | Conflict, Decision-Making, Ethics, Human Resources, Operations, Power and Politics, Strategic Management |
| Leadership Role: | Executive (C-Level) |
| Business Function: | General Management, Human Resources, Operations/Supply Chain |
| Industry: | Products & Retail |
| Leadership topic: | Difficult Conversations |
Peter Loescher, CEO, Siemens
Synopsis:CEO is recruited after previous leaders left with scandalous charges and must inspire company to recover it's strong reputation while leading positive reform.
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| Subject Area: | Ethics, Globalization, Power and Politics, Strategic Management |
| Leadership Role: | Executive (C-Level) |
| Business Function: | General Management |
| Industry: | Services |
| Leadership topic: | Taking Charge |
Peter Loescher, CEO, Siemens
Synopsis:New CEO must build a culture of accountability to change the way business is done after a scandal.
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| Subject Area: | Strategic Management, Power and Politics, Decision-Making, Globalization |
| Leadership Role: | Executive (C-Level) |
| Business Function: | General Management, Strategy |
| Industry: | Services |
| Leadership topic: | Leading Change |
Dave Mihalic, Superintendent, National Park Service
Synopsis:A new National Park Superintendent must establish a presence in a region that is opposed to any government people or influence.
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| Subject Area: | Operations, Power and Politics, Strategic Management |
| Leadership Role: | |
| Business Function: | General Management |
| Industry: | Military/Government |
| Leadership topic: | Leading Change |
Gerard Baker, Superintendent, National Park Service
Synopsis:Superintendent is confronted because he is an American Indian leading at Little Bighorn.
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| Subject Area: | Strategic Management, Conflict |
| Leadership Role: | |
| Business Function: | General Management |
| Industry: | Military/Government |
| Leadership topic: | Difficult Conversations |
Bob Stanton, Superintendent, National Park Service
Synopsis:National Park Service Superintendent must break down real and perceived barriers between the local community and his staff to enable better collaboration and a positive presence in the region.
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| Subject Area: | Conflict, Globalization, Strategic Management |
| Leadership Role: | |
| Business Function: | General Management |
| Industry: | Military/Government |
| Leadership topic: | Diversity |
Bob Barbee, Superintendent, National Park Service
Synopsis:National Park Service Superintendent must determine whether or not to support a fire team leader who determines it is necessary to jeopardize a pristine part of the park resource in the effort to limit a forest fire’s advance.
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| Subject Area: | Conflict, Decision-Making, Power and Politics, Strategic Management |
| Leadership Role: | |
| Business Function: | General Management |
| Industry: | Military/Government |
| Leadership topic: | Taking Charge |
Maureen Finnerty, Superintendent, National Park Service
Synopsis:National Park Service Superintendent must bridge the cultural gap between the local population and the Park's traditional visitors, programs and donors
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| Subject Area: | Globalization, Power and Politics, Strategic Management |
| Leadership Role: | |
| Business Function: | General Management |
| Industry: | Military/Government |
| Leadership topic: | Diversity |
Mike Ward, Superintendent, National Park Service
Synopsis:Superintendent inherits a building project that lacks Park and Federal support but is critical for local support.
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| Subject Area: | Strategic Management, Power and Politics, Conflict |
| Leadership Role: | |
| Business Function: | General Management |
| Industry: | Military/Government |
| Leadership topic: | Leading Change |
Maureen Finnerty, Superintendent, National Park Service
Synopsis:Superintendent must identify stakeholders and find common ground to accomplish a controversial dam removal project.
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| Subject Area: | Strategic Management, Power and Politics, Conflict |
| Leadership Role: | |
| Business Function: | General Management |
| Industry: | Military/Government |
| Leadership topic: | Leading Change |
Solomon Trujillo, CEO, Telstra
Synopsis:American, Latino CEO must overcome cultural bias and political opposition while leading a traditional, government-owned company to be a profitable, privately held company in Australia
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| Subject Area: | Globalization, Innovation, Power and Politics, Strategic Management |
| Leadership Role: | Board Level, Executive (C-Level) |
| Business Function: | General Management, Strategy |
| Industry: | High Tech |
| Leadership topic: | Vision, Values, and Culture |
Laura Chinchilla, President, Costa Rica
Synopsis:Costa Rica President must determine how to attract foreign investment in order to build economic prosperity for her country to succeed.
