There are 100 videos in the "Board Level" collection
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 |
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 |
Gene Kohn, CEO, KPF
Synopsis:CEO receives report that a leading partner in the firm is verbally abusing team members.
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Subject Area: | Human Resources, Conflict, Ethics |
Leadership Role: | Board Level |
Business Function: | Human Resources |
Industry: | Services |
Leadership topic: | Difficult Conversations |
Jeff Clarke, CEO, KQED
Synopsis:CEO responds to an unexpected budget shortfall with an unusual decision-making approach.
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Subject Area: | Decision-Making, Human Resources, Strategic Management |
Leadership Role: | Board Level |
Business Function: | General Management |
Industry: | Services |
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 |
Tom Friel, Former Chairman and CEO, Heidrick & Struggles
Synopsis:It is important to follow your instincts and to act quickly on important decisions.
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Subject Area: | Conflict, Power and Politics, Strategic Management |
Leadership Role: | Board Level |
Business Function: | General Management, Human Resources |
Industry: | Services |
Leadership topic: | Difficult Conversations |
Tom Friel, Former Chairman and CEO, Heidrick & Struggles
Synopsis:CEO inherits a CFO with fundamentally different values.
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Subject Area: | Conflict, Power and Politics |
Leadership Role: | Board Level |
Business Function: | General Management |
Industry: | Services |
Leadership topic: | Taking Charge |
Dick Kovacevich, Chairman, Wells Fargo
Synopsis:It is important to always communicate and focus on building a common culture as a company grows through acquisitions.
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Subject Area: | Human Resources, Mergers & Acquisitions |
Leadership Role: | Board Level |
Business Function: | General Management |
Industry: | Financial |
Leadership topic: | Vision, Values, and Culture |
Dick Kovacevich, Chairman, Wells Fargo
Synopsis:It is important to retain good people even when faced with pressure to downsize.
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Subject Area: | Career Development, Human Resources |
Leadership Role: | Board Level |
Business Function: | General Management |
Industry: | Financial |
Leadership topic: | Leading Change |
Dick Kovacevich, Chairman, Wells Fargo
Synopsis:It is important to have experience in jobs with Profit and Loss responsibilities before leading a large company.
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Subject Area: | Career Development |
Leadership Role: | Board Level |
Business Function: | Human Resources |
Industry: | Financial |
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 |
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 |
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 |
Sudha Murty, Chairperson, Infosys Foundation
Synopsis:Leader of philanthropic foundation was the first female to attend an all-male engineering university in India four decades ago.
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Subject Area: | Human Resources, Conflict, Career Development |
Leadership Role: | Board Level |
Business Function: | General Management |
Industry: | Non-Profit |
Leadership topic: | Fitting In and Standing Out |
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 |
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 |
Roger Deromedi, CEO, Kraft
Synopsis:CEO shares how it is important to maintain perspective in spite of disagreements or minor frustrations.
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Subject Area: | Conflict, Decision-Making |
Leadership Role: | Board Level |
Business Function: | General Management |
Industry: | Products & Retail |
Leadership topic: | Vision, Values, and Culture |
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 |
Naila Mehrabova, General Director, CrossCaspian Oil and Logistics
Synopsis:Young female executive must gain the trust of the Board.
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Subject Area: | Conflict, Power and Politics |
Leadership Role: | Board Level |
Business Function: | General Management |
Industry: | Products & Retail |
Leadership topic: | Taking Charge |
Nancy Barry, President, Women's World Banking
Synopsis:Executive must coach an egocentric subordinate.
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Subject Area: | Career Development, Human Resources, Power and Politics |
Leadership Role: | Board Level |
Business Function: | General Management |
Industry: | Financial |
Leadership topic: | Developing Leaders |
Tom Friel, Former Chairman and CEO, Heidrick & Struggles
Synopsis:Executive steps into CEO role realizing that there is no planning for his successor.
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Subject Area: | Human Resources, Power and Politics, Strategic Management |
Leadership Role: | Board Level |
Business Function: | General Management |
Industry: | Services |
Leadership topic: | Developing Leaders |
N.R. Narayana Murthy, CEO, Infosys
Synopsis:CEO discusses how to mentor enthusiastic young people whose lack of experience can easily damage a company.
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Subject Area: | Career Development, Human Resources |
Leadership Role: | Board Level |
Business Function: | General Management |
Industry: | High Tech |
Leadership topic: | Developing Leaders |
Dave Kaval, CEO, Golden Baseball League
Synopsis:Small business owner has to find a way to win over his disgruntled star.
