There are 25 videos in the "Career Development" collection
Janet Ang, VP, Global Desktop Business Unit, Lenovo
Synopsis:Manager must digest the impact of a merger on herself before turning to the task of helping others accept it.
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| Subject Area: | Career Development, Conflict, Mergers & Acquisitions |
| Leadership Role: | |
| Business Function: | General Management |
| Industry: | High Tech |
| Leadership topic: | Mergers and Acquisitions |
Geetha Rao, CEO, Silicon Valley Start-up
Synopsis:Executive must determine how she can participate in an important meeting while caring for a newborn baby.
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| Subject Area: | Career Development, Work/Life Balance |
| Leadership Role: | Board Level |
| Business Function: | General Management |
| Industry: | High Tech |
| Leadership topic: | Vision, Values, and Culture |
Naila Mehrabova, General Director, CrossCaspian Oil and Logistics
Synopsis:New manager must convince team member to take on a new role which better fits her skill set.
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| Subject Area: | Career Development, Human Resources |
| Leadership Role: | Executive (C-Level) |
| Business Function: | General Management |
| Industry: | Products & Retail |
| Leadership topic: | Difficult Conversations |
Nancy Barry, President, Women's World Banking
Synopsis:Executive must coach an egocentric subordinate.
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| Subject Area: | Career Development, Human Resources, Power and Politics |
| Leadership Role: | Board Level |
| Business Function: | General Management |
| Industry: | Financial |
| Leadership topic: | Developing Leaders |
N.R. Narayana Murthy, CEO, Infosys
Synopsis:CEO discusses how to mentor enthusiastic young people whose lack of experience can easily damage a company.
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| Subject Area: | Career Development, Human Resources |
| Leadership Role: | Board Level |
| Business Function: | General Management |
| Industry: | High Tech |
| Leadership topic: | Developing Leaders |
Juan-Carlos Ruck, VP, Sales, Pepsico
Synopsis:Manager must reassure his staff after taking an abrupt and unexplained four-week leave.
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| Subject Area: | Career Development, Human Resources, Work/Life Balance |
| Leadership Role: | |
| Business Function: | Sales/Marketing |
| Industry: | Products & Retail |
| Leadership topic: | Difficult Conversations |
Claire Alexander, VP, Digital Strategy & Operations, Discovery Communications
Synopsis:A bright, young staffer learns the importance of valuing both facts and personal relationships in a high-level meeting.
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| Subject Area: | Career Development, Conflict, Decision-Making, Power and Politics |
| Leadership Role: | Middle Manager |
| Business Function: | General Management, Strategy |
| Industry: | Products & Retail |
| Leadership topic: | Becoming a Leader |
Charles Carmel, VP, Corporate Development, Cisco Systems
Synopsis:A young business analyst is chosen to manage a group of peers that he formerly competed with.
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| Subject Area: | Career Development, Conflict, Human Resources, Mergers & Acquisitions, Power and Politics |
| Leadership Role: | Middle Manager |
| Business Function: | General Management, Human Resources |
| Industry: | High Tech |
| Leadership topic: | Becoming a Leader |
Stephen Miles, Vice Chairman, Heidrick & Struggles
Synopsis:A leadership advisor scrambles when the CEO of a client firm upends a succession plan.
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| Subject Area: | Career Development, Conflict, Power and Politics |
| Leadership Role: | Board Level, Executive (C-Level) |
| Business Function: | Consulting |
| Industry: | Services |
| Leadership topic: | Developing Leaders |
Marty Evans, Admiral and CEO, U.S Navy, Girl Scouts, and Red Cross
Synopsis:Naval Officer struggles with whether or not to enforce the military policy that does not align with her personal values.
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| Subject Area: | Career Development, Conflict, Decision-Making, Ethics, Power and Politics |
| Leadership Role: | |
| Business Function: | General Management |
| Industry: | Military/Government |
| Leadership topic: | Making Ethical Decisions |
Deanna Won, Officer, Air Force
Synopsis:Leader must determine how to deal with problem employee who is disruptive to group.
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| Subject Area: | Career Development, Human Resources |
| Leadership Role: | Middle Manager |
| Business Function: | Human Resources, Operations/Supply Chain |
| Industry: | Military/Government |
| Leadership topic: | Developing Leaders |
Andrew Brandt, Business Manager, Green Bay Packers - NFL
Synopsis:NFL Team Manager must negotiate with Brett Favre, a talented football player, to join the Green Bay Packers.
