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Brian Helmick, Co-founder & President, Algentis |
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A startup manager faces hard choices when he realizes he hired the wrong person for a key position.
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Kate Surman, Administrator, academic medical center |
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A manager must shift gears when a performance review with a volatile employee takes an emotional turn.
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Roy Vella, Former Director, Merchant Services, PayPal |
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To sell his vision for a new business venture, a manager must convince two disparate companies to collaborate.
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Chris Tilghman, Director, Inside Track |
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Manager struggles with a new boss who has unrealistic expectations and lacks experience in the industry.
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Roy Gilbert, Director, User Operations & Policy, Google |
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The general manager of a division in India must overcome challenges when he transitions back to the United States.
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Mike Folgner, former General Manager, Video, Yahoo |
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After Yahoo acquires his early-stage startup, an entrepreneur must manage a team resistant to change.
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Lisa Dawe, Division VP, DaVita |
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A junior manager wrestles with how to react to negative feedback received during a senior management meeting.
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Charles Carmel, VP, Corporate Development, Cisco Systems |
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A young business analyst is chosen to manage a group of peers that he formerly competed with.
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Josh Golomb, General Manager, DaVita |
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Golomb must overcome a feeling of personal failure when the fast-growing division he co-leads encounters difficulty.
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Bob Holden, former General Manager, Rent.com (eBay) |
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A young manager must motivate a team with numerous performance issues in order to achieve lofty growth targets.
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Dave Lyons, Former Director of Engineering, Tesla Motors |
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An engineering manager feels he needs to choose between a high-stakes project deadline and good peer relationships.
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Claire Alexander, VP, Digital Strategy & Operations, Discovery Communications |
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A bright, young staffer learns the importance of valuing both facts and personal relationships in a high-level meeting.
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Roy Gilbert, Director, User Operations & Policy, Google |
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The general manager of a fast-growing division confronts the limits of a hands-on style.
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Gerald Risk, President, Asurion |
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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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Chris Tilghman, Director, Inside Track |
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A just-promoted manager struggles to motivate under-performing employees who are different from himself.
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Lisa Dawe, Division VP, DaVita |
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A management trainee takes over an under-performing clinic with a staff unaccustomed to solving problems.
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Josh Golomb, General Manager, DaVita |
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Golomb must resolve a strategic dispute with his boss when a division they launched runs into trouble.
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Charles Carmel, VP, Corporate Development, Cisco Systems |
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Carmel devotes six months to building a case for a major acquisition at Cisco, but the deal is ultimately nixed.
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