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Subject Area: | Entrepreneurship, Human Resources, Power and Politics |
Leadership Role: | Board Level |
Business Function: | General Management |
Industry: | Services |
Leadership topic: | Difficult Conversations |
Sara Jobin, Conductor, San Francisco Opera
Synopsis:Conductor faces psychological hurdles when orchestra members resist her command.
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Subject Area: | Conflict, Power and Politics |
Leadership Role: | Board Level |
Business Function: | General Management |
Industry: | Non-Profit |
Leadership topic: | Taking Charge |
Dave Kaval, CEO, Golden Baseball League
Synopsis:Business owner must quickly persuade his unhappy team to put aside their grievance.
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Subject Area: | Conflict, Entrepreneurship, Human Resources |
Leadership Role: | Board Level |
Business Function: | General Management |
Industry: | Services |
Leadership topic: | Taking Charge |
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 |
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 |
Brian NeSmith, CEO, Blue Coat
Synopsis:CEO must determine how to proceed when he disagrees with the advise of his Board.
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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 |
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: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 |
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 |
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 |
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.
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Subject Area: | Power and Politics, Strategic Management |
Leadership Role: | Board Level |
Business Function: | General Management, Human Resources |
Industry: | Financial |
Leadership topic: | Leading Change |
John Brown, Chairman, Stryker Corp.
Synopsis:CEO must decide whether to buy and integrate company run by two prima donnas.
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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 |
Nancy Barry, President, Women's World Banking
Synopsis:President must include a heavy-hitter in a conference despite his negativity and pomposity.
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Subject Area: | Conflict, Power and Politics |
Leadership Role: | Board Level |
Business Function: | General Management |
Industry: | Financial |
Leadership topic: | Vision, Values, and Culture |
Jacqueline Novogratz, CEO, Acumen Fund
Synopsis:CEO considers the risks of maintaining high ethical standards in a corrupt business environment.
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Subject Area: | Conflict, Ethics, Power and Politics |
Leadership Role: | Board Level |
Business Function: | General Management |
Industry: | Non-Profit |
Leadership topic: | Making Ethical Decisions |
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 |
Sudha Murty, Chairperson, Infosys Foundation
Synopsis:As leaders become financially successful, they must consider how the wealth impacts their happiness.
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Subject Area: | Career Development, Ethics, Work/Life Balance |
Leadership Role: | Board Level |
Business Function: | Human Resources |
Industry: | Non-Profit |
Leadership topic: | Leading Change |
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.
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Subject Area: | Power and Politics, Strategic Management |
Leadership Role: | Board Level |
Business Function: | General Management |
Industry: | Military/Government |
Leadership topic: | Leading Change |
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 |
Bill Kern, CEO,
Synopsis:CEO must negotiate a truce between the sales force and support staff.
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Subject Area: | Strategic Management, Power and Politics, Conflict |
Leadership Role: | Board Level |
Business Function: | General Management |
Industry: | Services |
Leadership topic: | Storytelling |
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 |
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 |
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 |
Gene Kohn, CEO, KPF
Synopsis:CEO learns that his diverse team encounters prejudice while working for an important overseas client.
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Subject Area: | Human Resources, Conflict, Ethics |
Leadership Role: | Board Level |
Business Function: | General Management |
Industry: | Services |
Leadership topic: | Diversity |
Stephen Miles, Vice Chairman, Heidrick & Struggles
Synopsis:A leadership advisor scrambles when the CEO of a client firm upends a succession plan.
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Subject Area: | Career Development, Conflict, Power and Politics |
Leadership Role: | Board Level, Executive (C-Level) |
Business Function: | Consulting |
Industry: | Services |
Leadership topic: | Developing Leaders |
Naila Mehrabova, General Director, CrossCaspian Oil and Logistics
Synopsis:Young female executive in male-dominated industry must woo a skeptical board.
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Subject Area: | Power and Politics, Strategic Management |
Leadership Role: | Board Level |
Business Function: | General Management |
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.
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Subject Area: | Human Resources, Strategic Management |
Leadership Role: | Board Level |
Business Function: | General Management |
Industry: | Financial |
Leadership topic: | Vision, Values, and Culture |
Jeffrey Bewkes, CEO, Time Warner
Synopsis:Executive struggles to convey a conglomerate's complex business issues to a diverse board.
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Subject Area: | Power and Politics, Strategic Management |
Leadership Role: | Board Level |
Business Function: | General Management |
Industry: | Services |
Leadership topic: | Vision, Values, and Culture |
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 |
Dave Kaval, CEO, Golden Baseball League
Synopsis:Founder must find new types of incentives to make his younger workers do his bidding.
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Subject Area: | Human Resources, Strategic Management, Entrepreneurship |
Leadership Role: | Board Level |
Business Function: | General Management |
Industry: | Products & Retail |
Leadership topic: | Motivating Teams |
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.