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| Subject Area: | Career Development, Decision-Making, Human Resources |
| Leadership Role: | |
| Business Function: | General Management |
| Industry: | Products & Retail |
| Leadership topic: | Developing Leaders |
Deanna Won, Officer, Air Force
Synopsis:Officer must determine how to respond when she is no longer invited to empowered to do her job.
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| Subject Area: | Career Development, Conflict, Power and Politics |
| Leadership Role: | Middle Manager |
| Business Function: | Human Resources, R&D/Product Development |
| Industry: | Military/Government |
| Leadership topic: | Taking Charge |
Sudha Murty, Chairperson, Infosys Foundation
Synopsis:Leader of philanthropic foundation was the first female to attend an all-male engineering university in India four decades ago.
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| Subject Area: | Human Resources, Conflict, Career Development |
| Leadership Role: | Board Level |
| Business Function: | General Management |
| Industry: | Non-Profit |
| Leadership topic: | Fitting In and Standing Out |
Connie Matsui, EVP, Innovation, Biogen Idec
Synopsis:Executive used to tackling big challenges faces the biggest one of all: a newborn.
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| Subject Area: | Work/Life Balance, Career Development |
| Leadership Role: | |
| Business Function: | R&D/Product Development |
| Industry: | Healthcare |
| Leadership topic: | Managing Boss and Expectations |
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 |
Theresia Gouw, CoFounder and Managing Partner, Aspect Venture
Synopsis:A VC Partner sees new opportunities but struggles to make more change when her personal life is completely in flux.
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| Subject Area: | Power and Politics, Work/Life Balance, Career Development |
| Leadership Role: | Senior Manager (VP-level) |
| Business Function: | Consulting, Finance/Accounting |
| Industry: | Financial |
| Leadership topic: | Fitting In and Standing Out |
Robin Richards Donohoe, Co-Chair, Draper Richards Kaplan Foundation
Synopsis:A Venture Capitalist deals with an industry leader who belittles her in front of colleagues.
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| Subject Area: | Power and Politics, Finance/Accounting, Work/Life Balance, Career Development |
| Leadership Role: | Executive (C-Level) |
| Business Function: | Finance/Accounting |
| Industry: | Financial |
| Leadership topic: | Fitting In and Standing Out |
Juan-Carlos Ruck, VP, Sales, Pepsico
Synopsis:A young manager must devise a comeback after a disastrous first five months on the job.
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| Subject Area: | Work/Life Balance, Decision-Making, Career Development |
| Leadership Role: | |
| Business Function: | Sales/Marketing |
| Industry: | Products & Retail |
| Leadership topic: | Taking Charge |
Chris Tilghman, Director, Inside Track
Synopsis:A just-promoted manager struggles to motivate under-performing employees who are different from himself.
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| Subject Area: | Human Resources, Operations, Conflict, Career Development |
| Leadership Role: | Middle Manager |
| Business Function: | General Management, Sales/Marketing, Human Resources |
| Industry: | Services |
| Leadership topic: | Becoming a Leader |
Lisa Dawe, Division VP, DaVita
Synopsis:A junior manager wrestles with how to react to negative feedback received during a senior management meeting.
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| Subject Area: | Power and Politics, Conflict, Career Development |
| Leadership Role: | |
| Business Function: | General Management |
| Industry: | Healthcare |
| Leadership topic: | Becoming a Leader |
Maria Eitel, President, Nike Foundation
Synopsis:Executive counsels a subordinate who is self-deprecating in a presentation.
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| Subject Area: | Human Resources, Career Development |
| Leadership Role: | Executive (C-Level) |
| Business Function: | General Management |
| Industry: | Non-Profit |
| Leadership topic: | Developing Leaders |
Toby Seay, Senior Vice President, Bechtel
Synopsis:Senior Vice President gets feedback that one of his direct reports is not performing well, driving him to take action to better understand the issue and to manage a difficult conversation around non-verbal issues.
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| Subject Area: | Operations, Career Development |
| Leadership Role: | |
| Business Function: | General Management |
| Industry: | Services |
| Leadership topic: | Developing Leaders |
Florent "Flo" Groberg, Medal of Honor Recipient and Business Leader, U.S. Army and Fortune 500 Companies
Synopsis:As a new leader in a corporate job, Groberg must manage up and assuage frustrations with his manager by establishing communications and building a relationship to work together regardless.
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| Subject Area: | Power and Politics, Conflict, Career Development |
| Leadership Role: | Middle Manager |
| Business Function: | General Management |
| Industry: | High Tech |
| Leadership topic: | Difficult Conversations |
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 |