Peter Löscher became CEO of Siemens in July 2007. It was one of the most tumultuous moments in the company’s history when the company stumbled upon a compliance scandal involving alleged bribes of hundreds of millions of euros and billions of euros. in fines and fees to clear his name. Furthermore, the company’s operating groups …
At the end of 2017, Peri Malhotra, Director of Employee Development at Quatrro Global Services (QGS), was concerned about the future of the One Woman campaign that had been launched at the company two years earlier. She led the initiative with her line manager, Alok Narain, Executive Vice President of Human Resources and Development. Despite …
Seven years after graduation, an MBA graduate assumes the position of COO in a company he has never heard of, in an industry he knows nothing about. You are climbing a vertical learning curve, mired in crisis, exposed to change and leadership. You also need to develop a complementary working relationship with the CEO.
Lenovo’s origins date back to 1984 in China. Over time, it became the world’s leading PC company. It is now striving to transform itself and become not just a PC manufacturer, but a solution provider for companies in digital transformation. The hiring manager must decide how to ensure that Lenovo has enough trained leaders to …
Radically innovative thinker Sy Friedland was a decade or more ahead of the trends when he assumed command of the venerable Jewish Children & Family Service in Boston in the late 1990s. As a professional clinical social worker, Friedland was also a visionary who knew that the future of building sustainable social services and non-profit …
Even as a teenager, Nadine Vogel knew she wanted to become a manager for a FORTUNE 500 company. This case documents her trajectory and life and career choices, from college to her decision to leave Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, where she led the creation of a new division to help parents of children with disabilities. …
Fu Chengyu is the fifth CEO to lead China National Offshore Oil Company, a public company founded in 1982 to develop Chinese offshore deposits. In 2010, he is trying to decide how to drive additional growth for a company that has grown 556 times in less than 30 years and increased profits 2,600 times. He …
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