California Management Review
California Management Review is a premier academic management journal published at UC Berkeley
by Homa Bahrami
The Nimble Storage case study tells the story of a rapidly growing storage startup in Silicon Valley. The key protagonists are CEO Suresh Vasudevan, along with the Vice President of Human Resources, Paul Whitney. The case study describes the history of the company, the context in which Whitney was hired, and key people initiatives since Whitney's arrival. With lofty ambitions, such as transforming the world of storage through its hybrid storage system, and with the stated goal of becoming a billion dollar company in three years, Vasudevan, Whitney, and the senior team believed that Nimble's people strategy would be critical in helping achieve its ambitious goals and thus focused on short- and long-term people initiatives in order to scale. The case study ends with the launch of the company's new leadership program, LEAD and raises questions about Nimble's future growth and international expansion, specifically how its growth plans might affect people initiatives going forward.
Pub Date:
Jun 9, 2015
Discipline: Entrepreneurship
Subjects: Global corporate cultures, Entrepreneurship, Leadership, Hiring & employment, Organizational culture, Corporate strategy, Value creation, Growth strategy
Product #: B5839-PDF-ENG
Industry: Transportation & warehousing
Geography: United States, California
Length: 30 page(s)
