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Four Lessons in Adaptive Leadership
Leadership & Managing People Magazine ArticleThe armed services have been in the business of leadership development much longer than the corporate world has. Today's military leaders need tools and... -
Managing Climate Change: Lessons from the U.S. Navy
Leadership & Managing People Magazine ArticleThe U.S. Navy operates on the front lines of climate change. It manages tens of billions of dollars of assets on every continent and on every ocean, which... -
What Family Businesses Can Learn from the Military
Finance & Accounting Digital ArticleHow to lead through turbulent times. -
New Business with the New Military
Strategy & Execution Magazine ArticleA $200 billion market has appeared on your business horizon, but you may not have noticed it. It's the new U.S. military. Virtually all aspects of the... -
Research: Companies Are Less Likely to Hire Current Military Reservists
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleEven though discrimination against them is illegal. -
Positive Psychology as a Catalyst for Change
Organizational Development Magazine ArticleIn 2005, the host unit of North Dakota's Grand Forks Air Force Base had to reinvent itself to stay relevant. Its large fleet of tanker aircraft was being... -
What the U.S. Military Can Teach Companies About Supporting Employees' Families
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticlePredictability and routines are important. -
Maneuver Warfare: Can Modern Military Strategy Lead You to Victory?
Strategy & Execution Magazine ArticleBusiness has undergone a dramatic transformation in recent years. So has warfare. Every executive knows firsthand the daunting challenges of the 21st... -
Life's Work: Michelle Bachelet
Leadership & Managing People Magazine ArticleAs a young woman, Bachelet was tortured and exiled by the Chilean government. She went on to become the country's first female president. Here's a look... -
What Ever Happened to Accountability?
Leadership & Managing People Magazine ArticleWhen leaders don't fire incompetent executives, they send a bad message to the whole organization. A case in point is the U.S. Army. "To study the change... -
Look to Military History for Lessons in Crisis Leadership
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleEight lessons from some of history's greats. -
A Military Leader's Approach to Dealing with Complexity
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleCraft your vision in pencil, not ink. -
Which of These People Is Your Future CEO? The Different Ways Military Experience Prepares Managers for Leadership
Leadership & Managing People Magazine ArticleAmericans have long believed that U.S. military officers-trained for high-stakes positions, resilience, and mental agility-make excellent CEOs. That belief... -
When Do You Fire Your Four-Star General?
Global Business Digital ArticleThe game has changed in military leadership. Earlier this week, The Washington Post published a fascinating account of the recent firing of Gen. David... -
Why the Military Produces Great Leaders
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleOne assumption at the core of this blog is that military service-particularly service in the crucible of combat-is exceptionally effective at developing... -
Retention Through Redemption
Leadership & Managing People Magazine ArticleCorporate America and the U.S. Navy share one big problem: employee retention. Today's knowledge workers hop from start-up to start-up. And 40% of the... -
"Powering Down" Leadership in the U.S. Army
Leadership & Managing People Magazine ArticleAccording to long-held U.S. Army tradition, leadership is based on a rigid hierarchy. Are you a young officer not sure what to do? Look one level up.... -
Life's Work: Admiral Mike Mullen
Leadership & Managing People Magazine ArticleAlthough the first ship he ever commanded crashed into a buoy, Mullen rose through the ranks to serve two presidents as chairman of the Joint Chiefs of... -
Reinventing the Leader Selection Process
Organizational Development Magazine ArticleThe U.S. Army has long struggled with toxic and inept leaders, and no wonder: It has historically chosen battalion commanders, a linchpin position, on... -
How Military Veterans Can Turn Their Skills into a Corporate Career
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleControl your narrative.
