There are 118 videos in the "Reaching Generation Y" collection
Bill Campbell, Chairman, Intuit
Synopsis:CEO contends with a manager whose loyalty wavers.
View Categories
| Subject Area: | Strategic Management, Power and Politics, Conflict |
| Leadership Role: | Board Level |
| Business Function: | General Management |
| Industry: | High Tech |
| Leadership topic: | Taking Charge |
Brian NeSmith, CEO, Blue Coat
Synopsis:CEO squares off with an employee who has critical skills but cannot work with others.
View Categories
| Subject Area: | Human Resources, Conflict, Decision-Making |
| Leadership Role: | Board Level |
| Business Function: | General Management |
| Industry: | High Tech |
| Leadership topic: | Difficult Conversations |
John Abbott, CEO, Yoga Journal
Synopsis:New CEO must address conflict with existing managers.
View Categories
| Subject Area: | Conflict, Decision-Making, Human Resources |
| Leadership Role: | Board Level |
| Business Function: | General Management |
| Industry: | Products & Retail |
| Leadership topic: | Taking Charge |
Chris Smith, CEO, Cresco Equipment Rentals
Synopsis:CEO weighs the risks of acquiring a company with a culture that clashes with his firm's.
View Categories
| Subject Area: | Strategic Management, Mergers & Acquisitions |
| Leadership Role: | Board Level |
| Business Function: | General Management |
| Industry: | Products & Retail |
| Leadership topic: | Vision, Values, and Culture |
Gene Kohn, CEO, KPF
Synopsis:CEO receives report that a leading partner in the firm is verbally abusing team members.
View Categories
| Subject Area: | Human Resources, Conflict, Ethics |
| Leadership Role: | Board Level |
| Business Function: | Human Resources |
| Industry: | Services |
| Leadership topic: | Difficult Conversations |
Elie Antoun, CEO,
Synopsis:Founder tests new CEO's authority by trying to fire critical employee without just cause.
View Categories
| Subject Area: | Conflict, Decision-Making, Human Resources |
| Leadership Role: | Board Level |
| Business Function: | General Management |
| Industry: | High Tech |
| Leadership topic: | Vision, Values, and Culture |
Karen Zaderej, Former VP, Johnson & Johnson
Synopsis:Manager seeks to turn around an under-performing team by investigating a simmering conflict.
View Categories
| Subject Area: | Human Resources, Operations, Conflict |
| Leadership Role: | |
| Business Function: | General Management |
| Industry: | Healthcare |
| Leadership topic: | Motivating Teams |
Brian NeSmith, CEO, Blue Coat
Synopsis:CEO faces manager whose current performance is hindered by survivor guilt from past rounds of layoffs.
View Categories
| 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.
View Categories
| 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.
View Categories
| 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.
View Categories
| Subject Area: | Human Resources, Strategic Management |
| Leadership Role: | |
| Business Function: | Operations/Supply Chain |
| Industry: | High Tech |
| Leadership topic: | Taking Charge |
Kent Thiry, CEO, DaVita
Synopsis:CEO confronts a brilliant new manager who is not fitting in.
View Categories
| Subject Area: | Human Resources, Conflict, Decision-Making |
| Leadership Role: | Board Level |
| Business Function: | General Management |
| Industry: | Healthcare |
| Leadership topic: | Difficult Conversations |
Danny Shader, CEO, Good Technology
Synopsis:To slash costs, a CEO tells his workforce he is cutting salaries across the board.
View Categories
| Subject Area: | Conflict, Human Resources, Power and Politics |
| Leadership Role: | Board Level |
| Business Function: | General Management |
| Industry: | High Tech |
| Leadership topic: | Motivating Teams |
Maria Eitel, President, Nike Foundation
Synopsis:White House Media Affairs Director must address the arrogance of an intern in responding to the public.
View Categories
| Subject Area: | Human Resources, Power and Politics |
| Leadership Role: | Executive (C-Level) |
| Business Function: | General Management |
| Industry: | Non-Profit |
| Leadership topic: | Difficult Conversations |
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.
View Categories
| 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.
View Categories
| 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.
View Categories
| 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.
View Categories
| 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 |
Andrea So, Captain, U.S. Army
Synopsis:Army Captain must improve the performance of a logistics unit whose members are culturally diverse.