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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 |
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.
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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 |
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 |
Jennifer Aaker, General Atlantic Partners Professor of Marketing, Stanford Graduate School of Business
Synopsis:Aaker speaks to the science behind the power of empathy in storytelling.
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Subject Area: | Strategic Management, Power and Politics |
Leadership Role: | Board Level, Senior Manager (VP-level), Executive (C-Level), Middle Manager |
Business Function: | Sales/Marketing |
Industry: | Services |
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 |
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 |
Tory Burch, CEO, Tory Burch LLC
Synopsis:Leaders talks about how a good story should be unique and capture the essence of the product.
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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: | |
Leadership topic: | Storytelling |
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 |
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 |
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 |
Nicole Khan, Co-Lead Design Change, Ideo
Synopsis:A leader talks about ways she can filter her repertoire of stories to find one that will really make an impact.
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Subject Area: | Career Development |
Leadership Role: | Board Level, Senior Manager (VP-level), Executive (C-Level) |
Business Function: | General Management, Sales/Marketing |
Industry: | Products & Retail, Services |
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 |
Kent Thiry, CEO, DaVita
Synopsis:Charismatic CEO's visibility becomes a liability in the eyes of his team.
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Subject Area: | Decision-Making, Power and Politics |
Leadership Role: | Board Level |
Business Function: | General Management |
Industry: | Healthcare |
Leadership topic: | Diversity |
Leslie Blodgett, Executive Chairman, Bare Escentuals
Synopsis:Founder shares her insights about how she uses empathy in storytelling.
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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), Middle Manager |
Business Function: | Sales/Marketing |
Industry: | Products & Retail |
Leadership topic: | Storytelling |
Jennifer Aaker, General Atlantic Partners Professor of Marketing, Stanford Graduate School of Business
Synopsis:Aaker speaks to the power of purpose in storytelling.
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Subject Area: | Strategic Management, Power and Politics |
Leadership Role: | Board Level, Senior Manager (VP-level), Executive (C-Level), Middle Manager |
Business Function: | Sales/Marketing |
Industry: | Services |
Leadership topic: | Storytelling |
Roger Deromedi, CEO, Kraft
Synopsis:CEO confirms how it is important to not always worry about how the short term may impact the long term in having a diverse career.
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Subject Area: | Career Development, Human Resources |
Leadership Role: | Board Level |
Business Function: | Human Resources |
Industry: | Products & Retail |
Leadership topic: | Diversity |
Jacqueline Novogratz, CEO, Acumen Fund
Synopsis:CEO must publicly establish credibility with an audience of skeptical foreign men.
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Subject Area: | Conflict, Globalization, Power and Politics |
Leadership Role: | Board Level |
Business Function: | General Management |
Industry: | Non-Profit |
Leadership topic: | Diversity |
Katherine August-deWilde, Executive and Board Member, First Republic Bank
Synopsis:A senior executive shares common derailments for women.
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Subject Area: | Power and Politics, Career Development |
Leadership Role: | Board Level, Executive (C-Level) |
Business Function: | General Management |
Industry: | Financial |
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 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 had to learn the importance of body language in her career advancement.
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Subject Area: | Power and Politics, Work/Life Balance, Career Development |
Leadership Role: | Board Level |
Business Function: | General Management |
Industry: | Services |
Leadership topic: | What I Wish I Knew |
Maria Anhalt, Vice President of R&D for Automation Software, HP
Synopsis:A senior executive shares the insights she gains from being on a Board.
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Subject Area: | Strategic Management, Career Development |
Leadership Role: | Board Level |
Business Function: | |
Industry: | Services |
Leadership topic: | Fitting In and Standing Out |
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 |
Kent Thiry, CEO, DaVita
Synopsis:CEO confronts a brilliant new manager who is not fitting in.
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Subject Area: | Human Resources, Conflict, Decision-Making |
Leadership Role: | Board Level |
Business Function: | General Management |
Industry: | Healthcare |
Leadership topic: | Difficult Conversations |
Gordon Bethune, Former CEO, Continental Airlines
Synopsis:Reflections on turnaround at Continental Airlines.
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Subject Area: | Human Resources, Strategic Management |
Leadership Role: | Board Level |
Business Function: | General Management |
Industry: | Services |
Leadership topic: | Taking Charge |
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 |
Nancy Barry, President, Women's World Banking
Synopsis:When spearheading change in an organization, don't expect everyone to rally around the flag.
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Subject Area: | Strategic Management, Power and Politics |
Leadership Role: | Board Level |
Business Function: | General Management, Human Resources |
Industry: | Financial |
Leadership topic: | Leading Change |
Leslie Blodgett, Executive Chairman, Bare Escentuals
Synopsis:Founder shares insights to how she uses humor effectively with her storytelling.
