There are 37 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 |

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 |

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 |

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 |

T.J. Duane, Founder and CEO, Start-Ups
Synopsis:When the relationship with his co-founder unravels, Duane finds there is little legal protection in place for them both to make a clean exit, leaving him with no other option than to start negotiations around structuring a partnership agreement with exit plans.
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| Subject Area: | Strategic Management, Power and Politics, Decision-Making |
| Leadership Role: | Board Level, Executive (C-Level) |
| Business Function: | Consulting, Strategy |
| Industry: | Services |
| Leadership topic: | Difficult Conversations |

Marquis Parker, Vice President, Indeed
Synopsis:While advancing through his career, Parker realizes he is unable to be himself in the office and starts to see others “win the game” and get promoted even though they are not necessarily doing better work.
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| Subject Area: | Work/Life Balance, Power and Politics, Decision-Making |
| Leadership Role: | Senior Manager (VP-level) |
| Business Function: | Consulting, Strategy |
| Industry: | Services |
| Leadership topic: | Vision, Values, and Culture |

Christina Valentine Slabinski, Military Spouse, U.S. Navy
Synopsis:As a SEAL team military spouse still grieving her husband’s death, Christina Valentine sees how the war is not only impacting her personally but also tearing apart her community - emphasizing the need to take action and lead families through their grief along with her own by building a culture of support.
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| Subject Area: | Strategic Management, Medal of Honor Series |
| Leadership Role: | Middle Manager |
| Business Function: | Strategy |
| Industry: | Military/Government |
| Leadership topic: | Vision, Values, and Culture |

Britt Slabinski, Medal of Honor Recipient and SEAL Team Commander, U.S. Navy
Synopsis:When SEAL team ground force commander, Britt Slabinski, leads a battle mission to capture an outpost on the top of a mountain in Afghanistan, he encounters many unforeseen challenges and must navigate through extreme adversity to overcome a series of setbacks.
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| Subject Area: | Operations, Decision-Making, Medal of Honor Series |
| Leadership Role: | Middle Manager |
| Business Function: | Strategy |
| Industry: | Military/Government |
| Leadership topic: | Taking Charge |