View Categories
| Subject Area: | Human Resources, Operations |
| Leadership Role: | Middle Manager |
| Business Function: | Operations/Supply Chain |
| Industry: | Military/Government |
| Leadership topic: | Motivating Teams |
Jim Roth, Manager, Dell
Synopsis:Manager must devise incentives for a call-center team to boost customer satisfaction.
View Categories
| Subject Area: | Human Resources, Operations, Strategic Management |
| Leadership Role: | Middle Manager |
| Business Function: | Sales/Marketing |
| Industry: | Products & Retail |
| Leadership topic: | Motivating Teams |
Dena Braeger, Captain, U.S. Army
Synopsis:Army officer feels a soldier's homosexuality should not interfere with the job, despite the Don't Ask, Don't Tell policy.
View Categories
| Subject Area: | Ethics, Human Resources, Power and Politics |
| Leadership Role: | Middle Manager |
| Business Function: | General Management |
| Industry: | Military/Government |
| Leadership topic: | Vision, Values, and Culture |
N.R. Narayana Murthy, CEO, Infosys
Synopsis:To preserve the values of the company, the CEO must confront people who have different personal morals.
View Categories
| Subject Area: | Conflict, Ethics, Human Resources |
| Leadership Role: | Board Level |
| Business Function: | General Management |
| Industry: | High Tech |
| Leadership topic: | Vision, Values, and Culture |
Nabeel Gareeb, CEO, MEMC
Synopsis:New CEO considers a radical management overhaul in response to financial and operational disarray.
View Categories
| 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.
View Categories
| 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:Female Army officer must address people who call her names while she is leading her unit on a run.
View Categories
| Subject Area: | Conflict, Human Resources, Power and Politics |
| Leadership Role: | Middle Manager |
| Business Function: | General Management |
| Industry: | Military/Government |
| Leadership topic: | Difficult Conversations |
Bill Kern, CEO,
Synopsis:CEO must negotiate a truce between the sales force and support staff.
View Categories
| Subject Area: | Strategic Management, Power and Politics, Conflict |
| Leadership Role: | Board Level |
| Business Function: | General Management |
| Industry: | Services |
| Leadership topic: | Storytelling |
Karen Zaderej, Former VP, Johnson & Johnson
Synopsis:Manager finds employee is having personal problems that are affecting her productivity at work.
View Categories
| Subject Area: | Conflict, Human Resources |
| Leadership Role: | |
| Business Function: | General Management |
| Industry: | Healthcare |
| 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.
View Categories
| 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.
View Categories
| Subject Area: | Strategic Management, Power and Politics, Conflict |
| Leadership Role: | |
| Business Function: | General Management |
| Industry: | High Tech |
| Leadership topic: | Difficult Conversations |
N.R. Narayana Murthy, CEO, Infosys
Synopsis:CEO of Indian software giant attempts to persuade workers to embrace universal values.
View Categories
| Subject Area: | Ethics, Globalization, Human Resources |
| Leadership Role: | Board Level |
| Business Function: | General Management |
| Industry: | High Tech |
| Leadership topic: | Diversity |
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.
View Categories
| 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 |
Gene Kohn, CEO, KPF
Synopsis:CEO learns that his diverse team encounters prejudice while working for an important overseas client.
View Categories
| Subject Area: | Human Resources, Conflict, Ethics |
| Leadership Role: | Board Level |
| Business Function: | General Management |
| Industry: | Services |
| Leadership topic: | Diversity |
Maria Eitel, President, Nike Foundation
Synopsis:Executive confronts a colleague about his unspoken stereotypes in hiring.
View Categories
| Subject Area: | Human Resources, Ethics |
| Leadership Role: | Executive (C-Level) |
| Business Function: | General Management |
| Industry: | Non-Profit |
| Leadership topic: | Fitting In and Standing Out |
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.
View Categories
| 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 charged with carrying out the HP-Compaq merger confronts the task of laying off ten percent of the employees.
View Categories
| Subject Area: | Human Resources, Mergers & Acquisitions |
| Leadership Role: | Executive (C-Level) |
| Business Function: | Strategy |
| Industry: | High Tech |
| Leadership topic: | Mergers and Acquisitions |
Webb McKinney, EVP, Hewlett Packard
Synopsis:Executive discusses key considerations and processes used to pull off the HP-compaq merger.
View Categories
| 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.
