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How Military Veterans Can Turn Their Skills into a Corporate Career
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What Military Service Could Teach MBAs
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleIs a decline in CEOs with military experience creating an ethics gap? -
The Booming Business of Drones
Innovation Digital ArticleUnmanned aircraft are creating a new civilian industry. -
What Family Businesses Can Learn from the Military
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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... -
Speed Kills: Supply Chain Lessons from the War in Iraq
Operations strategy Magazine ArticleEvery seasoned leader knows that even the most brilliant strategy is only as good as its execution. Battle plans that seem full of promise on the whiteboard can be undone in the field by clumsy operations or a missing link in the supply chain. This was the fear in some quarters last March when U.S. […] -
Learning in the Thick of It
Meeting management Magazine ArticleAfter-action reviews identify past mistakes but rarely enhance future performance. Companies wanting to fully exploit this tool should look to its master: the U.S. Army’s standing enemy brigade, where soldiers learn and improve even in the midst of battle. -
Leading with a Light Footprint
Strategy & Execution VideoCharles-Edouard Bouee, COO at Roland Berger Strategy Consultants, applies "light footprint" military doctrine to management. -
How Smaller Manufacturers Can Upgrade Their Tech
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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... -
Why the Military Is Going Green
Organizational Development Digital ArticleIn recent months, which radical, tree-hugging group has upped the volume on pushing for action on climate change? I bet you wouldn't have guessed American... -
4 Ways to Pressure-Test Strategic Decisions, Inspired by the U.S. Military
Strategy & Execution Digital ArticleAssign a team to poke holes in your strategy. -
How Software Companies Can Enter the U.S. Defense Market
Global Business Digital ArticleCumbersome old Pentagon procurement processes are falling away, and VCs are paying attention. -
Shrinking Fast and Smart in the Defense Industry
Strategy & Execution Magazine ArticleAs the Cold War ends and demand decreases, the defense industry faces its most profound shift since the end of World War II. Boom-bust patterns drive... -
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... -
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... -
How ‘National Security’ Hurts National Competitiveness
Globalization Magazine ArticleThe world economy has entered a new era of industrial competition. Every major advanced industrial nation—and a growing number of developing ones—are all competing in the same crucial technologies. A 1989 “Critical Technologies Plan” published by the Department of Defense identified 22 technologies essential to future military security, but the technologies are also indicators of […] -
Managing High-Stakes Situations: 5 Lessons from the Pentagon
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Seven Ages of the Leader
Leadership & Managing People Magazine ArticleLeaders go through many transitions in their careers. Each brings new crises and challenges that are predictable. Knowing what to expect can help you... -
Look to Military History for Lessons in Crisis Leadership
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleEight lessons from some of history's greats.
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Rebecca S. Halstead: Steadfast Leadership
Leadership & Managing People Case Study11.95View Details Reviews Rebecca Halstead's career history, detailing how, through her personal attributes, skills, experiences, challenges, and organizational practices... -
Depart, Depart, Depart!