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Military Arsenal Systems: Preparing to Lead a Team (A)
Strategy & Execution Case Study11.95View Details In March 2010, a newly promoted engineering area manager at Military Arsenal Systems, a Vancouver-based defence contractor, has just become team leader... -
Lessons in Crisis Leadership: From Peacetime to Post-911
Organizational Development Case Study11.95View Details The 911 terrorist attacks in the United States in 2001 shook the world and changed the modus operandi of security forces around the world. The Singapore... -
Note on Warfare in Eastern Philosophy
Strategy & Execution Case Study8.95View Details This note on warfare summarizes treatises by Chinese (e.g., Sun Tzu, The Art of War, ca. 500 BC) and Japanese (e.g., Miyamoto Musashi, The Book of Five... -
The Grit Factor: Courage, Resilience, and Leadership in the Most Male-Dominated Organization in the World
28.00View Details What does it take for women to succeed in a male-dominated world? The Grit Factor. At age nineteen, Shannon Huffman Polson became the youngest woman ever... -
Mission in Flux: Michigan National Guard in Liberia
Leadership & Managing People Case Study11.95View Details In summer and fall of 2014, thousands of individuals in Liberia, Sierra Leone, and Guinea contracted the Ebola virus. This outbreak of the deadly disease,... -
Managing a Security Response to the Ebola Epidemic in Liberia (B)
Leadership & Managing People Case Study5.00View Details On August 19, 2014, Liberia President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf was faced with an agonizing decision: should she quarantine a densely populated township of... -
A Sharper Look at Zero Tolerance: Reports of Sexual Assault Rock the United States Air Force Academy
Global Business Case Study11.95View Details This case traces the sexual assault scandal that rocked the United States Air Force Academy in 2003. Over a period of several months, dozens of current... -
The National Guard's Response to the 2010 Pakistan Floods
Leadership & Managing People Case Study11.95View Details Throughout the summer of 2010, Pakistan experienced severe flooding that overtook a large portion of the country, displacing millions of people, causing... -
Military Contracting in a War Zone: Rohit
Leadership & Managing People Case Study5.00View Details Supplement to case LBS190 This is part of a case series. This case takes two perspectives on the same set of case facts about a military logistics supplier... -
The Accidental Statesman: General Petraeus and the City of Mosul, Iraq, Abridged
Technology & Operations Case Study11.95View Details This case (1834.0 and related epilogue 1834.1 and abridged case 1834.3) tells the story of Major General David Petraeus and the US Army's 101st Airborne... -
The Decision to Denuclearize: How Ukraine Became a Non-Nuclear-Weapons State
Finance & Accounting Case Study11.95View Details When Ukraine becomes independent following the collapse and dissolution of the Soviet Union, the nation which is suddenly Europe's third most populous... -
Operation Rollback Water: The National Guard's Response to the 2009 North Dakota Floods (A)
Global Business Case Study11.95View Details In spring 2009, North Dakota experienced some of the worst flooding in state history. This case describes how the state's National Guard responded by... -
Managing a Security Response to the Ebola Epidemic in Liberia (A)
Leadership & Managing People Case Study11.95View Details On August 19, 2014, Liberia President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf was faced with an agonizing decision: should she quarantine a densely populated township of... -
Inundation: The Slow-Moving Crisis of Pakistan's 2010 Floods Epilogue
Leadership & Managing People Case Study5.00View Details Supplement for HKS794 and HKS795 -
Into Local Streets: Maryland National Guard and the Baltimore Riots
Global Business Case Study11.95View Details On April 19, 2015, Freddie Gray, a young African American male, died while in the custody of the Baltimore Police. In response to his death, which occurred... -
Getting Help to Victims of 2008 Cyclone Nargis: AmeriCares Engages with Myanmar's Military Government
Organizational Development Case Study11.95View Details This case affords students of strategic management a rare inside look at the consequential political and logistical choices that international relief... -
A Cascade of Emergencies (A): Responding to Superstorm Sandy in New York City
Global Business Case Study11.95View Details On October 29, 2012, Superstorm Sandy made landfall near Atlantic City, New Jersey. Sandy's massive size, coupled with an unusual combination of meteorological... -
To Budapest and Beyond (Epilogue)
Finance & Accounting Case Study5.00View Details When Ukraine becomes independent following the collapse and dissolution of the Soviet Union, the nation which is suddenly Europe's third most populous... -
Sparking Innovation in the U.S. Air Force
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Alberto Mora and the Costs and Consequences of Torture
Leadership & Managing People Case Study11.95View Details Alberto Mora's time as General Counsel of the Navy from 2001 - 2006 greatly influenced his mission to illuminate the policy consequences of torture. Mora's...
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Four Lessons in Adaptive Leadership
Leadership & Managing People Magazine ArticleThe armed services have been in the business of leadership development much longer than the corporate world has. Today's military leaders need tools and... -
Managing Climate Change: Lessons from the U.S. Navy
Leadership & Managing People Magazine ArticleThe U.S. Navy operates on the front lines of climate change. It manages tens of billions of dollars of assets on every continent and on every ocean, which... -
What Family Businesses Can Learn from the Military
Finance & Accounting Digital ArticleHow to lead through turbulent times. -
New Business with the New Military
Strategy & Execution Magazine ArticleA $200 billion market has appeared on your business horizon, but you may not have noticed it. It's the new U.S. military. Virtually all aspects of the... -
Military Arsenal Systems: Preparing to Lead a Team (A)
Strategy & Execution Case Study11.95View Details In March 2010, a newly promoted engineering area manager at Military Arsenal Systems, a Vancouver-based defence contractor, has just become team leader... -
Lessons in Crisis Leadership: From Peacetime to Post-911
Organizational Development Case Study11.95View Details The 911 terrorist attacks in the United States in 2001 shook the world and changed the modus operandi of security forces around the world. The Singapore... -
Research: Companies Are Less Likely to Hire Current Military Reservists
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleEven though discrimination against them is illegal. -
Note on Warfare in Eastern Philosophy
Strategy & Execution Case Study8.95View Details This note on warfare summarizes treatises by Chinese (e.g., Sun Tzu, The Art of War, ca. 500 BC) and Japanese (e.g., Miyamoto Musashi, The Book of Five... -
Positive Psychology as a Catalyst for Change
Organizational Development Magazine ArticleIn 2005, the host unit of North Dakota's Grand Forks Air Force Base had to reinvent itself to stay relevant. Its large fleet of tanker aircraft was being... -
What the U.S. Military Can Teach Companies About Supporting Employees' Families
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticlePredictability and routines are important.