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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... -
Retention Through Redemption (HBR OnPoint Enhanced Edition)
Organizational Development 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... -
Cybersecurity's Human Factor: Lessons from the Pentagon
Strategy & Execution Magazine ArticleWith cyberattacks soaring, corporations must step up efforts to protect their IT networks. Most firms could learn from the U.S. military, which has been... -
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 the U.S. Military Can Teach Companies About Supporting Employees' Families
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticlePredictability and routines are important. -
Business and Battles:Â Lessons from Defeat
Competitive strategy Magazine ArticleMilitary Misfortunes: The Anatomy of Failure in War, by Eliot A. Cohen and John Gooch (New York: Free Press, 1990), 296 pages, $22.95. In 1950, Chinese forces staged a surprise attack on U.S. forces stationed along the Yalu River in Korea. Everyone knows what happened next: suicidal waves of fanatic Chinese troops drove the American […] -
Learning in the Thick of It
Organizational Development Magazine ArticleThe U.S. Army's Opposing Force (OPFOR) is a 2,500-member brigade whose job is to help prepare soldiers for combat. Created to be the meanest, toughest... -
Shrinking Fast and Smart in the Defense Industry
Government Magazine ArticleAuthor’s note: Alistair Hanna, Michael Reopel, and Stuart Flack, all of McKinsey & Company, contributed to this article. The U.S. defense industry is struggling to reorganize itself for growth, if not for survival. The disappearance of the communist threat and the desperate need to revive the U.S. economy have taken the defense industry for a […] -
Leadership in a Combat Zone (HBR Classic)
Leadership & Managing People Magazine ArticleLeadership is often presented as an abstract undertaking, a matter of vision and values rather than practical details. But in the author's world, 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.... -
To Lead, You Must Focus
Leadership & Managing People Magazine ArticleThe 75th secretary of the U.S. Navy writes about how to lead a large, complex organization that is interdependent with other large and complex entities.... -
Leading with a Light Footprint
Strategy & Execution VideoCharles-Edouard Bouee, COO at Roland Berger Strategy Consultants, applies "light footprint" military doctrine to management. -
Leadership in a Combat Zone (HBR Classic of The Work of the Leader) (HBR OnPoint Enhanced Edition)
Leadership & Managing People Magazine ArticleLeadership is often presented as an abstract undertaking, a matter of vision and values rather than practical details. But in the author's world, the... -
How Software Companies Can Enter the U.S. Defense Market
Government Digital ArticleCumbersome old Pentagon procurement processes are falling away, and VCs are paying attention. -
"You Have to Lead from Everywhere"
Leadership & Managing People Magazine ArticleWhen responding to a complex, fast-moving crisis, leaders must constantly adapt their mental models and create a "unity of effort," argues Allen, a retired... -
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... -
Speed Kills: Supply Chain Lessons from the War in Iraq
Technology & Operations Magazine ArticleThe battle plan for Operation Iraqi Freedom called for a rapid, responsive force capable of identifying and removing threats immediately. Commercial supply... -
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... -
What Companies Can Learn from Military Teams
Leadership & Managing People InterviewA Q&A with former general Stanley McChrystal.
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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... -
Creating Accountability in Afghanistan
Finance & Accounting Case Study11.95View Details By early 2019, the United States had contributed $132 billion to the Afghan reconstruction. John Sopko, in his role as the Special Inspector General for... -
Military Contracting in a War Zone: Bill
Leadership & Managing People Case Study11.95View Details This is part of a case series. This case takes two perspectives on the same set of case facts about a military logistics supplier gone wrong: one from... -
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... -
The Accidental Statesman: General Petraeus and the City of Mosul, Iraq
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 Rise of China
Global Business Case Study11.95View Details There is little doubt that China will be a significant power in the 21st century. The question is what kind of global actor will it be? This two-part... -
Dow Chemical Polyolefins and Elastomers R&D: Sustaining High Performance (Abridged)
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study11.95View Details Once considered a candidate for divesture, Dow Chemical Polyolefins and Elastomers has had 12 successful years in a row. The company has set the standard... -
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 Mentorship of John Cooper (B)
Leadership & Managing People Case Study5.00View Details John Cooper had spent the last five years working for Standard Holdings, an early stage business development and private equity arm of the Standard Group... -
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... -
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... -
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... -
Sparking Innovation in the U.S. Air Force
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Rafael Development Corp.: Converting Military Technology to Civilian Technology in Israel
Technology & Operations Case Study11.95View Details Describes an Israeli joint venture company, created to convert military technology to civilian uses. Also documents the explosive growth of the Israeli... -
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... -
Digital Communications, Inc.: Encoder Device Division
Finance & Accounting Case Study11.95View Details Explores the issues surrounding the determination of the product cost of a subassembly in a firm that has never had to determine subassembly costs. Asks... -
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... -
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,... -
Military Arsenal Systems: Preparing to Lead a Team (B)
Strategy & Execution Case Study5.00View Details Supplement case for W14584.
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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... -
Creating Accountability in Afghanistan
Finance & Accounting Case Study11.95View Details By early 2019, the United States had contributed $132 billion to the Afghan reconstruction. John Sopko, in his role as the Special Inspector General for... -
Military Contracting in a War Zone: Bill
Leadership & Managing People Case Study11.95View Details This is part of a case series. This case takes two perspectives on the same set of case facts about a military logistics supplier gone wrong: one from... -
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... -
The Accidental Statesman: General Petraeus and the City of Mosul, Iraq
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 Rise of China
Global Business Case Study11.95View Details There is little doubt that China will be a significant power in the 21st century. The question is what kind of global actor will it be? This two-part... -
Dow Chemical Polyolefins and Elastomers R&D: Sustaining High Performance (Abridged)
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study11.95View Details Once considered a candidate for divesture, Dow Chemical Polyolefins and Elastomers has had 12 successful years in a row. The company has set the standard... -
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... -
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...