There are 64 videos in the "Strategy" collection
Leslye Louie, SVP, Hewlett Packard
Synopsis:Manager must keep her team focused during grueling six-month merger integration process.
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Subject Area: | Conflict, Human Resources, Mergers & Acquisitions |
Leadership Role: | |
Business Function: | Strategy |
Industry: | High Tech |
Leadership topic: | Motivating Teams |
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 |
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.
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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.
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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 |
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 |
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 |
Leslye Louie, SVP, Hewlett Packard
Synopsis:Merger manager learns that she is negotiating over choices that her superiors have already secretly made.
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Subject Area: | Conflict, Mergers & Acquisitions, Power and Politics |
Leadership Role: | |
Business Function: | Strategy |
Industry: | High Tech |
Leadership topic: | Making Ethical Decisions |
Hank Vigil, SVP, Strategy & Partnership, Microsoft
Synopsis:Executive must overcome his firm's adverse reputation to resolve anti-trust disputes.
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Subject Area: | Power and Politics |
Leadership Role: | Board Level |
Business Function: | Strategy |
Industry: | High Tech |
Leadership topic: | Leading Change |
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:Carmel devotes six months to building a case for a major acquisition at Cisco, but the deal is ultimately nixed.
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Subject Area: | Mergers & Acquisitions, Power and Politics |
Leadership Role: | |
Business Function: | Strategy |
Industry: | High Tech |
Leadership topic: | Becoming a Leader |
Michael Marks, Former Chairman & CEO, Flextronics
Synopsis:A CEO's decision will cost him either $100 million or a major customer.
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Subject Area: | Decision-Making, Ethics, Power and Politics |
Leadership Role: | Board Level |
Business Function: | General Management, Strategy |
Industry: | High Tech |
Leadership topic: | Making Ethical Decisions |
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: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 |
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 |
John Reynolds, Regional Director of Northwest Region, National Park Service
Synopsis:Regional Director must negotiate with Native American Tribe to resolve age long conflict.
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Subject Area: | Conflict, Power and Politics |
Leadership Role: | Executive (C-Level) |
Business Function: | Strategy |
Industry: | Military/Government |
Leadership topic: | Difficult Conversations |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
Frank Dean, Superintendent, National Park Service
Synopsis:Superintendent must voice discord with local officials about participation in high profile event.
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Subject Area: | Conflict, Power and Politics, Decision-Making |
Leadership Role: | Executive (C-Level) |
Business Function: | General Management, Strategy |
Industry: | Military/Government |
Leadership topic: | Difficult Conversations |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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.
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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 |
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 |
Van Ton-Quinlivan, Vice Chancellor, Workforce and Economic Development for the California Community Colleges
Synopsis:A woman leader talks about how she is asking hard questions about whether or not she should still pursue goals she set many years prior.
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Subject Area: | Power and Politics, Work/Life Balance, Career Development |
Leadership Role: | Executive (C-Level) |
Business Function: | Strategy |
Industry: | Military/Government |
Leadership topic: | What I Wish I Knew |
Van Ton-Quinlivan, Vice Chancellor, Workforce and Economic Development for the California Community Colleges
Synopsis:A senior leader talks about how you need to be able to articulate your story as you advance in your career.
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Subject Area: | Power and Politics, Career Development |
Leadership Role: | Executive (C-Level) |
Business Function: | Strategy |
Industry: | Military/Government |
Leadership topic: | Managing Boss and Expectations |
Nicole Chang, Senior VP, Consulting Company
Synopsis:An executive talks about how she worked through the challenges of childcare and ways of leveraging different resources to free time for her work.
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Subject Area: | Work/Life Balance |
Leadership Role: | Executive (C-Level) |
Business Function: | General Management, Strategy |
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 did not ignore her curiosity when she found herself consistently thinking about education.
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Subject Area: | Work/Life Balance |
Leadership Role: | Senior Manager (VP-level) |
Business Function: | Strategy |
Industry: | Military/Government |
Leadership topic: | What I Wish I Knew |
Van Ton-Quinlivan, Vice Chancellor, Workforce and Economic Development for the California Community Colleges
Synopsis:A senior leader talks about how in her senior role, she must leverage her skills of leading by influence.
