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Scotty Smiley
Snook, Scott A.; Crandall, DougCase HBS-412058-ELeadership and People ManagementU.S. Army Lieutenant Scotty Smiley faces the biggest challenge of his young life. What will he do after learning that the wounds he received from a car bomb in Iraq have left him permanently blinded? On April 6, 2005, Lieutenant Scotty Smiley was grievously wounded by a suicide bomber while leading his infantry platoon during a combat patrol in Iraq. This is a biographical case that outlines who Scotty was prior to this incident and asks readers ...Starting at €8.20
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Joe Gifford in Tal Afar, Iraq (A)
Badaracco, Joseph L., Jr.; Burgess, Richard , Jr.; Carpio, Robert , III; Wheeler, WilliamCase HBS-311085-ELeadership and People ManagementTo maximize their effectiveness, color cases should be printed in color. 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 to reenter a home rigged with an explosive and save three Iraqis.Starting at €8.20
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Michael Phelps: "It's Okay to Not Be Okay"
Groysberg, Boris; Knoop, Carin-Isabel; Norris, MichaelCase HBS-421044-ELeadership and People ManagementIn 2020, Michael Phelps, the most decorated Olympian of all time, with 28 medals in various swimming events, was now retired. As he looked back on his 20+ year athletic career, he considered what had gone into making him the greatest of all time-the highs and lows, successes and struggles. He had lived with mental health issues for much of his life, going public with his struggles in 2015, when he talked about his depression and suicidal thoughts...Starting at €8.20
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Taking Ideas From the Edge and Bringing Them Into Your Core
Krawchuk, FredArticle ART-2792-EInnovation and Change, Leadership and People Management, StrategyAs leaders face a global business environment marked by volatile, uncertain, complex and ambiguous (VUCA) conditions, a new way to sense and respond to the environment is required. Specifically, leaders need to adopt integrative mindsets -- capable of balancing both "core" and "edge" concerns, resolving tensions among opposing ideas and using them to generate innovative outcomes. This article describes the values, attributes, actions and behavior...Starting at €8.20
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Joe Gifford in Tal Afar, Iraq (B)
Badaracco, Joseph L., Jr.; Burgess, Richard , Jr.; Carpio, Robert , III; Wheeler, WilliamCase HBS-311086-ELeadership and People ManagementTo maximize their effectiveness, color cases should be printed in color. 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 to reenter a home rigged with an explosive and save three Iraqis. The (B) case describes the decision made and the rational behind it.Starting at €5.74
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Paul Bremer at the Coalition Provisional Authority in Iraq
Kaplan, Robert Steven; Taranto, NicholasCase HBS-411010-ELeadership and People ManagementSince becoming the President's envoy responsible for post-war Iraq, Paul Bremer endured many sleepless nights, struggling with the decision of how to hand over sovereignty to the Iraqi people. Despite daily assassination attempts, tribal warfare, growing violence, and political pressure--at home in Washington, D.C. and abroad--the CPA undertook the difficult task of handing over power to an Iraqi civil society which was simultaneously being rebui...Starting at €8.20
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Brief History of Decision Making (Spanish version)
Buchanan, Leigh; O'Connell, AndrewArticle HBS-R0601BLeadership and People ManagementThe debunking of Descartes' rational man threatens to swamp our confidence in our choices. Is it really surprising, then, that even as technology dramatically increases our access to information, Malcolm Gladwell extols the virtues of gut decisions made, literally, in the blink of an eye?Starting at €8.20
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Paul Bremer at the Coalition Provisional Authority in Iraq, Teaching Note
Kaplan, Robert StevenTeaching Note HBS-411108-ELeadership and People ManagementTeaching Note for 411010.Starting at €0.00
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Wolfgang Keller at Konigsbrau-TAK (B) (Spanish version)
Gabarro, John J.Case HBS-408S51Leadership and People ManagementThis is the supplement to "Wolfgang Keller at K nigsbr u-TAK (A)." This case is a modernized revision of the popular case "Wolfgang Keller at K nigsbr u-Hellas (B)."Starting at €5.74
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Joe Gifford in Tal Afar, Iraq (A) and (B), Teaching Note
Badaracco, Joseph L., Jr.Teaching Note HBS-312075-ELeadership and People ManagementTeaching Note for 311-085 and 311-086.Starting at €0.00