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| Subject Area: | Globalization, Power and Politics, Strategic Management |
| Leadership Role: | Board Level, Executive (C-Level) |
| Business Function: | General Management, Strategy |
| Industry: | Military/Government |
| Leadership topic: | Vision, Values, and Culture |
Paul Bud Bucha, Medal of Honor Recipient, U.S. Army
Synopsis:Army leader must overcome his own fears and uncertainty to lead decisively and courageously through overwhelming odds.
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| Subject Area: | Strategic Management, Power and Politics, Decision-Making, Ethics |
| Leadership Role: | Middle Manager |
| Business Function: | General Management, Strategy |
| Industry: | Military/Government |
| Leadership topic: | Taking Charge |
Woody Smeck, Superintendent, National Park Service
Synopsis:Leader must unite disparate groups and motivate everybody to have a common vision to better accomplish the mission.
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| Subject Area: | Strategic Management |
| Leadership Role: | |
| Business Function: | General Management, Sales/Marketing, Strategy |
| Industry: | Military/Government, Non-Profit |
| Leadership topic: | Vision, Values, and Culture |
Jim Haynes, Sr. Vice President, Bechtel Corp
Synopsis:Senior Vice President must bring together two culturally different teams to perform on a very ambitious project under great pressure.
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| Subject Area: | Decision-Making, Human Resources, Mergers & Acquisitions, Operations, Strategic Management |
| Leadership Role: | |
| Business Function: | General Management, Operations/Supply Chain, Strategy |
| Industry: | Services |
| Leadership topic: | Motivating Teams |
Webb McKinney, EVP, Hewlett Packard
Synopsis:Executive who led the HP Compaq merger discusses what makes people successful in merger integration work.
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| Subject Area: | Career Development, Mergers & Acquisitions, Strategic Management |
| Leadership Role: | |
| Business Function: | General Management |
| Industry: | High Tech |
| Leadership topic: | Leading Change |
Larry Melton, Project Executive Director, Bechtel Corporation
Synopsis:Project Director addresses how he uses senior manager reviews to increase productivity rather than leave people feeling disengaged and demotivated.
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| Subject Area: | Strategic Management |
| Leadership Role: | Middle Manager |
| Business Function: | General Management, R&D/Product Development |
| Industry: | Military/Government, Services |
| Leadership topic: | Motivating Teams |
Bob Krumenaker, Superintendent, National Park Service
Synopsis:Superintendent must reconcile historical and cultural differences to work together.
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| Subject Area: | Strategic Management, Power and Politics |
| Leadership Role: | Executive (C-Level) |
| Business Function: | General Management, Strategy |
| Industry: | Military/Government |
| Leadership topic: | Vision, Values, and Culture |
David Smith, Superintendent, National Park Service
Synopsis:Superintendent must change the culture to drive engagement and results.
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| Subject Area: | Human Resources, Strategic Management, Power and Politics, Conflict |
| Leadership Role: | |
| Business Function: | General Management |
| Industry: | Military/Government |
| Leadership topic: | Vision, Values, and Culture |
Michael Creasey, Superintendent, National Park Service
Synopsis:Vice Superintendent turns around a team and organization to seek national support.
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| Subject Area: | Strategic Management, Operations, Power and Politics, Conflict |
| Leadership Role: | Executive (C-Level) |
| Business Function: | General Management, Strategy |
| Industry: | Military/Government |
| Leadership topic: | Taking Charge |
Sara Newman, Director, Department of Health and Human Services
Synopsis:Leader must get buy in for a change in a very traditional national organization.
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| Subject Area: | Strategic Management, Power and Politics, Conflict |
| Leadership Role: | Executive (C-Level) |
| Business Function: | General Management |
| Industry: | Military/Government |
| Leadership topic: | Leading Change |
Prince Kofi Amoabeng, Founder and CEO, UT
Synopsis:African founder and CEO must build a culture of trust in his African company, which is new and different for his employees.
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| Subject Area: | Strategic Management, Innovation, Globalization |
| Leadership Role: | Executive (C-Level) |
| Business Function: | General Management |
| Industry: | Financial |
| Leadership topic: | Vision, Values, and Culture |
Prince Kofi Amoabeng, Founder and CEO, UT
Synopsis:African CEO must determine how to balance family loyalties with business.
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| Subject Area: | Power and Politics, Strategic Management, Work/Life Balance, Decision-Making, Entrepreneurship |
| Leadership Role: | Executive (C-Level) |
| Business Function: | General Management |
| Industry: | Financial |
| Leadership topic: | Taking Charge |
Anne Marie Burgoyne, Managing Director, Social Innovation, Emerson Collective
Synopsis:Board Member of Non-Profit must determine how to advise and handle a leader who may be undermining organization's efficiency and success.
