There are 82 videos in the "High Tech" collection
Anne Mulcahy, CEO, Xerox
Synopsis:Reflections on turnaround at Xerox.
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| Subject Area: | Decision-Making, Strategic Management |
| Leadership Role: | Board Level |
| Business Function: | General Management |
| Industry: | High Tech |
| Leadership topic: | Difficult Conversations |
Elie Antoun, CEO,
Synopsis:CEO is challenged by company founders who question his authority.
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| Subject Area: | Conflict, Decision-Making, Power and Politics |
| Leadership Role: | Board Level |
| Business Function: | General Management |
| Industry: | High Tech |
| Leadership topic: | Taking Charge |
Elie Antoun, CEO,
Synopsis:Founder tests new CEO's authority by trying to fire critical employee without just cause.
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| Subject Area: | Conflict, Decision-Making, Human Resources |
| Leadership Role: | Board Level |
| Business Function: | General Management |
| Industry: | High Tech |
| Leadership topic: | Vision, Values, and Culture |
Brian NeSmith, CEO, Blue Coat
Synopsis:CEO faces manager whose current performance is hindered by survivor guilt from past rounds of layoffs.
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| Subject Area: | Human Resources, Strategic Management |
| Leadership Role: | Board Level |
| Business Function: | General Management |
| Industry: | High Tech |
| Leadership topic: | Motivating Teams |
Brian Lillie, VP, VeriSign
Synopsis:VP inherits an unqualified team for a strategically important project.
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| Subject Area: | Human Resources, Strategic Management |
| Leadership Role: | |
| Business Function: | Operations/Supply Chain |
| Industry: | High Tech |
| Leadership topic: | Taking Charge |
Janet Ang, VP, Global Desktop Business Unit, Lenovo
Synopsis:Veteran manager must help her employees face reality of life under a new owner.
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| Subject Area: | Globalization, Human Resources, Mergers & Acquisitions |
| Leadership Role: | |
| Business Function: | General Management, Human Resources |
| Industry: | High Tech |
| Leadership topic: | Leading Change |
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 |
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 |
N.R. Narayana Murthy, CEO, Infosys
Synopsis:CEO balks when an Indian government official demands a bribe or a higher price for land he wishes to buy.
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| Subject Area: | Conflict, Ethics, Power and Politics |
| Leadership Role: | Board Level |
| Business Function: | General Management |
| Industry: | High Tech |
| Leadership topic: | Making Ethical Decisions |
N.R. Narayana Murthy, CEO, Infosys
Synopsis:To preserve the values of the company, the CEO must confront people who have different personal morals.
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| Subject Area: | Conflict, Ethics, Human Resources |
| Leadership Role: | Board Level |
| Business Function: | General Management |
| Industry: | High Tech |
| Leadership topic: | Vision, Values, and Culture |
N.R. Narayana Murthy, CEO, Infosys
Synopsis:CEO of Indian software giant attempts to persuade workers to embrace universal values.
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| Subject Area: | Ethics, Globalization, Human Resources |
| Leadership Role: | Board Level |
| Business Function: | General Management |
| Industry: | High Tech |
| Leadership topic: | Diversity |
Nabeel Gareeb, CEO, MEMC
Synopsis:New CEO considers a radical management overhaul in response to financial and operational disarray.
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| Subject Area: | Human Resources, Operations, Strategic Management |
| Leadership Role: | Board Level |
| Business Function: | General Management, Human Resources |
| Industry: | High Tech |
| Leadership topic: | Leading Change |
Danny Shader, CEO, Good Technology
Synopsis:To slash costs, a CEO tells his workforce he is cutting salaries across the board.
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| Subject Area: | Conflict, Human Resources, Power and Politics |
| Leadership Role: | Board Level |
| Business Function: | General Management |
| Industry: | High Tech |
| Leadership topic: | Motivating Teams |
N.R. Narayana Murthy, CEO, Infosys
Synopsis:Earning respect is a fundamental part of a company's success.
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| Subject Area: | Ethics, Power and Politics |
| Leadership Role: | Board Level |
| Business Function: | General Management |
| Industry: | High Tech |
| Leadership topic: | Vision, Values, and Culture |
N.R. Narayana Murthy, CEO, Infosys
Synopsis:As a leader it is important to be transparent and consistently open about decisions.
