Case Studies
Real leadership situations. No easy answers. Built for leaders who want to think harder about the decisions in front of them.
WHAT ARE CASE STUDIES
Most leadership books tell you what to do. Case studies put you in the room before the decision gets made.
Each study drops you into a real leadership situation — the kind that doesn't announce itself as a crisis until you're already in the middle of it. A team member everyone likes but nobody can rely on. A hire that looked right on paper and isn't working. A financial decision with no clean answer. You read the scenario, you feel the tension, and you decide what you would do. Then you find out what actually happened and what it cost.
These are not hypotheticals. They are drawn from real organizations — churches, businesses, nonprofits — with names and details changed. The dynamics are real. The costs are real.
How To Use them
On your own: Read the scenario. Stop before the outcome. Write down what you would do and why. Then read the rest. The gap between your answer and the outcome is where the learning lives.
With your team: Share the scenario in a staff meeting or leadership gathering. Give people ten minutes to read it independently. Then discuss. You will learn more about how your team thinks in that conversation than in most performance reviews.
New studies publish weekly on the Substack — one for church leaders, one for business leaders. The first four are free, no subscription required.
THE STUDIES
Business Leaders
Four studies. Two for business leaders. Two for church leaders. All free.
Church Leaders
READ THE CASE STUDIES
New studies publish weekly — one for church leaders, one for business leaders. All content is free through October. No pitch. No pressure. Just real leadership situations worth thinking harder about.