View Categories
| Subject Area: | Ethics, Mergers & Acquisitions, Strategic Management |
| Leadership Role: | Executive (C-Level) |
| Business Function: | Strategy |
| Industry: | High Tech |
| Leadership topic: | Mergers and Acquisitions |
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.
View Categories
| Subject Area: | Career Development, Human Resources |
| Leadership Role: | Executive (C-Level) |
| Business Function: | General Management |
| Industry: | Products & Retail |
| 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.
View Categories
| Subject Area: | Power and Politics, Strategic Management |
| Leadership Role: | Board Level |
| Business Function: | General Management |
| Industry: | Products & Retail |
| Leadership topic: | Leading Change |
Janet Ang, VP, Global Desktop Business Unit, Lenovo
Synopsis:Executive commands a team of people from vastly different cultures following a merger.
View Categories
| Subject Area: | Human Resources, Strategic Management, Globalization |
| Leadership Role: | |
| Business Function: | General Management |
| Industry: | High Tech |
| Leadership topic: | Diversity |
Doug Williams, Team Leader, Colgate/Palmolive
Synopsis:Manager wants to fire a blue-collar employee with a history of breaking rules but meets unexpected obstacles.
View Categories
| Subject Area: | Conflict, Ethics, Human Resources |
| Leadership Role: | Middle Manager |
| Business Function: | Operations/Supply Chain |
| Industry: | Products & Retail |
| Leadership topic: | Making Ethical Decisions |
Pradeep Jotwani, SVP, Supplies, Hewlett Packard
Synopsis:Manager must keep operating standards high despite anxiety and uncertainty during a merger.
View Categories
| 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.
View Categories
| 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 keep her team focused during grueling six-month merger integration process.
View Categories
| Subject Area: | Conflict, Human Resources, Mergers & Acquisitions |
| Leadership Role: | |
| Business Function: | Strategy |
| Industry: | High Tech |
| Leadership topic: | Motivating Teams |
Leslye Louie, SVP, Hewlett Packard
Synopsis:Manager must decide when to fight, or give in, during merger implementation talks.
View Categories
| 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.
View Categories
| 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:Business owner must quickly persuade his unhappy team to put aside their grievance.
View Categories
| Subject Area: | Conflict, Entrepreneurship, Human Resources |
| Leadership Role: | Board Level |
| Business Function: | General Management |
| Industry: | Services |
| Leadership topic: | Taking Charge |
Dave Kaval, CEO, Golden Baseball League
Synopsis:Small business owner has to find a way to win over his disgruntled star.
View Categories
| Subject Area: | Entrepreneurship, Human Resources, Power and Politics |
| Leadership Role: | Board Level |
| Business Function: | General Management |
| Industry: | Services |
| Leadership topic: | Difficult Conversations |
Dave Kaval, CEO, Golden Baseball League
Synopsis:Founder must find new types of incentives to make his younger workers do his bidding.
View Categories
| 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.
View Categories
| 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.
View Categories
| Subject Area: | Human Resources, Strategic Management |
| Leadership Role: | Board Level |
| Business Function: | General Management |
| Industry: | Financial |
| Leadership topic: | Vision, Values, and Culture |
Manuel Medina-Mora, Chairman & CEO, Citigroup Latin America
Synopsis:Executive must blend a multitude of corporate and national backgrounds into a unified workforce.
View Categories
| Subject Area: | Globalization, Human Resources, Mergers & Acquisitions |
| Leadership Role: | Executive (C-Level) |
| Business Function: | General Management |
| Industry: | Financial |
| Leadership topic: | Diversity |
Janet Ang, VP, Global Desktop Business Unit, Lenovo
Synopsis:Veteran manager must help her employees face reality of life under a new owner.
View Categories
| Subject Area: | Globalization, Human Resources, Mergers & Acquisitions |
| Leadership Role: | |
| Business Function: | General Management, Human Resources |
| Industry: | High Tech |
| Leadership topic: | Leading Change |
Juan-Carlos Ruck, VP, Sales, Pepsico
Synopsis:Manager must reassure his staff after taking an abrupt and unexplained four-week leave.
View Categories
| Subject Area: | Career Development, Human Resources, Work/Life Balance |
| Leadership Role: | |
| Business Function: | Sales/Marketing |
| Industry: | Products & Retail |
| Leadership topic: | Difficult Conversations |
Debra Reisenthel, CEO, Novasys
Synopsis:CEO debates whether to share news that may soon cripple the company fearing her team's motivation will fade in the interim.
