There are 45 videos in the "Board Level" collection
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:It is important to always communicate and focus on building a common culture as a company grows through acquisitions.
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| Subject Area: | Human Resources, Mergers & Acquisitions |
| Leadership Role: | Board Level |
| Business Function: | General Management |
| Industry: | Financial |
| Leadership topic: | Vision, Values, and Culture |
Dick Kovacevich, Chairman, Wells Fargo
Synopsis:It is important to retain good people even when faced with pressure to downsize.
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| Subject Area: | Career Development, Human Resources |
| Leadership Role: | Board Level |
| Business Function: | General Management |
| Industry: | Financial |
| Leadership topic: | Leading Change |
Dick Kovacevich, Chairman, Wells Fargo
Synopsis:It is important to have experience in jobs with Profit and Loss responsibilities before leading a large company.
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| Subject Area: | Career Development |
| Leadership Role: | Board Level |
| Business Function: | Human Resources |
| 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 |
Michael Osofsky, CIO and Co-Founder, Silicon Valley Start-Up
Synopsis:How much personal information should be shared with board members?
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| Subject Area: | Conflict, Ethics, Power and Politics |
| Leadership Role: | Board Level |
| Business Function: | General Management |
| Industry: | High Tech |
| Leadership topic: | Difficult Conversations |
Sudha Murty, Chairperson, Infosys Foundation
Synopsis:Chairperson of Infosys Foundation discusses her values and priorities for a meaningful life and career.
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| Subject Area: | Career Development, Work/Life Balance |
| Leadership Role: | Board Level |
| Business Function: | Human Resources |
| Industry: | High Tech |
| Leadership topic: | Motivating Teams |
Roger Deromedi, CEO, Kraft
Synopsis:CEO shares how it is important to maintain perspective in spite of disagreements or minor frustrations.
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| Subject Area: | Conflict, Decision-Making |
| Leadership Role: | Board Level |
| Business Function: | General Management |
| Industry: | Products & Retail |
| Leadership topic: | Vision, Values, and Culture |
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 |
N.R. Narayana Murthy, CEO, Infosys
Synopsis:To endure as a company and a leader, it is important to make ethical decisions.
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| Subject Area: | Conflict, Ethics |
| Leadership Role: | Board Level |
| Business Function: | General Management |
| Industry: | High Tech |
| Leadership topic: | Difficult Conversations |
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 |
Sudha Murty, Chairperson, Infosys Foundation
Synopsis:As leaders become financially successful, they must consider how the wealth impacts their happiness.
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| Subject Area: | Career Development, Ethics, Work/Life Balance |
| Leadership Role: | Board Level |
| Business Function: | Human Resources |
| Industry: | Non-Profit |
| Leadership topic: | Leading Change |
Christiana Shi, President, Nike Inc.
Synopsis:A leader talks about how a good story makes you think, a better story makes you feel, a really great story makes you remember it time and time again.
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| Subject Area: | Career Development |
| Leadership Role: | Board Level, Senior Manager (VP-level), Executive (C-Level), Middle Manager |
| Business Function: | Sales/Marketing |
| Industry: | High Tech, Services |
| Leadership topic: | Storytelling |
Jeff Jordan, Investor, Andreessen Horowitz
Synopsis:A leader talks about how story is a way of bringing products and a company to life.
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| Subject Area: | Career Development |
| Leadership Role: | Board Level, Senior Manager (VP-level), Executive (C-Level), Middle Manager |
| Business Function: | General Management, Sales/Marketing |
| Industry: | High Tech |
| Leadership topic: | Storytelling |
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 |
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: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 |
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 |
Tory Burch, CEO, Tory Burch LLC
Synopsis:Leaders talks about how a good story should be unique and capture the essence of the product.
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| Subject Area: | Career Development |
| Leadership Role: | Board Level, Senior Manager (VP-level), Executive (C-Level), Middle Manager |
| Business Function: | Sales/Marketing |
| Industry: | |
| 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 |
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 |
Nathan Hubbard, Head of Commerce, Twitter
Synopsis:Nathan Hubbard shares how he relates his personal story as a way to humanize Ticketmaster for consumers to turn around the company.
