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Reinventing the Leader Selection Process
Diversity and inclusion 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... -
Look to Military History for Lessons in Crisis Leadership
Crisis management Digital ArticleToday's business leaders face a number of historic circumstances at once. Amidst a global public health crisis, mass economic uncertainty, and widespread,... -
What Family Businesses Can Learn from the Military
Corporate governance Digital ArticleTo successfully navigate volatile, uncertain, complex and ambiguous (VUCA) challenges like Covid-19, family business leaders can look to best practices... -
4 Ways to Pressure-Test Strategic Decisions, Inspired by the U.S. Military
Leadership Digital ArticleAlmost every leader has developed a process designed to avoid critical strategic mistakes, but, as the world continues to grow more complex, it's much... -
How Military Veterans Can Turn Their Skills into a Corporate Career
Career transitions Digital ArticleIn the military, many twentysomethings have more responsibility than their civilian peers. But even so, transitioning out of the service can be a difficult... -
Research: Companies Are Less Likely to Hire Current Military Reservists
Government Digital ArticleSince 9/11, the United States has increasingly relied on reservists to serve in Iraq and Afghanistan, with the average tour duration lasting around eight... -
Managing Climate Change: Lessons from the U.S. Navy
Climate change 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
Hiring and recruitment Digital ArticleThere's an unexpected source of insight, solutions, and resolve for all working parents grappling with the dual, failure-not-an-option challenges of managing... -
Cybersecurity's Human Factor: Lessons from the Pentagon
Cybersecurity and digital privacy 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... -
What Companies Can Learn from Military Teams
Leadership Digital ArticleA Q&A with former general Stanley McChrystal. -
A Military Leader's Approach to Dealing with Complexity
Leadership Digital ArticleCraft your vision in pencil, not ink. -
To Lead, You Must Focus
Costing 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.... -
What Military Service Could Teach MBAs
Business ethics Digital ArticleIs a decline in CEOs with military experience creating an ethics gap? -
Leading with a Light Footprint
Leadership VideoCharles-Edouard Bouee, COO at Roland Berger Strategy Consultants, applies "light footprint" military doctrine to management. -
What Ever Happened to Accountability?
Government 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... -
Life's Work: Admiral Mike Mullen
Government 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... -
Life's Work: Michelle Bachelet
Diversity and inclusion 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... -
Four Lessons in Adaptive Leadership
Decision making and problem solving Magazine ArticleReprint: R1011F The armed services have been in the business of leadership development much longer than the corporate world has. Today's military leaders... -
"You Have to Lead from Everywhere"
Crisis management 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... -
How the UK's Royal Marines Plan in the Face of Uncertainty
Change management 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...
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Fighter Jets and Feature Flags: Digital Transformation of Singapore's Air Force Through Agile Product Management
AI and machine learning Case Study11.95View Details Set in March 2025, this case explores how modern product management practices enabled rapid, iterative software development in a traditionally rigid environment.... -
Greg Linton and Tightline Anchor Inc. - Managing Growth
Entrepreneurship Case Study11.95View Details In April 2023, Greg Linton, the founder and chief executive officer of Tightline Anchor Inc., a start-up that sells innovative anchors to the personal... -
How a Good Strategy Can Fail: Leadership Lessons from Napoleon's Rise and Fall
Leadership Case Study11.95View Details Napoleon was a blue ocean strategist ahead of his time. With his innovative approach to military warfare, he reshaped conventional war strategies. But... -
Sparking Innovation in the U.S. Air Force
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Pink, White, and Blue: A Transgender Sailor, the U.S. Navy, and a Right vs. Right Ethical Dilemma
Diversity and inclusion Case Study11.95View Details Pink, White and Blue is appropriate for undergraduate or graduate courses in management, business ethics, organizational behavior, leadership, or human... -
Greening Marines? Reducing Energy Use in the U.S. Marine Corps
Change management Case Study11.95View Details The Greening Marines case is appropriate for undergraduate or graduate courses in management, change management, technology implementation, and sustainability... -
Depart, Depart, Depart!
Decision making 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... -
Lessons in Crisis Leadership: From Peacetime to Post-911
Crisis management 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... -
The Grit Factor: Courage, Resilience, and Leadership in the Most Male-Dominated Organization in the World
30.00View 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... -
Operation Bramble Bush (A)
Decision making;Information systems Case Study11.95View Details In the pre-dawn hours of August 2, 1990, Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein ordered his army to invade the neighboring, oil-rich state of Kuwait; within two... -
Operation Bramble Bush (B)
Decision making;Information systems Case Study5.00View Details Case Supplement for Case OM39A -
Managing a Security Response to the Ebola Epidemic in Liberia (A)
Government policy and regulation 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... -
Managing a Security Response to the Ebola Epidemic in Liberia (B)
Government policy and regulation 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... -
Managing a Security Response to the Ebola Epidemic in Liberia (Epilogue)
Government policy and regulation 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... -
Note on Warfare in Eastern Philosophy
Strategy 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 Rise of China
Globalization 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... -
A Cascade of Emergencies (A): Responding to Superstorm Sandy in New York City
11.95View 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... -
Leadership Under High Pressure
Crisis management Case Study11.95View Details When managers are confronted with a corporate crisis, they have to operate under conditions that differ fundamentally from those experienced during normal... -
Into Local Streets: Maryland National Guard and the Baltimore Riots, Epilogue
Diversity and inclusion 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... -
Conflict Management in Teams: For Military and Government
Government 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...