View Categories
| Subject Area: | Human Resources, Decision-Making, Ethics |
| Leadership Role: | Board Level |
| Business Function: | General Management |
| Industry: | Healthcare |
| Leadership topic: | Difficult Conversations |
Maria Eitel, President, Nike Foundation
Synopsis:Executive counsels a subordinate who is self-deprecating in a presentation.
View Categories
| Subject Area: | Human Resources, Career Development |
| Leadership Role: | Executive (C-Level) |
| Business Function: | General Management |
| Industry: | Non-Profit |
| Leadership topic: | Developing Leaders |
Jeffrey Bewkes, CEO, Time Warner
Synopsis:Executive struggles to convey a conglomerate's complex business issues to a diverse board.
View Categories
| Subject Area: | Power and Politics, Strategic Management |
| Leadership Role: | Board Level |
| Business Function: | General Management |
| Industry: | Services |
| Leadership topic: | Vision, Values, and Culture |
Nancy Barry, President, Women's World Banking
Synopsis:Executive must coach an egocentric subordinate.
View Categories
| Subject Area: | Career Development, Human Resources, Power and Politics |
| Leadership Role: | Board Level |
| Business Function: | General Management |
| Industry: | Financial |
| Leadership topic: | Developing Leaders |
Tom Friel, Former Chairman and CEO, Heidrick & Struggles
Synopsis:Executive steps into CEO role realizing that there is no planning for his successor.
View Categories
| 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.
View Categories
| Subject Area: | Human Resources, Operations, Strategic Management |
| Leadership Role: | |
| Business Function: | Operations/Supply Chain |
| Industry: | Healthcare |
| 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.
View Categories
| Subject Area: | Career Development, Human Resources |
| Leadership Role: | Board Level |
| Business Function: | General Management |
| Industry: | High Tech |
| Leadership topic: | Developing Leaders |
Jesse Kingg, Retired Commander, U.S. Navy
Synopsis:Commander must decide whether to overrule his staff's recommendation to reward a controversial colleague.
View Categories
| Subject Area: | Conflict, Human Resources |
| Leadership Role: | Middle Manager |
| Business Function: | Operations/Supply Chain |
| Industry: | Military/Government |
| 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.
View Categories
| 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.
View Categories
| 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.
View Categories
| Subject Area: | Human Resources, Strategic Management, Conflict |
| Leadership Role: | Board Level |
| Business Function: | General Management |
| Industry: | High Tech |
| Leadership topic: | Developing Leaders |
Gayle Colvin, Colonel, U.S. Air Force
Synopsis:An Air Force Academy leader must help cadets overcome gender and racial biases.
View Categories
| Subject Area: | Conflict, Ethics, Human Resources |
| Leadership Role: | |
| Business Function: | General Management, Human Resources |
| Industry: | Military/Government |
| Leadership topic: | Diversity |
Chris Tilghman, Director, Inside Track
Synopsis:A just-promoted manager struggles to motivate under-performing employees who are different from himself.
View Categories
| 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 |
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.
View Categories
| 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 |
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.”
View Categories
| Subject Area: | Finance/Accounting, Strategic Management |
| Leadership Role: | Executive (C-Level) |
| Business Function: | General Management |
| Industry: | Financial |
| Leadership topic: | Becoming a Leader |
Josh Golomb, General Manager, DaVita
Synopsis:Golomb must resolve a strategic dispute with his boss when a division they launched runs into trouble.
View Categories
| Subject Area: | Power and Politics, Decision-Making, Entrepreneurship |
| Leadership Role: | |
| Business Function: | General Management |
| Industry: | Healthcare |
| Leadership topic: | Becoming a Leader |
Josh Golomb, General Manager, DaVita
Synopsis:Golomb must overcome a feeling of personal failure when the fast-growing division he co-leads encounters difficulty.
View Categories
| Subject Area: | Entrepreneurship, Operations |
| Leadership Role: | Middle Manager |
| Business Function: | General Management |
| Industry: | Healthcare |
| Leadership topic: | Becoming a Leader |
Pete Thigpen, Former President, Levi Strauss USA
Synopsis:Should an executive confirm or deny an inquiry about an imminent plant closure when the plant manager calls?