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| Subject Area: | Strategic Management, Power and Politics, Decision-Making |
| Leadership Role: | Board Level |
| Business Function: | Consulting, General Management |
| Industry: | Non-Profit |
| Leadership topic: | Difficult Conversations |
Anne Marie Burgoyne, Managing Director, Social Innovation, Emerson Collective
Synopsis:Board member must determine how to enable a Non-Profit to better function through it's Board of Directors.
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| Subject Area: | Strategic Management, Operations, Power and Politics, Decision-Making |
| Leadership Role: | Board Level |
| Business Function: | General Management |
| Industry: | Non-Profit |
| Leadership topic: | Leading Change |
James Buckhouse, Head of Content, Sequoia
Synopsis:A leader talks about how every type of business needs to tell stories because the products can't speak for themselves.
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| Subject Area: | Strategic Management |
| Leadership Role: | Board Level, Senior Manager (VP-level), Executive (C-Level), Middle Manager |
| Business Function: | Strategy |
| Industry: | High Tech |
| Leadership topic: | Storytelling |
Christian Roman, Story Artist, Pixar
Synopsis:A leader talks about how we use stories to learn about life and how to be successful.
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| Subject Area: | Strategic Management, Career Development |
| Leadership Role: | Board Level, Senior Manager (VP-level), Executive (C-Level), Middle Manager |
| Business Function: | General Management, Sales/Marketing |
| Industry: | Financial, Products & Retail, Healthcare, Military/Government, High Tech, Services, Non-Profit |
| Leadership topic: | Storytelling |
Mindy Grossman, CEO, HSN Inc.
Synopsis:Storytelling and context in business is critical to long term brand success. Storytelling saved HSN and was a critical part of reinventing the business model from selling to inspiring through stories.
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| Subject Area: | Strategic Management |
| Leadership Role: | Board Level, Senior Manager (VP-level), Executive (C-Level), Middle Manager |
| Business Function: | Sales/Marketing |
| Industry: | Financial, Products & Retail, High Tech, Services, Non-Profit |
| Leadership topic: | Storytelling |
Nancy Duarte, Principal, Duarte, Inc.
Synopsis:The job of every leader is to curate the stories in your company. Find stories, find meaning, and amplify that. Sometimes decomission some stories.
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| Subject Area: | Strategic Management, Career Development |
| Leadership Role: | |
| Business Function: | Sales/Marketing |
| Industry: | Products & Retail, Services |
| Leadership topic: | Storytelling |
Leslie Witt, Associated Partner, Ideo
Synopsis:A leader talks about how she uses the power of words to shift the perspective of her audience.
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| Subject Area: | Strategic Management |
| Leadership Role: | Middle Manager |
| Business Function: | Strategy |
| Industry: | Healthcare |
| Leadership topic: | Storytelling |
David Hornik, General Partner, August Capital
Synopsis:A leader talks about how using humor with your branding and story can be powerful.
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| Subject Area: | Strategic Management |
| Leadership Role: | Board Level, Senior Manager (VP-level), Executive (C-Level), Middle Manager |
| Business Function: | |
| Industry: | Products & Retail, High Tech, Services |
| Leadership topic: | Storytelling |
Amy Brooks, EVP, Team Marketing and Business Operations, National Basketball Association
Synopsis:A leader talks about how influential a story can be if it is told to inspire others.
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| Subject Area: | Strategic Management, Work/Life Balance, Career Development |
| Leadership Role: | Board Level, Senior Manager (VP-level), Executive (C-Level), Middle Manager |
| Business Function: | General Management, Sales/Marketing, Strategy |
| Industry: | Services |
| Leadership topic: | Storytelling |
Leslie Blodgett, Executive Chairman, Bare Escentuals
Synopsis:Founder shares her insights about how she uses empathy in storytelling.
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| Subject Area: | Power and Politics, Strategic Management, Work/Life Balance |
| Leadership Role: | Board Level, Senior Manager (VP-level), Executive (C-Level), Middle Manager |
| Business Function: | Sales/Marketing |
| Industry: | Products & Retail |
| Leadership topic: | Storytelling |
Leslie Blodgett, Executive Chairman, Bare Escentuals
Synopsis:Founder discusses how she leverages story in her business Bare Escentuals.
