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Motivating From the Top Down
Clawson, James G.Case DARDEN-OB-0906-ELeadership and People ManagementThe CEO and other company leaders are trying to do all the right things to motivate executives. One of those things is to develop the workforce through excellent executive education. On the last day of a week-long off-site program, the head honcho shows up to motivate program participants. With one short "pep talk," he swoops in, sucks all the energy out of the room, and leaves.Starting at €8.20
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Giving and Receiving Feedback Evaluation
James, Erika Hayes; Clawson, James G.Technical Note DARDEN-OB-0916-ELeadership and People ManagementThis chart can be used to help students reflect on and document their feedback conversations. In the course of giving or receiving feedback, we often become so embroiled in what we are saying or in what is being said to us that we fail to reflect on the quality and impact of the communication. Though intended to accompany the technical note “Feedback” (UVA-OB-0746), the chart is useful with many other materials on assessing performance.Starting at €8.20
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Taxi! Role-Play Two
Clawson, James G.; Yemen, GerryCase DARDEN-OB-0922-ELeadership and People ManagementSold as a set, this role-playing series encourages students to clarify different points of view when in leadership roles (UVA-OB-0921, 0922, and 0923). Before seeking solutions, students must get a clear, comprehensive picture of the problems at hand. Using the “want-got-gap” model works well. The material affords students an opportunity to develop persuasion techniques. The exercise involves three roles: 1) An executive with the Metropolitan Air...Starting at €8.20
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Taxi! Role-Play Three
Clawson, James G.; Yemen, GerryCase DARDEN-OB-0923-ELeadership and People ManagementSold as a set, this role-playing series encourages students to clarify different points of view when in leadership roles (UVA-OB-0921, 0922, and 0923). Before seeking solutions, students must get a clear, comprehensive picture of the problems at hand. Using the “want-got-gap” model works well. The material affords students an opportunity to develop persuasion techniques. The exercise involves three roles: 1) An executive with the Metropolitan Air...Starting at €8.20
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K2: Brotherhood of the Rope (B)
Clawson, James G.; Yemen, GerryCase DARDEN-OB-0962-ELeadership and People ManagementChris Warner led a team of experienced mountain climbers on an expedition to reach the summit of K2—the second-highest in the world. After failing to succeed on their first few attempts, Warner and his team brought together other teams hoping to reach the summit, and representing eight different countries, to work together for success. Their story is a narrative full of examples, where in some instances, a leadership point of view was taken, and ...Starting at €5.74
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K2: Brotherhood of the Rope (C)
Clawson, James G.; Yemen, GerryCase DARDEN-OB-0963-ELeadership and People ManagementChris Warner led a team of experienced mountain climbers on an expedition to reach the summit of K2—the second-highest in the world. After failing to succeed on their first few attempts, Warner and his team brought together other teams hoping to reach the summit, and representing eight different countries, to work together for success. Their story is a narrative full of examples, where in some instances, a leadership point of view was taken, and ...Starting at €5.74
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Dennis Paustenbach: I Never Thought of It as Work
Clawson, James G.; Yemen, GerryCase DARDEN-OB-0988-ELeadership and People ManagementSuitable for graduate level and executive education programs, this undisguised case describes the life of Dennis Paustenbach, president and CEO of ChemRisk, and what, to his mind, is the typical life of a senior executive: many demands on one’s time, multiple projects, and serious consequences for inattention, both personally and professionally. This case can be used to teach students about individual behavior, Type A behavior, time and priority ...Starting at €8.20
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Negotiating with the Cuban Sugar Industry (A): No Way Out?
Burger, Christoph; Clawson, James G.Case DARDEN-OB-1019-ELeadership and People ManagementSuitable for MBA, EMBA, GEMBA, and executive education program in coursed on negotiation and intercultural management. This case is based on actual negotiations and data. The scenario has been adjusted and simplified for teaching purposes. The case describes the situation of Philip Fisch, a sales representative of a German midsize engineering company, in his negotiation efforts to close his second deal with Juan Antonio Fajardo Duque, vice minist...Starting at €8.20
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Landau Media
Clawson, James G.; Burger, ChristophCase DARDEN-OB-1048-ELeadership and People ManagementLandau Media provides media monitoring on a subscription basis to measure the impact of corporate communication. CEO and Founder Lothar Landau wonders whether his creation is prepared for the future. On the firm's 15th anniversary, Landau asks himself: Had he built the right organizational architecture? Had he been able to create the most effective organizational culture? What did the future of the media monitoring industry look like? What kind o...Starting at €8.20
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Shri Mahila Griha Udyog Lijjat Papad: It's A Women-Only Business
Isabella, Lynn A.; Yemen, Gerry; Mattoo, Nirja; Venkatesan, Rajkumar; Wicks, Andrew C.Case DARDEN-OB-1091-ELeadership and People ManagementThe story of Lijjat offers an opportunity to challenge students to think about what a business is for. It can be used to explore students’ cultural intelligence starting point and discover what they need to learn from others who are different from them. The material lends itself to explore the concepts of missions, visions, values, strategies, and goals in the context of a highly successful business in India. For many years, members of the same f...Starting at €8.20