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| Subject Area: | Career Development |
| Leadership Role: | Board Level, Senior Manager (VP-level), Executive (C-Level), Middle Manager |
| Business Function: | General Management, Sales/Marketing |
| Industry: | Products & Retail, High Tech, Services |
| Leadership topic: | Storytelling |
Nicole Khan, Co-Lead Design Change, Ideo
Synopsis:A leader talks about ways she can filter her repertoire of stories to find one that will really make an impact.
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| Subject Area: | Career Development |
| Leadership Role: | Board Level, Senior Manager (VP-level), Executive (C-Level) |
| Business Function: | General Management, Sales/Marketing |
| Industry: | Products & Retail, Services |
| 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 |
Kent Thiry, CEO, DaVita
Synopsis:Charismatic CEO's visibility becomes a liability in the eyes of his team.
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| Subject Area: | Decision-Making, Power and Politics |
| Leadership Role: | Board Level |
| Business Function: | General Management |
| Industry: | Healthcare |
| Leadership topic: | Diversity |
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 |
Roger Deromedi, CEO, Kraft
Synopsis:CEO confirms how it is important to not always worry about how the short term may impact the long term in having a diverse career.
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| Subject Area: | Career Development, Human Resources |
| Leadership Role: | Board Level |
| Business Function: | Human Resources |
| Industry: | Products & Retail |
| Leadership topic: | Diversity |
Katherine August-deWilde, Executive and Board Member, First Republic Bank
Synopsis:A senior executive shares common derailments for women.
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| Subject Area: | Power and Politics, Career Development |
| Leadership Role: | Board Level, Executive (C-Level) |
| Business Function: | General Management |
| Industry: | Financial |
| Leadership topic: | What I Wish I Knew |
Maria Anhalt, Vice President of R&D for Automation Software, HP
Synopsis:A senior executive talks about how taking a role in finance is helpful for career advancement within a large organization.
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| Subject Area: | Career Development |
| Leadership Role: | Board Level |
| Business Function: | General Management |
| Industry: | High Tech |
| Leadership topic: | What I Wish I Knew |
Maria Anhalt, Vice President of R&D for Automation Software, HP
Synopsis:A senior executive talks about how she had to learn the importance of body language in her career advancement.
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| Subject Area: | Power and Politics, Work/Life Balance, Career Development |
| Leadership Role: | Board Level |
| Business Function: | General Management |
| Industry: | Services |
| Leadership topic: | What I Wish I Knew |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
Sudha Murty, Chairperson, Infosys Foundation
Synopsis:Leader discusses how important and dignified it is to accept gifts especially when offering gifts.
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| Subject Area: | Ethics |
| Leadership Role: | Board Level |
| Business Function: | General Management |
| Industry: | Non-Profit |
| Leadership topic: | Vision, Values, and Culture |
Roger Deromedi, CEO, Kraft
Synopsis:CEO shares the importance of being transparent and consistent when dealing with people at all levels of the organization.
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| Subject Area: | Conflict, Decision-Making, Ethics |
| Leadership Role: | Board Level |
| Business Function: | General Management |
| Industry: | Products & Retail |
| Leadership topic: | Motivating Teams |
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 |
Dick Kovacevich, Chairman, Wells Fargo
Synopsis:It is important to not allow personal relationships interfere with professional decisions. A leader must always do the right thing.
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| Subject Area: | Decision-Making, Human Resources |
| Leadership Role: | Board Level |
| Business Function: | General Management |
| Industry: | Financial |
| Leadership topic: | Taking Charge |
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 |
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 |
N.R. Narayana Murthy, CEO, Infosys
Synopsis:Earning respect is a fundamental part of a company's success.
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| Subject Area: | Ethics, Power and Politics |
| Leadership Role: | Board Level |
| Business Function: | General Management |
| Industry: | High Tech |
| Leadership topic: | Vision, Values, and Culture |
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 |