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What VUCA Really Means for You
Strategic planning Magazine ArticleIt’s become a trendy managerial acronym: VUCA, short for volatility, uncertainty, complexity, and ambiguity, and a catchall for “Hey, it’s crazy out there!” It’s also misleading: VUCA conflates four distinct types of challenges that demand four distinct types of responses. That makes it difficult to know how to approach a challenging situation and easy to […] -
Leading Through Anxiety
Crisis management Big IdeaInspiring others when you’re struggling yourself -
5 Principles to Guide Adaptive Leadership
Innovation & Leadership Digital ArticleHow you respond to a crisis will have repercussions for years to come. -
8 Ways Managers Can Support Employees’ Mental Health
Crisis management Digital ArticleNearly 42% of employees report a decline in mental health since the pandemic began. -
Growth After Trauma
Crisis management Magazine ArticleFive steps for coming out of a crisis stronger -
What Professional Service Firms Must Do to Thrive
Organizational Development Magazine ArticleDuring economic slowdowns, consulting, law, and accounting firms often start offering services and taking on clients they really shouldn't, just to keep... -
15 Questions About Remote Work, Answered
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleA Q&A with Harvard Business School professor Tsedal Neeley. -
How Women End Up on the "Glass Cliff"
Leadership & Managing People Magazine ArticleBy now everyone is familiar with the glass ceiling, the informal barrier that keeps women out of top positions. Newer research has focused on why women... -
Change Management in Government
International business Magazine ArticleLeaders of government agencies operate under handicaps largely unknown within the private sector. But the best of them have improved performance by adopting and adapting some goals and methods that have been proven in business. -
Are You About to Snap? Snap Out of It!
Recessions Digital ArticleThe economic situation isn’t getting any easier. We all know people (or are people) who have been laid off, had hours radically reduced, or have watched as companies simply vanish out of existence. Those of us still showing up to work every day may be seeing some unfamiliar behaviors as well. How many of us […] -
What Harvey Is Teaching the Health Care Sector About Managing Disasters
Crisis management Digital ArticleDeploy resources creatively. -
Chevron Created a Virtual Summer Camp for Its Employees’ Kids
Managing people Digital ArticleOrganizations need to get creative when it comes to supporting WFH parents. -
Ending Harassment at Work Requires an Intersectional Approach
Organizational Development Digital ArticleGender, race, age, and seniority all affect who's harassed and how. -
If Your Company Is in Crisis, Escape by Going Forward
Crisis management Digital ArticleThe last thing you should do is trust your instincts. -
Pull the Plug on a Project with an Uncertain Future? (HBR Case Study)
Organizational Development Magazine ArticleIn this fictional case, Alex, a real estate developer, is at a crossroads in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic. His company is a year away from completing... -
A New Will to Win
Organizational Development Magazine ArticleIn 2004, Rick Hendrick, owner of the NASCAR racing operation Hendrick Motorsports, lost most of his management team in a plane crash. Among those killed... -
To Fight Ebola, Stop Pointing Fingers
Decision making and problem solving Digital ArticleMobilizing a community calls for a different kind of leadership than we’ve seen thus far. -
To Keep Women in the Workforce, Men Need to Do More at Home
Leadership & Managing People ResearchResearch on different-sex couples early in the pandemic shows that when dads took a bigger share of domestic labor, moms were more likely to stay in their... -
The BP Oil Spill and the Need for a Risk Dispersant
Crisis management Digital ArticleImagine if, when Vesuvius buried Pompeii, the kind of political climate we have today had existed: Rome, August 26, 79 AD — The Forum announced today that Emperor Titus would visit Herculaneum to assess the rescue efforts in Pompeii, amid reports that the government was investigating the builders of the boat in which Pliny the […] -
Crisis Management Failures in Japan's Reactors and the BP Spill
Organizational Development Digital ArticleA potentially catastrophic technological problem, an incomplete crisis response plan, misleading early information, divided private and public authority,...