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Subject Area: | Work/Life Balance, Career Development |
Leadership Role: | Senior Manager (VP-level) |
Business Function: | Strategy |
Industry: | Military/Government |
Leadership topic: | Managing Boss and Expectations |
Van Ton-Quinlivan, Vice Chancellor, Workforce and Economic Development for the California Community Colleges
Synopsis:A senior leader talks about how she and her husband take advantage of marriage counseling to provide perspective and insights, especially in times of transition.
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Subject Area: | Work/Life Balance, Career Development |
Leadership Role: | Senior Manager (VP-level) |
Business Function: | Strategy |
Industry: | Military/Government |
Leadership topic: | Work-Life Integration |
Michelle Clayman, Founder and Managing Partner, New Amsterdam Partners
Synopsis:A senior leader talks about how women should embrace the fact they are different and highlight unique qualities.
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Subject Area: | Power and Politics, Work/Life Balance, Career Development |
Leadership Role: | Senior Manager (VP-level) |
Business Function: | Strategy, Finance/Accounting |
Industry: | Financial |
Leadership topic: | Fitting In and Standing Out |
Dana Bloom, VP & General Manager of Keep Collective, Stella and Dot
Synopsis:A senior executive talks about how she works to be intentional with her priorities to insure she can have work life balance.
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Subject Area: | Power and Politics, Work/Life Balance, Career Development |
Leadership Role: | Executive (C-Level) |
Business Function: | Strategy |
Industry: | Services |
Leadership topic: | Managing Boss and Expectations |
Dana Bloom, VP & General Manager of Keep Collective, Stella and Dot
Synopsis:Dana talks about how she visualizes her obligations as glass and rubber balls.
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Subject Area: | Power and Politics, Work/Life Balance |
Leadership Role: | Executive (C-Level) |
Business Function: | General Management, Strategy |
Industry: | Products & Retail, Services |
Leadership topic: | Work-Life Integration |
Martine Liautaud, Investor and Entrepreneur, Indosuez and Liautaud & Cie
Synopsis:A senior leader talks about how to effectively tell your story to get support.
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Subject Area: | Power and Politics, Career Development |
Leadership Role: | Executive (C-Level) |
Business Function: | Strategy |
Industry: | Financial |
Leadership topic: | Fitting In and Standing Out |
Martine Liautaud, Investor and Entrepreneur, Indosuez and Liautaud & Cie
Synopsis:A senior leader talks about how networking will support your professional development.
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Subject Area: | Power and Politics, Work/Life Balance, Career Development |
Leadership Role: | Executive (C-Level) |
Business Function: | Strategy, Finance/Accounting |
Industry: | Financial |
Leadership topic: | Fitting In and Standing Out |
Fran Maier, Founder and CEO, Various Ventures
Synopsis:A senior leader shares the importance of avoiding people who deplete you.
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Subject Area: | Work/Life Balance, Career Development, Entrepreneurship |
Leadership Role: | Senior Manager (VP-level) |
Business Function: | Strategy |
Industry: | Services |
Leadership topic: | Work-Life Integration |
Fran Maier, Founder and CEO, Various Ventures
Synopsis:A senior leader shares tips about how to better build and maintain relationships.
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Subject Area: | Work/Life Balance, Career Development |
Leadership Role: | Senior Manager (VP-level) |
Business Function: | Strategy |
Industry: | High Tech |
Leadership topic: | Work-Life Integration |
Fran Maier, Founder and CEO, Various Ventures
Synopsis:What happens to people who drop out of the work force?
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Subject Area: | Work/Life Balance, Career Development |
Leadership Role: | Middle Manager |
Business Function: | Strategy |
Industry: | Services |
Leadership topic: | Work-Life Integration |
Fran Maier, Founder and CEO, Various Ventures
Synopsis:Avoid some of the pitfalls of reporting and presenting as a leader.
