-
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... -
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... -
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... -
"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... -
Leading with a Light Footprint
Strategy & Execution VideoCharles-Edouard Bouee, COO at Roland Berger Strategy Consultants, applies "light footprint" military doctrine to management. -
Extreme Negotiations
Communication Magazine ArticleCEOs and other senior executives these days must manage countless complex, high-stakes conversations across functional areas and divisions, with alliance... -
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... -
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... -
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... -
What Companies Can Learn from Military Teams
Leadership & Managing People InterviewA Q&A with former general Stanley McChrystal. -
How Military Veterans Can Turn Their Skills into a Corporate Career
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleControl your narrative. -
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... -
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... -
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... -
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... -
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... -
Research: Companies Are Less Likely to Hire Current Military Reservists
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleEven though discrimination against them is illegal. -
What Military Service Could Teach MBAs
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleIs a decline in CEOs with military experience creating an ethics gap? -
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... -
How the UK's Royal Marines Plan in the Face of Uncertainty
Organizational Development Magazine ArticleDespite shocks such as the Gulf oil spill and the global banking crisis, corporations still treat the world as a predictable place. Instead, they should...
-
A Sharper Look at Zero Tolerance: Reports of Sexual Assault Rock the United States Air Force Academy
Global Business Case Study8.95View 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... -
Sea Change: Rewriting the Rules for Port-Security
Strategy & Execution Case Study150.00View Details Under a tight deadline to deliver that change, Captain Englebert set up and facilitated a series of public meetings aimed at turning the mandates of the... -
Turn the Ship Around! (A)
Organizational Development Case Study8.95View Details The two-part case study describes two attempts to empower the crews of two nuclear submarines of the US Navy. The case highlights the challenges as well... -
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... -
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... -
Joe Gifford in Tal Afar, Iraq (A)
Leadership & Managing People Case Study15.05View Details A Lieutenant leading a platoon in Iraq must make a complex ethical, military, and leadership decision: whether to risk his life and that of other soldiers... -
Role Responsibility, Official Disobedience, and the Supreme Court's Ruling on the Defense of Marriage Act
Leadership & Managing People Case Study8.95View Details In June, 2013, the U.S. Supreme Court determined that the federal Defense of Marriage Act violated the U.S. Constitution's Fifth Amendment protection... -
The Boeing Tanker Lease Deal (A)
Strategy & Execution Case Study9.95View Details The September 2001 terrorist attacks in the United States precipitated US military actions in Afghanistan and Iraq, increasing demand for certain military... -
Sea Change: Rewriting the Rules for Port Security
Strategy & Execution Case Study8.95View 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 Grit Factor: Courage, Resilience, and Leadership in the Most Male-Dominated Organization in the World
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... -
Operation Bramble Bush (B)
Technology & Operations Case Study5.00View Details Case Supplement for Case OM39A -
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... -
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... -
Pink, White, and Blue: A Transgender Sailor, the U.S. Navy, and a Right vs. Right Ethical Dilemma
Management Case Study8.95View Details Pink, White and Blue is appropriate for undergraduate or graduate courses in management, business ethics, organizational behavior, leadership, or human... -
Operation Rollback Water: The National Guard's Response to the 2009 North Dakota Floods (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... -
Depart, Depart, Depart!
Leadership & Managing People Case Study8.95View 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... -
Dr. Jonathan Woodson, Military Health System Reform, and National Digital Health Strategy
Strategy & Execution Case Study8.95View Details Dr. Jonathan Woodson faced more formidable challenges than most in his storied medical, public health, and military career, starting with multiple rotations... -
Greening Marines? Reducing Energy Use in the U.S. Marine Corps
Strategy & Execution Case Study8.95View Details The Greening Marines case is appropriate for undergraduate or graduate courses in management, change management, technology implementation, and sustainability... -
The Boeing Tanker Lease Deal (B)
Strategy & Execution Case Study5.00View Details In May 2003, Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld approved an agreement allowing the Air Force to lease 100 converted Boeing 767 aircraft as aerial refueling... -
Defending the Homeland: The Massachusetts National Guard Responds to the 2013 Boston Marathon Bombings
Leadership & Managing People Case Study8.95View Details On April 15, 2013, Dzhokhar and Tamerlan Tsarnaev placed and detonated two homemade bombs near the finish line of the Boston Marathon, killing three bystanders...
-
A Sharper Look at Zero Tolerance: Reports of Sexual Assault Rock the United States Air Force Academy
Global Business Case Study8.95View 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... -
Sea Change: Rewriting the Rules for Port-Security
Strategy & Execution Case Study150.00View Details Under a tight deadline to deliver that change, Captain Englebert set up and facilitated a series of public meetings aimed at turning the mandates 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... -
Turn the Ship Around! (A)
Organizational Development Case Study8.95View Details The two-part case study describes two attempts to empower the crews of two nuclear submarines of the US Navy. The case highlights the challenges as well... -
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... -
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... -
Joe Gifford in Tal Afar, Iraq (A)
Leadership & Managing People Case Study15.05View Details A Lieutenant leading a platoon in Iraq must make a complex ethical, military, and leadership decision: whether to risk his life and that of other soldiers... -
Role Responsibility, Official Disobedience, and the Supreme Court's Ruling on the Defense of Marriage Act
Leadership & Managing People Case Study8.95View Details In June, 2013, the U.S. Supreme Court determined that the federal Defense of Marriage Act violated the U.S. Constitution's Fifth Amendment protection... -
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... -
The Boeing Tanker Lease Deal (A)
Strategy & Execution Case Study9.95View Details The September 2001 terrorist attacks in the United States precipitated US military actions in Afghanistan and Iraq, increasing demand for certain military...