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Personnel Problems
Organizational Development Case Study8.95View Details The CEO of an investment management firm must decide what to do about inappropriate actions by two different employees. While both employees are strong... -
Carrefour China and the Olympic Torch Relay: Managing Corporate Crisis amid Evolving Expectations of Multinational Firms
Global Business Case Study8.95View Details Prior to the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, Chinese people were outraged by repeated interruptions of the Olympic torch relay in Paris on 7 April 2008.... -
EDM (Energie du Mali)
Leadership & Managing People Case Study8.95View Details In the spring of 2005, the government of Mali was negotiating major changes in the concession of Energie du Mali (EDM), the private firm that operated... -
COVID and Crisis Management: How the Tour de France Averted Ultimate Super-spreader Status
Leadership & Managing People Case Study8.95View Details By all reasonable counts, the 2020 Tour de France 2 (Tour) probably should have been cancelled. The phenomenon could have become an extreme transmitter... -
A Lesson in Extreme Negotiation: Negotiating With Kidnappers
Sales & Marketing Case Study8.95View Details This is a negotiation where a hostage negotiates with kidnappers and gets out of a life threatening situation unscathed -
Vancom Transportation, Inc. (B)
Leadership & Managing People Case Study5.00View Details Describes the outcome of the labor relations issues. -
Indupalma (A1): The Initial Years, 1961-1977
Leadership & Managing People Case Study8.95View Details Indupalma was managed as a plantation since its creation in 1961. Labor conditions were grim, and labor unrest was at a peak when the general manager... -
Third Point Paints a Target on Sotheby's
Leadership & Managing People Case Study8.95View Details When faced with the increasing accumulation of its stock by activist investors led by Daniel Loeb's Third Point LLC and the activists' stated objective... -
Social Justice at the Stratford Festival (A)
Organizational Development Case Study8.95View Details On March 20, 2020, in an effort to stem the transmission of the COVID-19 pandemic and under the direction of government officials, Canada's Stratford... -
The Roca Brothers: Innovation in Gastronomy
Organizational Development Case Study8.95View Details Chef Joan Roca, sommelier Josep Roca and pastry chef Jordi Roca were three brothers based in Girona, Spain whose complementary skills, collective ability,... -
The Fukushima Nuclear Disaster: Causes, Consequences, and Implications
Leadership & Managing People Case Study8.95View Details This case study discusses the causes, consequences and implications of the nuclear disaster at Tokyo Electric Power Company's (TEPCO's) Fukushima Dai-ichi... -
Held Hostage in the 21st Century: Cybersecurity, Ransomware, and Crisis Management (A)
Leadership & Managing People Case Study8.95View Details This case is part of the Giving Voice to Values (GVV) curriculum. To see other material in the GVV curriculum, please visit http://store.darden.virginia.edu/giving-voice-to-values.... -
Thomas Cook Group on the Brink (C): Transformation Year 2 Results
Finance & Accounting Case Study5.00View Details Analyzes the results of the Thomas Cook turnaround plan after the second year under Harriet Green's leadership (November 2014). -
Japanese Banking: Crisis and Reform
Global Business Case Study8.95View Details The Japanese banking industry entered a major crisis in the 1990s, as massive nonperforming loans threatened the survival of even the largest banks. This... -
Novell (A): When an Activist Hedge Fund Came Calling on the Board
Leadership & Managing People Case Study8.95View Details No corporation and its board of directors is immune to a disruptive shareholder activist attack. The Novell (A) and (B) cases take students through a... -
Cypress Sharpridge: Raising Capital in a Time of Crisis
Finance & Accounting Case Study8.95View Details Cypress Sharpridge, a REIT investing in agency securities, launched its IPO just before the collapse of the subprime mortgage market. The IPO failed.... -
Mount Everest--1996, Japanese Version
Strategy & Execution Case Study8.95View Details Describes the events that transpired during the May 1996, Mount Everest tragedy. Examines the flawed decisions that climbing teams made before and during... -
The Rise and Fall of Lehman Brothers
Finance & Accounting Case Study8.95View Details ... -
Campbell Soup Co. Ltd.
Strategy & Execution Case Study8.95View Details The president and chief executive officer of a large food manufacturer is preparing his company's strategic agenda for the next five years. One of the... -
OTE: Managing in Times of National Crisis (A)
Strategy & Execution Case Study8.95View Details In late 2010, Michael Tsamaz was appointed CEO and Chairman of Greek telecommunications company OTE. OTE still exhibited many traits of a large incumbent...
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What VUCA Really Means for You
Strategic planning Magazine ArticleIt’s become a trendy managerial acronym: VUCA, short for volatility, uncertainty, complexity, and ambiguity, and a catchall for “Hey, it’s crazy out there!” It’s also misleading: VUCA conflates four distinct types of challenges that demand four distinct types of responses. That makes it difficult to know how to approach a challenging situation and easy to […] -
Leading Through Anxiety
Crisis management Big IdeaInspiring others when you’re struggling yourself -
5 Principles to Guide Adaptive Leadership
Innovation & Leadership Digital ArticleHow you respond to a crisis will have repercussions for years to come. -
8 Ways Managers Can Support Employees’ Mental Health
Crisis management Digital ArticleNearly 42% of employees report a decline in mental health since the pandemic began. -
Growth After Trauma
Crisis management Magazine ArticleFive steps for coming out of a crisis stronger -
What Professional Service Firms Must Do to Thrive
Organizational Development Magazine ArticleDuring economic slowdowns, consulting, law, and accounting firms often start offering services and taking on clients they really shouldn't, just to keep... -
15 Questions About Remote Work, Answered
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleA Q&A with Harvard Business School professor Tsedal Neeley. -
How Women End Up on the "Glass Cliff"
Leadership & Managing People Magazine ArticleBy now everyone is familiar with the glass ceiling, the informal barrier that keeps women out of top positions. Newer research has focused on why women... -
Personnel Problems
Organizational Development Case Study8.95View Details The CEO of an investment management firm must decide what to do about inappropriate actions by two different employees. While both employees are strong... -
Carrefour China and the Olympic Torch Relay: Managing Corporate Crisis amid Evolving Expectations of Multinational Firms
Global Business Case Study8.95View Details Prior to the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, Chinese people were outraged by repeated interruptions of the Olympic torch relay in Paris on 7 April 2008....