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| Subject Area: | Decision-Making, Strategic Management |
| Leadership Role: | Board Level |
| Business Function: | General Management |
| Industry: | High Tech |
| Leadership topic: | Vision, Values, and Culture |
Sudha Murty, Chairperson, Infosys Foundation
Synopsis:Chairperson of Infosys Foundation discusses her values and priorities for a meaningful life and career.
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| Subject Area: | Career Development, Work/Life Balance |
| Leadership Role: | Board Level |
| Business Function: | Human Resources |
| Industry: | High Tech |
| Leadership topic: | Motivating Teams |
Deborah Nelson, SVP Marketing, Hewlett Packard
Synopsis:VP discusses the factors affecting change in an organization.
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| Subject Area: | Conflict, Decision-Making, Strategic Management |
| Leadership Role: | Executive (C-Level) |
| Business Function: | General Management |
| Industry: | High Tech |
| Leadership topic: | Leading Change |
Deborah Nelson, SVP Marketing, Hewlett Packard
Synopsis:Listening is a skill which will determine a team's ability to function at a high level.
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| Subject Area: | Decision-Making, Strategic Management |
| Leadership Role: | |
| Business Function: | General Management, Sales/Marketing |
| Industry: | High Tech |
| Leadership topic: | Motivating Teams |
Michael Osofsky, CIO and Co-Founder, Silicon Valley Start-Up
Synopsis:How much personal information should be shared with board members?
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| Subject Area: | Conflict, Ethics, Power and Politics |
| Leadership Role: | Board Level |
| Business Function: | General Management |
| Industry: | High Tech |
| Leadership topic: | Difficult Conversations |
Michael Osofsky, CIO and Co-Founder, Silicon Valley Start-Up
Synopsis:People communicate acceptance of differences differently.
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| Subject Area: | Power and Politics, Work/Life Balance |
| Leadership Role: | Executive (C-Level) |
| Business Function: | Human Resources |
| Industry: | High Tech |
| Leadership topic: | Difficult Conversations |
Deborah Nelson, SVP Marketing, Hewlett Packard
Synopsis:Senior manager discusses several key considerations for effective talent management.
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| Subject Area: | Career Development, Human Resources |
| Leadership Role: | |
| Business Function: | Human Resources, Sales/Marketing |
| Industry: | High Tech |
| Leadership topic: | Leading Change |
Michael Osofsky, CIO and Co-Founder, Silicon Valley Start-Up
Synopsis:Questions about personal diversity are important to avoid rumors.
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| Subject Area: | Conflict, Ethics, Work/Life Balance |
| Leadership Role: | Executive (C-Level) |
| Business Function: | General Management |
| Industry: | High Tech |
| Leadership topic: | Diversity |
Michael Osofsky, CIO and Co-Founder, Silicon Valley Start-Up
Synopsis:Co-founder of software start-up agonizes over whether and how to tell his colleagues that he's gay.
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| Subject Area: | Conflict, Ethics, Work/Life Balance |
| Leadership Role: | Executive (C-Level) |
| Business Function: | General Management |
| Industry: | High Tech |
| Leadership topic: | Diversity |
Janet Ang, VP, Global Desktop Business Unit, Lenovo
Synopsis:Leader working in a multi-cultural environment says trust is the key to communication.
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| Subject Area: | Globalization, Human Resources, Strategic Management |
| Leadership Role: | |
| Business Function: | Human Resources |
| Industry: | High Tech |
| Leadership topic: | Diversity |
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 |
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 |
Geetha Rao, CEO, Silicon Valley Start-up
Synopsis:Entrepreneur talks about how having an authoritarian leadership style makes an impact on long term relationships and projects.
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| Subject Area: | Entrepreneurship, Human Resources, Strategic Management |
| Leadership Role: | Board Level |
| Business Function: | General Management |
| Industry: | High Tech |
| Leadership topic: | Difficult Conversations |
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 |
Janet Ang, VP, Global Desktop Business Unit, Lenovo
Synopsis:Executive shares her perspective on how to maintain balance by prioritizing tasks that give her a sense of purpose.
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| Subject Area: | Career Development, Work/Life Balance |
| Leadership Role: | |
| Business Function: | Human Resources |
| Industry: | High Tech |
| Leadership topic: | Leading Change |
Pradeep Jotwani, SVP, Supplies, Hewlett Packard
Synopsis:Manager must keep operating standards high despite anxiety and uncertainty during a merger.