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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 |
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 |
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 |
Dick Kovacevich, Chairman, Wells Fargo
Synopsis:When struggling with new ideas, it is important test them in the market place.
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Subject Area: | Strategic Management |
Leadership Role: | Board Level |
Business Function: | General Management |
Industry: | Financial |
Leadership topic: | Vision, Values, and Culture |
Herb Kelleher, Former CEO, Southwest Airlines
Synopsis:Reflections on culture at Southwest Airlines.
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Subject Area: | Human Resources, Strategic Management |
Leadership Role: | Board Level |
Business Function: | General Management |
Industry: | Services |
Leadership topic: | Vision, Values, and Culture |
Sudha Murty, Chairperson, Infosys Foundation
Synopsis:Leader discusses how important and dignified it is to accept gifts especially when offering gifts.
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Subject Area: | Ethics |
Leadership Role: | Board Level |
Business Function: | General Management |
Industry: | Non-Profit |
Leadership topic: | Vision, Values, and Culture |
John Abbott, CEO, Yoga Journal
Synopsis:New CEO must address conflict with existing managers.
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Subject Area: | Conflict, Decision-Making, Human Resources |
Leadership Role: | Board Level |
Business Function: | General Management |
Industry: | Products & Retail |
Leadership topic: | Taking Charge |
Roger Deromedi, CEO, Kraft
Synopsis:CEO shares the importance of being transparent and consistent when dealing with people at all levels of the organization.
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Subject Area: | Conflict, Decision-Making, Ethics |
Leadership Role: | Board Level |
Business Function: | General Management |
Industry: | Products & Retail |
Leadership topic: | Motivating Teams |
Nancy Barry, President, Women's World Banking
Synopsis:Unity in an organization is important and should be prioritized since it will impact the strategy.
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Subject Area: | Decision-Making, Power and Politics, Strategic Management |
Leadership Role: | Board Level |
Business Function: | General Management |
Industry: | Financial |
Leadership topic: | Motivating Teams |
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.
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Subject Area: | Human Resources, Decision-Making, Ethics |
Leadership Role: | Board Level |
Business Function: | General Management |
Industry: | Healthcare |
Leadership topic: | Difficult Conversations |
Connie Matsui, EVP, Innovation, Biogen Idec
Synopsis:U.S. delegates to a global conference must shed their "ugly American" image to gain influence.
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Subject Area: | Globalization, Power and Politics |
Leadership Role: | Board Level |
Business Function: | General Management |
Industry: | Non-Profit |
Leadership topic: | Vision, Values, and Culture |
Chris Smith, CEO, Cresco Equipment Rentals
Synopsis:CEO weighs the risks of acquiring a company with a culture that clashes with his firm's.
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Subject Area: | Strategic Management, Mergers & Acquisitions |
Leadership Role: | Board Level |
Business Function: | General Management |
Industry: | Products & Retail |
Leadership topic: | Vision, Values, and Culture |
Dick Kovacevich, Chairman, Wells Fargo
Synopsis:It is important to not allow personal relationships interfere with professional decisions. A leader must always do the right thing.
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Subject Area: | Decision-Making, Human Resources |
Leadership Role: | Board Level |
Business Function: | General Management |
Industry: | Financial |
Leadership topic: | Taking Charge |
Jeffrey Bewkes, CEO, Time Warner
Synopsis:Executive with a strictly business background grapples with how to lead creative members of his team.
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Subject Area: | Decision-Making, Innovation, Power and Politics |
Leadership Role: | Board Level |
Business Function: | General Management |
Industry: | Products & Retail |
Leadership topic: | Taking Charge |
Nancy Barry, President, Women's World Banking
Synopsis:When leading people, it is important to respect them and be humble in spite of your position.
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Subject Area: | Human Resources, Strategic Management |
Leadership Role: | Board Level |
Business Function: | General Management |
Industry: | Financial |
Leadership topic: | Taking Charge |
Roger Deromedi, CEO, Kraft
Synopsis:CEO talks about how his personal style has evolved through time and experience.
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Subject Area: | Career Development, Strategic Management |
Leadership Role: | Board Level |
Business Function: | General Management |
Industry: | Products & Retail |
Leadership topic: | Taking Charge |
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 |
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 |
Roger Deromedi, CEO, Kraft
Synopsis:When developing a vision it is important to be realistic and keep in mind the facts.
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Subject Area: | Strategic Management |
Leadership Role: | Board Level |
Business Function: | General Management |
Industry: | Products & Retail |
Leadership topic: | Vision, Values, and Culture |