Leadership and Management

The essence of coordination is changing. AI as a technology is going to change coordination with or without our project. —Yankai Wang, PhD Student, Organizational Behavior

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Leadership in Focus

Leadership in Focus

Leadership in Focus is a large collection of case vignettes, teaching, and learning resources that bring real-world business challenges to life and spark lively discussions aimed at improving executive skills. Each short video is accompanied by teaching notes for added context, suggested discussion questions and role-playing ideas to help engage groups of managers in learning experiences of their own. Leaders may also experience the cases online with opportunities to calibrate their thinking for actionable insights.

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