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| 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.
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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 |
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 |
Janet Ang, VP, Global Desktop Business Unit, Lenovo
Synopsis:Executive must bring together two international companies with different internal processes and cultures.
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| 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.
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| Subject Area: | Human Resources, Strategic Management, Work/Life Balance |
| Leadership Role: | Board Level |
| Business Function: | General Management |
| Industry: | High Tech |
| Leadership topic: | Developing Leaders |
N.R. Narayana Murthy, CEO, Infosys
Synopsis:To endure as a company and a leader, it is important to make ethical decisions.
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| Subject Area: | Conflict, Ethics |
| Leadership Role: | Board Level |
| Business Function: | General Management |
| Industry: | High Tech |
| Leadership topic: | Difficult Conversations |
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 |
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 |
Roy Gilbert, Director, User Operations & Policy, Google
Synopsis:The general manager of a fast-growing division confronts the limits of a hands-on style.
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| Subject Area: | Decision-Making, Globalization, Operations |
| Leadership Role: | Middle Manager |
| Business Function: | General Management |
| Industry: | High Tech |
| Leadership topic: | Becoming a Leader |
Mike Folgner, former General Manager, Video, Yahoo
Synopsis:After Yahoo acquires his early-stage startup, an entrepreneur must manage a team resistant to change.
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| Subject Area: | Conflict, Innovation, Operations |
| Leadership Role: | Middle Manager |
| Business Function: | R&D/Product Development |
| Industry: | High Tech |
| Leadership topic: | Becoming a Leader |
Marten Mickos, former CEO, MySQL
Synopsis:A giant rival’s surprise move tests the mettle of a small company’s executive team.
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| Subject Area: | Decision-Making, Innovation |
| Leadership Role: | Executive (C-Level) |
| Business Function: | General Management |
| Industry: | High Tech |
| Leadership topic: | Motivating Teams |
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 |
Roy Gilbert, Director, User Operations & Policy, Google
Synopsis:The general manager of a division in India must overcome challenges when he transitions back to the United States.
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| Subject Area: | Globalization |
| Leadership Role: | Middle Manager |
| Business Function: | General Management |
| Industry: | High Tech |
| Leadership topic: | Becoming a Leader |
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 |
Webb McKinney, EVP, Hewlett Packard
Synopsis:Executive who led the HP Compaq merger discusses what makes people successful in merger integration work.
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| Subject Area: | Career Development, Mergers & Acquisitions, Strategic Management |
| Leadership Role: | |
| Business Function: | General Management |
| Industry: | High Tech |
| Leadership topic: | Leading Change |
Christian Roman, Story Artist, Pixar
Synopsis:A leader talks about how we use stories to learn about life and how to be successful.
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| Subject Area: | Strategic Management, Career Development |
| Leadership Role: | Board Level, Senior Manager (VP-level), Executive (C-Level), Middle Manager |
| Business Function: | General Management, Sales/Marketing |
| Industry: | Financial, Products & Retail, Healthcare, Military/Government, High Tech, Services, Non-Profit |
| Leadership topic: | Storytelling |
Mindy Grossman, CEO, HSN Inc.
Synopsis:Storytelling and context in business is critical to long term brand success. Storytelling saved HSN and was a critical part of reinventing the business model from selling to inspiring through stories.
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| Subject Area: | Strategic Management |
| Leadership Role: | Board Level, Senior Manager (VP-level), Executive (C-Level), Middle Manager |
| Business Function: | Sales/Marketing |
| Industry: | Financial, Products & Retail, High Tech, Services, Non-Profit |
| Leadership topic: | Storytelling |
Christiana Shi, President, Nike Inc.
Synopsis:A leader talks about how a good story makes you think, a better story makes you feel, a really great story makes you remember it time and time again.
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| Subject Area: | Career Development |
| Leadership Role: | Board Level, Senior Manager (VP-level), Executive (C-Level), Middle Manager |
| Business Function: | Sales/Marketing |
| Industry: | High Tech, Services |
| Leadership topic: | Storytelling |
Jeff Jordan, Investor, Andreessen Horowitz
Synopsis:A leader talks about how story is a way of bringing products and a company to life.
