How Stanford Is Grooming Next Business Leaders
The Wall Street Journal
May 29, 2007
Evelyn Williams, director of the Center's Leadership Laboratories, discusses the emphasis on leadership at Stanford with the Wall Street Journal's Ron Alsop.
"Leadership is definitely teachable, but it is different than teaching more analytical or technical skills. While students learn fundamental concepts in both leadership and accounting classes, there's an art to leadership that is more personal. Students must become incredibly self-aware and reflective as they discover their personal leadership style and how to inspire other people. I see students make huge transformational changes. To prevent weak behaviors from becoming ingrained, they learn how to change their communication style or their emotional responses."
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Wage Imbalance Between CEO and Workers Sends Bad Message
GSB Research, April 2007
Huge salary imbalances between CEOs and the people who work for them can send bad vibes throughout an organization, weakening loyalty and eroding the talent pool, says Charles O'Reilly, director of the Business School’s Center for Leadership Development and Research.
Tackling Corporate Governance
Stanford Business, August 2006
Managers, directors, and investors are all blamed for corporate missteps. David Larcker, who heads the School's corporate governance program, says GSB researchers can temper strong opinions with facts.
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Future Leaders Dress the Part
Interaction (Stanford University Publication), May 17, 2006
Students in the Leadership Development Program collaborate with the Digital Vision Program to solve problems in the developing world.
The Half-Truths of Leadership
Stanford Business, May 2006
Leaders have far less control over organizations than people believe, but they can be more effective if they understand leadership myths and use them to their institutions' advantage.
Behaving Badly May Be Natural at the Top
Stanford Business, May 2006
Professor Deborah Gruenfeld discusses the psychology
of power and the implications it has for effective leadership.
Say Goodbye to Mr. Tough Guy
Stanford Business, May 2006
According to Peter A. Georgescu, MBA '63, in a new global economy defined by excess supply of everything from capital to human labor, there's no longer any room for the traditional autocratic tycoon.
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