Craig Weatherup: Learning from success and failure
The essence of leadership is the ability to make the right decision, and to be able to do that leaders need breadth of experience.
Murdoch buys Dow Jones: What does it mean for The Wall Street Journal?
Reaction to Rupert Murdoch's $5.6 billion takeover of the Dow Jones Co. and The Wall Street Journal is a reminder of how highly businesspeople value the venerable news organization.
Hands on management: Lifelong learning key to business success
Judi Hand, president and general manager of Direct Alliance, a business process outsourcer, visited the W. P. Carey School of Business recently to speak to an audience of students attending the Executive Luncheon Series.
They're few and far between, but female executives benefit the firms they work for
Carly Fiorina was ousted from her role as CEO of Hewlett-Packard after the merger with Compaq, but that doesn't mean that women can't hold their own in the male-dominated corporate world.
Fight or flight: How employees cope with organizational change
In a global marketplace, change isn't just good. For many companies, says Angelo Kinicki, it's necessary.
Reading allies like a book: How smart framing spreads education in India
By focusing on solutions rather than causes, Pratham — a non-profit organization dedicated to primary education in India — has been remarkably successful in motivating donors and volunteers, not to mention the children this program has brought back into classrooms.
2008 NAWBO Conference: It's a man's world — or is it?
Does the world of business — in the past dominated by men — pose any special challenges for women?
Bob Anderson: Innovating from the bottom up at Best Buy
In the opening moments of Bob Anderson's presentation at a recent conference sponsored by the Center for the Advancement of Business through Information Technology, the IT executive used the words "innovation" or "innovative" or "innovate" seven times. He has reasons to harp on that theme.
Pursuit of whose happiness? Transformational leaders and personal values
What does it take to be an effective leader of a corporation? What must a chief executive officer do to energize employees and inspire them to go beyond what is normally expected? How does a CEO motivate employees to truly commit to a company?
Finding time to lead
Management Professor Suzanne Peterson writes a monthly column on management and leadership in The Arizona Republic and azcentral.com. An expert on the behaviors that characterize extraordinary leaders, Peterson offers some insights into time management.