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| Subject Area: | Power and Politics, Strategic Management, Work/Life Balance |
| Leadership Role: | Board Level, Senior Manager (VP-level), Executive (C-Level) |
| Business Function: | Sales/Marketing, Strategy |
| Industry: | Products & Retail |
| Leadership topic: | Storytelling |
Leslie Blodgett, Executive Chairman, Bare Escentuals
Synopsis:Founder shares insights to how she uses humor effectively with her storytelling.
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| Subject Area: | Strategic Management, Power and Politics |
| Leadership Role: | Board Level, Senior Manager (VP-level), Executive (C-Level) |
| Business Function: | R&D/Product Development, Sales/Marketing |
| Industry: | Products & Retail |
| Leadership topic: | Storytelling |
Jennifer Aaker, General Atlantic Partners Professor of Marketing, Stanford Graduate School of Business
Synopsis:Jennifer Aaker shares the behavioral science behind the power of story.
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| Subject Area: | Strategic Management, Operations, Power and Politics |
| Leadership Role: | Board Level, Senior Manager (VP-level), Executive (C-Level), Middle Manager |
| Business Function: | Sales/Marketing, Strategy |
| Industry: | Products & Retail, Services |
| Leadership topic: | Storytelling |
Jennifer Aaker, General Atlantic Partners Professor of Marketing, Stanford Graduate School of Business
Synopsis:Aaker speaks to the science behind the power of empathy in storytelling.
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| Subject Area: | Strategic Management, Power and Politics |
| Leadership Role: | Board Level, Senior Manager (VP-level), Executive (C-Level), Middle Manager |
| Business Function: | Sales/Marketing |
| Industry: | Services |
| Leadership topic: | Storytelling |
Jennifer Aaker, General Atlantic Partners Professor of Marketing, Stanford Graduate School of Business
Synopsis:Aaker speaks to the power of purpose in storytelling.
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| Subject Area: | Strategic Management, Power and Politics |
| Leadership Role: | Board Level, Senior Manager (VP-level), Executive (C-Level), Middle Manager |
| Business Function: | Sales/Marketing |
| Industry: | Services |
| Leadership topic: | Storytelling |
Jennifer Aaker, General Atlantic Partners Professor of Marketing, Stanford Graduate School of Business
Synopsis:Aaker shares the science behind the power of humor in story.
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| Subject Area: | Strategic Management |
| Leadership Role: | Board Level, Senior Manager (VP-level), Executive (C-Level), Middle Manager |
| Business Function: | Sales/Marketing, Strategy |
| Industry: | |
| Leadership topic: | Storytelling |
Christy Turlington, Founder, Every Mother Counts
Synopsis:A Nonprofit founder talks about how she uses story to further her organization's mission.
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| Subject Area: | Strategic Management |
| Leadership Role: | Board Level, Senior Manager (VP-level), Executive (C-Level), Middle Manager |
| Business Function: | Strategy |
| Industry: | Non-Profit |
| Leadership topic: | Storytelling |
Greg Poulsen, Senior Vice President and Chief Strategy Officer, Intermountain Healthcare
Synopsis:Hospital Executive analyzes patterns around physician delivery of care to innovate within a 22 hospital, 185-clinic integrated health system in order to stay operationally efficient, maintain a high level of patient safety and deliver results.
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| Subject Area: | Strategic Management, Innovation, Operations |
| Leadership Role: | Senior Manager (VP-level) |
| Business Function: | General Management |
| Industry: | Healthcare |
| Leadership topic: | Innovation |
Jason Rosenthal, CEO, Lytro
Synopsis:The CEO struggles with how to align his resources to optimize the market and evolving technology.
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| Subject Area: | Strategic Management, Innovation, Decision-Making |
| Leadership Role: | Executive (C-Level) |
| Business Function: | General Management, Strategy |
| Industry: | High Tech |
| Leadership topic: | Innovation |
Robin Richards Donohoe, Co-Chair, Draper Richards Kaplan Foundation
Synopsis:An investor shares insights about how leadership can be influenced by strong relationship building and the satisfaction that comes from a good culture.
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| Subject Area: | Strategic Management, Work/Life Balance, Career Development, Entrepreneurship |
| Leadership Role: | Executive (C-Level) |
| Business Function: | Finance/Accounting |
| Industry: | Financial |
| Leadership topic: | Work-Life Integration |
Robin Richards Donohoe, Co-Chair, Draper Richards Kaplan Foundation
Synopsis:A woman investor asks critical questions to help guide you towards greater career and life satisfaction.