View Categories
| Subject Area: | Human Resources, Conflict, Ethics |
| Leadership Role: | Executive (C-Level) |
| Business Function: | General Management |
| Industry: | Products & Retail |
| Leadership topic: | Making Ethical Decisions |
Brian Helmick, Co-founder & President, Algentis
Synopsis:A startup manager faces hard choices when he realizes he hired the wrong person for a key position.
View Categories
| Subject Area: | Decision-Making, Entrepreneurship, Human Resources |
| Leadership Role: | Executive (C-Level) |
| Business Function: | General Management, Human Resources |
| Industry: | Services |
| Leadership topic: | Becoming a Leader |
Kate Surman, Administrator, academic medical center
Synopsis:A manager must shift gears when a performance review with a volatile employee takes an emotional turn.
View Categories
| Subject Area: | Conflict, Decision-Making, Human Resources |
| Leadership Role: | Middle Manager |
| Business Function: | General Management, Human Resources |
| Industry: | Healthcare |
| Leadership topic: | Becoming a Leader |
Roy Vella, Former Director, Merchant Services, PayPal
Synopsis:To sell his vision for a new business venture, a manager must convince two disparate companies to collaborate.
View Categories
| Subject Area: | Innovation, Power and Politics, Entrepreneurship |
| Leadership Role: | Middle Manager |
| Business Function: | General Management, R&D/Product Development, Strategy |
| Industry: | High Tech |
| Leadership topic: | Storytelling |
Alex Jensen, Marketing Executive, BP
Synopsis:Manager must keep her team motivated while leading them remotely.
View Categories
| 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.
View Categories
| 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.
View Categories
| 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.
View Categories
| 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.
View Categories
| 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.
View Categories
| 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 |
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.
View Categories
| 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:Leader must determine how to deal with problem employee who is disruptive to group.
View Categories
| Subject Area: | Career Development, Human Resources |
| Leadership Role: | Middle Manager |
| Business Function: | Human Resources, Operations/Supply Chain |
| Industry: | Military/Government |
| Leadership topic: | Developing Leaders |
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.
View Categories
| 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.
View Categories
| 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.
View Categories
| 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.
View Categories
| 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.
View Categories
| 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.
View Categories
| 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.
View Categories
| 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.
View Categories
| 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
View Categories
| 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.
View Categories
| 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.
View Categories
| 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
View Categories
| 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.
View Categories
| 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 |
Gayle Hazelwood, Superintendent, National Park Service
Synopsis:Leader must turn around an under-performing team after arriving to a new job.
View Categories
| Subject Area: | Decision-Making, Human Resources |
| Leadership Role: | |
| Business Function: | General Management, Human Resources |
| Industry: | Military/Government |
| Leadership topic: | Motivating Teams |
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.
View Categories
| 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.
View Categories
| 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 |
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.
View Categories
| 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.
View Categories
| 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.
View Categories
| 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.
View Categories
| 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.
View Categories
| 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.
View Categories
| 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.
View Categories
| 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 |
Prince Kofi Amoabeng, Founder and CEO, UT
Synopsis:African CEO must overcome difficult regulations and limitations imposed by the government for his business.
View Categories
| Subject Area: | Operations, Power and Politics, Decision-Making, Entrepreneurship |
| Leadership Role: | Executive (C-Level) |
| Business Function: | General Management |
| Industry: | Financial |
| Leadership topic: | Innovation |
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.
View Categories
| 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.
View Categories
| 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 |
Leslie Blodgett, Executive Chairman, Bare Escentuals
Synopsis:Founder shares her insights about how she uses empathy in storytelling.
View Categories
| 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.
View Categories
| 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.
View Categories
| 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 |
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.
View Categories
| 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.
View Categories
| Subject Area: | Strategic Management, Innovation, Decision-Making |
| Leadership Role: | Executive (C-Level) |
| Business Function: | General Management, Strategy |
| Industry: | High Tech |
| Leadership topic: | Innovation |
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.
View Categories
| 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 |
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.
View Categories
| 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 |
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.
View Categories
| 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.
View Categories
| Subject Area: | Strategic Management, Power and Politics, Career Development |
| Leadership Role: | Middle Manager |
| Business Function: | General Management |
| Industry: | Military/Government |
| Leadership topic: | Taking Charge |