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Each case study has been designed to foster 15-45 minutes of quality professional conversation. Whether video based or a written scenario, each case study package provides you with the materials needed to prepare and lead a meaningful discussion with your team.

Black Hearts Case Study: Moral Leadership

This case study summarizes the breakdown in discipline and moral leadership within a platoon, during their deployment in Yusufiyah, Iraq from the book Black Hearts: …

Quality vs Convenience

This case study is provided to spark and support a professional conversation among officers and senior NCOs about when to streamline actions like procurement and purchasing, and when to go …

Dealing with a Suicide

This case study is about how to deal with, and move on from, a suicide within your unit with the intent of learning from this Soldier's experience to improve the …

Mission Command at the Company Level

This case study is about building and leading teams consistent with the principles of mission command. The video features a Company Commander sharing his experience …

My Most Challenging Experience as a Platoon Leader

This case study is about designing hard, realistic training and learning from those experiences to improve the unit's performance. The video features a lieutenant sharing …

Property Accountability – Command Supply Discipline Program (CSDP) Overview

This case study is about property accountability and the Command Supply Discipline Program (CSDP). The video features a lieutenant sharing his experience as a platoon …

Property Accountability – Dealing with a FLIPL

The case study is about handling a FLIPL. The video features a lieutenant sharing his experience with a FLIPL, and an investigation into the whereabouts of three high-valued pieces of …

Taking a Step Back

This case study is about handling confrontation with a superior officer. The video features a lieutenant sharing his experience with a confrontation he had with an SFAAT Team Leader and …

Essential Platoon Leader Characteristics

This case study is about what essential characteristics are needed to be a good platoon leader. The video features a captain sharing his opinion on the two most important characteristics …

PSG Initial Counseling

This case study is about counseling, expectations, and the Officer-NCO relationship. The video features a lieutenant describing his approach to conducting initial counseling with the …

Duality of a PL – Managing Loyalties Up and Down

This case study is about loyalty, taking care of soldiers, and mission accomplishment. The video features two platoon leaders describing the tension created from being …

Withstanding the Initial Shock of Casualties

This case study is about handling the initial shock that comes when your unit takes a casualty. How might it affect you? How will you inform your unit? How will …

Fire Discipline and Minimizing Civilian Casualties

This case study is about the considerations, trade-offs, and consequences of making life-and-death decisions that affect our Soldiers, the mission, and non-combatants. The video features …

Watching Our Words

This case study is about our responsibility as leaders to not gripe or complain around our subordinates. The video features a lieutenant discussing the challenge (we all face) of making …

Leader as the Moral Compass

This case study is about leaders' responsibility to serve as moral compasses for their units and soldiers. The video features four lieutenants sharing their experiences as deployed leaders.

Traumatic Events and Resilient Teams

This case study is about building resilient units that empower Soldiers to respond well to traumatic events. The video features the Physician's Assistant and senior …