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| Subject Area: | Strategic Management, Work/Life Balance, Career Development |
| Leadership Role: | Executive (C-Level) |
| Business Function: | Finance/Accounting |
| Industry: | Financial |
| Leadership topic: | Managing Boss and Expectations |
Robin Richards Donohoe, Co-Chair, Draper Richards Kaplan Foundation
Synopsis:An investor talks about how she did not ask hard questions in the beginning of her career, but talks about how important it is to plot your own destiny early rather than later.
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| Subject Area: | Strategic Management, Work/Life Balance, Career Development, Entrepreneurship |
| Leadership Role: | Executive (C-Level) |
| Business Function: | Finance/Accounting |
| Industry: | Financial |
| Leadership topic: | What I Wish I Knew |
Nicole Chang, Senior VP, Consulting Company
Synopsis:An Executive struggles with how to build relationships and close deals with partners in Asia who are used to bonding after hours by drinking and going to spas, where she is not welcome.
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| Subject Area: | Strategic Management, Power and Politics, Conflict, Career Development |
| Leadership Role: | Senior Manager (VP-level) |
| Business Function: | Consulting |
| Industry: | Services |
| Leadership topic: | Fitting In and Standing Out |
Nicole Chang, Senior VP, Consulting Company
Synopsis:A busy executive shares some personal decisions she made to involve her children in her professional life and carve out time to be with them in spite of her schedule.
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| Subject Area: | Strategic Management, Work/Life Balance |
| Leadership Role: | Senior Manager (VP-level) |
| Business Function: | General Management |
| Industry: | Services |
| Leadership topic: | Work-Life Integration |
Van Ton-Quinlivan, Vice Chancellor, Workforce and Economic Development for the California Community Colleges
Synopsis:A senior leader talks about how she must be very strategic about maintaining her important relationships.
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| Subject Area: | Strategic Management, Work/Life Balance, Career Development |
| Leadership Role: | Senior Manager (VP-level) |
| Business Function: | General Management |
| Industry: | Services |
| Leadership topic: | Work-Life Integration |
Dana Bloom, VP & General Manager of Keep Collective, Stella and Dot
Synopsis:A senior executive talks about how she must develop certain behaviors to be more effective and well accepted in a male-dominated industry.
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| Subject Area: | Strategic Management, Power and Politics, Career Development |
| Leadership Role: | Executive (C-Level) |
| Business Function: | General Management |
| Industry: | Products & Retail, Services |
| Leadership topic: | Fitting In and Standing Out |
Miriam Rivera, Vice President/Deputy General Counsel, Google
Synopsis:A lawyer must advocate for herself when she is being excluded from the team about to handle a pivotal case for the company.
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| Subject Area: | Strategic Management, Power and Politics |
| Leadership Role: | Senior Manager (VP-level) |
| Business Function: | General Management, Strategy |
| Industry: | High Tech |
| Leadership topic: | Managing Boss and Expectations |
Maria Anhalt, Vice President of R&D for Automation Software, HP
Synopsis:A senior executive shares the insights she gains from being on a Board.
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| Subject Area: | Strategic Management, Career Development |
| Leadership Role: | Board Level |
| Business Function: | |
| Industry: | Services |
| Leadership topic: | Fitting In and Standing Out |
Jack Jacobs, Medal of Honor Recipient and Business Leader, U.S. Army, Financial Companies, and Philanthropic Organizations
Synopsis:Leading a small squad in a war zone, Jacobs encounters a surprise attack and must decide how to proceed without guidance, despite having little experience and everything at stake.
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| Subject Area: | Strategic Management, Conflict, Decision-Making |
| Leadership Role: | Middle Manager |
| Business Function: | General Management |
| Industry: | Military/Government |
| Leadership topic: | Taking Charge |
Florent "Flo" Groberg, Medal of Honor Recipient and Business Leader, U.S. Army and Fortune 500 Companies
Synopsis:As a new officer in the Army Groberg given command of his first combat unit of 24 direct reports, yet doubts himself and must learn how to lead while establishing himself as credible and trustworthy with his new team.
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| Subject Area: | Strategic Management, Power and Politics, Career Development |
| Leadership Role: | Middle Manager |
| Business Function: | General Management |
| Industry: | Military/Government |
| Leadership topic: | Taking Charge |