Professor Deborah Gruenfeld
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- Read about the GSB's new curriculum,
with an expanded focus on experiential leadership development - Evelyn Williams, Director of the Center's Leadership Labs, talks with the Wall Street Journal about leadership education trends.
- More news about the Center...
How the Center Fits into the Graduate School of Business
GSB faculty influence how today's business leaders think about the challenges they face. Business leaders of today and tomorrow study at the GSB through the MBA, Sloan and Executive Education programs.
Educating leaders, in other words, is our business.
The Center provides a platform for business school faculty, students, alumni and practitioners to study and learn about the central challenges faced by those leading organizations today. In addition, the Center provides a focal point for efforts by faculty and the school administration to stimulate and launch innovative approaches in leadership education.
The center brings an academic focus to the study and development of leadership by:
- Teaching -- providing students with opportunities to learn about leadership frameworks, challenges, skills and development practices;
- Research -- partnering with faculty on research relating to leadership for use by the academic and business communities; and
- Outreach -- assembling recognized leaders and experts to stimulate thinking and identify leadership development needs.
About the Center
At the Stanford Graduate School of Business, we believe that learning to be a leader is like learning to be a great athlete, musician, or artist. It's a capability that develops over time, through trial and error, hard work, and practice. Leadership is learned by doing, not simply by taking notes in a classroom. However, as any great athlete, musician, or artist can attest, understanding fundamental principles–coupled with practice–can make a huge difference in improving performance.
Created and launched in 2003, the Center for Leadership Development and Research (CLDR) promotes learning and scholarship in the area of organizational leadership. The CLDR is based on the premise that although management can be taught in the classroom, leadership is something that is learned best through experience--especially when experiences are shared with others who are willing and able to support the learning process.
Teaching and Curriculum Development
Providing students with opportunities to learn about leadership frameworks, challenges, skills and development practices
Faculty and Research
To further knowledge and research on the topic of leadership and related organizational behaviors, the CLDR supports faculty, research initiatives, and research programs.
Resources and Events
To prepare students for the privilege and responsibility of leadership, the CLDR supports diverse events and speakers:
- View from the Top: Dean's premier speaker series
- Other CLDR speakers and programs
- Personal Side of Leadership dinner series
- Executive Challenge
The CLDR recently launched the Leadership In Focus video case project, which provides rich teaching tools for academics teaching courses in the fields
of management and leadership.