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| Subject Area: | Career Development |
| Leadership Role: | Board Level, Senior Manager (VP-level), Executive (C-Level), Middle Manager |
| Business Function: | General Management, Sales/Marketing |
| Industry: | High Tech |
| Leadership topic: | Storytelling |
James Buckhouse, Head of Content, Sequoia
Synopsis:A leader talks about how every type of business needs to tell stories because the products can't speak for themselves.
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| Subject Area: | Strategic Management |
| Leadership Role: | Board Level, Senior Manager (VP-level), Executive (C-Level), Middle Manager |
| Business Function: | Strategy |
| Industry: | High Tech |
| Leadership topic: | Storytelling |
David Hornik, General Partner, August Capital
Synopsis:A leader talks about how using humor with your branding and story can be powerful.
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| Subject Area: | Strategic Management |
| Leadership Role: | Board Level, Senior Manager (VP-level), Executive (C-Level), Middle Manager |
| Business Function: | |
| Industry: | Products & Retail, High Tech, Services |
| Leadership topic: | Storytelling |
Nathan Hubbard, Head of Commerce, Twitter
Synopsis:Nathan Hubbard shares how he relates his personal story as a way to humanize Ticketmaster for consumers to turn around the company.
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| Subject Area: | Career Development |
| Leadership Role: | Board Level, Senior Manager (VP-level), Executive (C-Level), Middle Manager |
| Business Function: | General Management, Sales/Marketing |
| Industry: | Products & Retail, High Tech, Services |
| Leadership topic: | Storytelling |
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 |
Rob Siegel, General Manager, Video Software and Solutions, GE Security
Synopsis:Given the changing landscape of technology, the marketing data showed a need for product evolution in spite of the large company’s resistance to change its processes for a new product development.
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| Subject Area: | Innovation, Decision-Making |
| Leadership Role: | Senior Manager (VP-level) |
| Business Function: | General Management, R&D/Product Development |
| Industry: | Products & Retail, High Tech |
| Leadership topic: | Innovation |
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 |
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:A senior leader offers practical tips on raising children with a demanding career.
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| Subject Area: | Work/Life Balance, Career Development |
| Leadership Role: | Executive (C-Level) |
| Business Function: | General Management |
| Industry: | High Tech |
| Leadership topic: | Work-Life Integration |
Fran Maier, Founder and CEO, Various Ventures
Synopsis:A seasoned entrepreneur discusses how your network will offer some of the best opportunities for business.
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| Subject Area: | Entrepreneurship |
| Leadership Role: | Executive (C-Level) |
| Business Function: | Sales/Marketing |
| Industry: | High Tech |
| Leadership topic: | What I Wish I Knew |
Fran Maier, Founder and CEO, Various Ventures
Synopsis:Senior leader talks about how she missed opportunities because she did not appreciate her abilities.
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| Subject Area: | Power and Politics, Work/Life Balance, Decision-Making, Career Development, Entrepreneurship |
| Leadership Role: | Executive (C-Level) |
| Business Function: | Consulting |
| Industry: | High Tech |
| Leadership topic: | What I Wish I Knew |
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 |
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 |
Maria Anhalt, Vice President of R&D for Automation Software, HP
Synopsis:A senior executive talks about how women are less likely to reach out to mentors or sponsors.
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| Subject Area: | Power and Politics, Work/Life Balance, Career Development |
| Leadership Role: | Senior Manager (VP-level) |
| Business Function: | General Management, R&D/Product Development |
| Industry: | High Tech |
| Leadership topic: | Fitting In and Standing Out |
Maria Anhalt, Vice President of R&D for Automation Software, HP
Synopsis:A senior executive talks about how she finds balance in phases.
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| Subject Area: | Work/Life Balance, Career Development |
| Leadership Role: | Senior Manager (VP-level) |
| Business Function: | General Management |
| Industry: | High Tech |
| Leadership topic: | Work-Life Integration |
Maria Anhalt, Vice President of R&D for Automation Software, HP
Synopsis:A senior executive shares the advantages she sees for women.
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| Subject Area: | Power and Politics, Work/Life Balance |
| Leadership Role: | Senior Manager (VP-level) |
| Business Function: | General Management |
| Industry: | High Tech |
| Leadership topic: | Fitting In and Standing Out |
Maria Anhalt, Vice President of R&D for Automation Software, HP
Synopsis:A senior executive talks about how taking a role in finance is helpful for career advancement within a large organization.