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Subject Area: | Power and Politics, Work/Life Balance, Career Development, Entrepreneurship |
Leadership Role: | Executive (C-Level) |
Business Function: | Strategy |
Industry: | Services |
Leadership topic: | Managing Boss and Expectations |
Fran Maier, Founder and CEO, Various Ventures
Synopsis:A senior leader talks about how important it is to talk about what matters to you so that your network can help you leverage that for you.
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Subject Area: | Power and Politics, Work/Life Balance, Career Development |
Leadership Role: | Executive (C-Level) |
Business Function: | Strategy |
Industry: | Services |
Leadership topic: | Managing Boss and Expectations |
Fran Maier, Founder and CEO, Various Ventures
Synopsis:A seasoned entrepreneur talks about how she overcomes the biases for entrepreneurs.
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Subject Area: | Entrepreneurship |
Leadership Role: | Executive (C-Level) |
Business Function: | Strategy |
Industry: | Services |
Leadership topic: | Fitting In and Standing Out |
Fran Maier, Founder and CEO, Various Ventures
Synopsis:A senior leader talks about how saying I'm sorry undermines your credibility.
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Subject Area: | Power and Politics, Work/Life Balance, Career Development |
Leadership Role: | Executive (C-Level) |
Business Function: | Strategy |
Industry: | High Tech |
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 |
Alex Jensen, Marketing Executive, BP
Synopsis:Manager must lead by example by communicating effectively while managing her team from home.
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Subject Area: | Operations, Power and Politics, Decision-Making, Ethics, Work/Life Balance, Conflict |
Leadership Role: | |
Business Function: | General Management, Sales/Marketing, Strategy |
Industry: | Products & Retail, Services |
Leadership topic: | Managing Boss and Expectations |
Leslye Louie, SVP, Hewlett Packard
Synopsis:Petite manager must assert herself against domineering rival during a merger.
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Subject Area: | Power and Politics, Conflict, Mergers & Acquisitions |
Leadership Role: | |
Business Function: | Strategy |
Industry: | High Tech |
Leadership topic: | Managing Boss and Expectations |
Tracy Francis, Senior Partner, McKinsey
Synopsis:A senior executive uses different advice from mentors and sponsors to support her path.
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Subject Area: | Work/Life Balance, Career Development |
Leadership Role: | Senior Manager (VP-level) |
Business Function: | Strategy |
Industry: | Services |
Leadership topic: | Fitting In and Standing Out |
Tracy Francis, Senior Partner, McKinsey
Synopsis:A senior executive talks about the importance of having passions but how they vary in importance depending on where you are at in life.
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Subject Area: | Work/Life Balance |
Leadership Role: | Senior Manager (VP-level) |
Business Function: | Strategy |
Industry: | Services |
Leadership topic: | Work-Life Integration |
Tracy Francis, Senior Partner, McKinsey
Synopsis:A senior executive shares how she now understands there are certain facets of her life that she can and cannot control.
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Subject Area: | Power and Politics, Work/Life Balance, Career Development |
Leadership Role: | Senior Manager (VP-level) |
Business Function: | Strategy |
Industry: | Services |
Leadership topic: | What I Wish I Knew |
Katherine August-deWilde, Executive and Board Member, First Republic Bank
Synopsis:A senior executive talks about common challenges women face in senior positions.
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Subject Area: | Career Development |
Leadership Role: | Executive (C-Level) |
Business Function: | Strategy |
Industry: | Financial |
Leadership topic: | Fitting In and Standing Out |
Tracy Francis, Senior Partner, McKinsey
Synopsis:A woman executive talks about how a good marriage depends on a couple’s ability to synchronize priorities.
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Subject Area: | Power and Politics, Work/Life Balance, Career Development |
Leadership Role: | Senior Manager (VP-level) |
Business Function: | Strategy |
Industry: | Services |
Leadership topic: | Work-Life Integration |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
Will Swenson, Medal of Honor Recipient and Military Officer, U.S. Army
Synopsis:Medal of Honor recipient shares how mutual respect, honesty, and curiosity are critical to building trust for establishing partnerships.
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Subject Area: | Power and Politics, Decision-Making |
Leadership Role: | Senior Manager (VP-level) |
Business Function: | Strategy |
Industry: | Military/Government |
Leadership topic: | Vision, Values, and Culture |