Leadership & Managing People Case Study11.95View Details Army First Lieutenant (1LT) Gavin Bell joined his unit in Afghanistan only weeks after graduating helicopter flight school in the United States. A new... -
U.S. Army
Sales & Marketing Case Study11.95View Details After three months of close collaboration, the Leo Burnett USA/Worldwide agency and partner Cartel and Images advertising/creative team were poised to... -
The Effects of Rice Subsidies in Thailand
Global Business Case Study11.95View Details The military general is the newly appointed prime minister of Thailand as of May 2014. The country is developing and needs support from its government... -
Navy SEALs: Selecting and Training for an Elite Fighting Force
Leadership & Managing People Case Study11.95View Details The SEALs are the elite special forces of the U.S. Navy. Their selection and training is exceptionally rigorous, with a heavy emphasis on physical condition,... -
A Sharper Look at Zero Tolerance: Reports of Sexual Assault Rock the United States Air Force Academy (Sequel)
Global Business Case Study5.00View Details Supplement to case KS1231. This case traces the sexual assault scandal that rocked the United States Air Force Academy in 2003. Over a period of several... -
General Electric: Valley Forge (A)
Finance & Accounting Case Study11.95View Details A series of eight vignette cases designed to be taught in one classroom session. This case describes a potential problem in the way that General Electric... -
Major Steckleson at the National Training Center (D): Role for LTC Hanson
Leadership & Managing People Case Study8.95View Details Role play exercise for LTC Hanson. Teaching Purpose: To role-play to further understanding of the protagonist's emotions. -
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... -
Mission in Flux: Michigan National Guard in Liberia, Epilogue
Leadership & Managing People Case Study5.00View Details Epilogue to case KS1242. In summer and fall of 2014, thousands of individuals in Liberia, Sierra Leone, and Guinea contracted the Ebola virus. This outbreak... -
Lockheed Martin: The Employer of Choice Mission
Leadership & Managing People Case Study11.95View Details A Lockheed Martin manager is faced with the decision of where to focus the organization's resources in order to develop a world-class employee development... -
Into Local Streets: Maryland National Guard and the Baltimore Riots, Epilogue
Global Business Case Study5.00View Details Supplement to case KS1253. On April 19, 2015, Freddie Gray, a young African American male, died while in the custody of the Baltimore Police. In response... -
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... -
Veridian: Putting a Value on Values
Leadership & Managing People Case Study11.95View Details David Langstaff, the CEO of Veridian, a defense company, struggles with the decision of selling the company. Langstaff has concerned himself with inculcalating... -
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... -
Sea Change: Rewriting the Rules for Port Security
Strategy & Execution Case Study11.95View Details This case describes the task that confronted Coast Guard Captain Suzanne Englebert, the staff point-person who led an initiative to develop new regulations... -
The Gulf Crisis: Building a Coalition for War
Leadership & Managing People Case Study11.95View Details The Gulf War-the US led effort to oust Iraq's armed forces from neighboring, oil-rich Kuwait-may be best remembered for the sheer effectiveness of the... -
Conflict Management in Teams: For Military and Government
Organizational Development Case Study8.95View Details Despite the hierarchical power structures in the military and government, as they reach more senior levels, leaders routinely operate in peer-to-peer... -
Operation Rollback Water: The National Guard's Response to the 2009 North Dakota Floods (Epilogue to B)
Global Business Case Study5.00View 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... -
Google and Project Maven (A): Big Tech, Government and the AI Arms Race
Leadership & Managing People Case Study11.95View Details In April 2018, after it became known that Google was collaborating with the US Department of Defense on Project Maven, over 3,000 employees signed an...
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How Military Veterans Can Turn Their Skills into a Corporate Career
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleControl your narrative. -
Rebecca S. Halstead: Steadfast Leadership
Leadership & Managing People Case Study11.95View Details Reviews Rebecca Halstead's career history, detailing how, through her personal attributes, skills, experiences, challenges, and organizational practices... -
What Military Service Could Teach MBAs
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleIs a decline in CEOs with military experience creating an ethics gap? -
Depart, Depart, Depart!
Leadership & Managing People Case Study11.95View Details Army First Lieutenant (1LT) Gavin Bell joined his unit in Afghanistan only weeks after graduating helicopter flight school in the United States. A new... -
U.S. Army
Sales & Marketing Case Study11.95View Details After three months of close collaboration, the Leo Burnett USA/Worldwide agency and partner Cartel and Images advertising/creative team were poised to... -
The Booming Business of Drones
Innovation Digital ArticleUnmanned aircraft are creating a new civilian industry. -
What Family Businesses Can Learn from the Military
Finance & Accounting Digital ArticleHow to lead through turbulent times. -
The Effects of Rice Subsidies in Thailand
Global Business Case Study11.95View Details The military general is the newly appointed prime minister of Thailand as of May 2014. The country is developing and needs support from its government... -
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... -
Navy SEALs: Selecting and Training for an Elite Fighting Force
Leadership & Managing People Case Study11.95View Details The SEALs are the elite special forces of the U.S. Navy. Their selection and training is exceptionally rigorous, with a heavy emphasis on physical condition,...