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| Subject Area: | Career Development |
| Leadership Role: | Board Level |
| Business Function: | General Management |
| Industry: | High Tech |
| Leadership topic: | What I Wish I Knew |
Maria Anhalt, Vice President of R&D for Automation Software, HP
Synopsis:A senior executive talks about how she stops assuming other people would manage her career and took control over her own professional development.
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| Subject Area: | Work/Life Balance, Career Development |
| Leadership Role: | Senior Manager (VP-level) |
| Business Function: | General Management |
| Industry: | High Tech |
| Leadership topic: | Managing Boss and Expectations |
Fran Maier, Founder and CEO, Various Ventures
Synopsis:A seasoned entrepreneur talks about how entrepreneurship offers her great flexibility and control in her lifestyle.
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| Subject Area: | Work/Life Balance, Career Development, Entrepreneurship |
| Leadership Role: | Executive (C-Level) |
| Business Function: | General Management |
| Industry: | High Tech |
| Leadership topic: | Work-Life Integration |
Maria Anhalt, Vice President of R&D for Automation Software, HP
Synopsis:Boost your career with executive education opportunities.
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| Subject Area: | Work/Life Balance, Career Development |
| Leadership Role: | Executive (C-Level) |
| Business Function: | General Management, R&D/Product Development |
| Industry: | High Tech |
| Leadership topic: | Fitting In and Standing Out |
Dave Lyons, Former Director of Engineering, Tesla Motors
Synopsis:An engineering manager feels he needs to choose between a high-stakes project deadline and good peer relationships.
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| Subject Area: | Innovation, Power and Politics, Conflict |
| Leadership Role: | |
| Business Function: | R&D/Product Development |
| Industry: | Products & Retail, High Tech |
| Leadership topic: | Becoming a Leader |
Brian Lillie, VP, VeriSign
Synopsis:Facing tight deadlines and a difficult project, a manager must challenge an overbearing boss who is hampering progress.
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| Subject Area: | Strategic Management, Power and Politics, Conflict |
| Leadership Role: | |
| Business Function: | General Management |
| Industry: | High Tech |
| Leadership topic: | Difficult Conversations |
Brian NeSmith, CEO, Blue Coat
Synopsis:CEO squares off with an employee who has critical skills but cannot work with others.
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| Subject Area: | Human Resources, Conflict, Decision-Making |
| Leadership Role: | Board Level |
| Business Function: | General Management |
| Industry: | High Tech |
| Leadership topic: | Difficult Conversations |
Brian NeSmith, CEO, Blue Coat
Synopsis:CEO questions an under-performing manager who blames sleeplessness caused by a young child at home.
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| Subject Area: | Human Resources, Strategic Management, Conflict |
| Leadership Role: | Board Level |
| Business Function: | General Management |
| Industry: | High Tech |
| Leadership topic: | Developing Leaders |
Shawn Wang, CFO, Baidu
Synopsis:CFO of publicly-traded Chinese firm must contend with an employee who is taking bribes, a common practice in China.
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| Subject Area: | Power and Politics, Conflict, Ethics |
| Leadership Role: | Executive (C-Level) |
| Business Function: | Finance/Accounting |
| Industry: | High Tech |
| Leadership topic: | Making Ethical Decisions |
Janet Ang, VP, Global Desktop Business Unit, Lenovo
Synopsis:Executive commands a team of people from vastly different cultures following a merger.
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| Subject Area: | Human Resources, Strategic Management, Globalization |
| Leadership Role: | |
| Business Function: | General Management |
| Industry: | High Tech |
| Leadership topic: | Diversity |
Bill Campbell, Chairman, Intuit
Synopsis:CEO contends with a manager whose loyalty wavers.
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| Subject Area: | Strategic Management, Power and Politics, Conflict |
| Leadership Role: | Board Level |
| Business Function: | General Management |
| Industry: | High Tech |
| 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 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 |
Carl Ziade, Founder and CEO, Start Up
Synopsis:Co-Founder and CEO shares how spending time with employees at work, listening to them, watching them work through processes, and building relationships with customers helps drive opportunities for innovation at the early stage of a company.
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| Subject Area: | |
| Leadership Role: | Executive (C-Level) |
| Business Function: | Strategy |
| Industry: | High Tech, Services |
| Leadership topic: | Innovation |