Apr 19, 2022 | Leadership Crisis Challenge, Managing Teams
The Leadership Crisis Challenge tests University of Michigan students’ ability to strategize through a turbulent situation, think on their feet, and demonstrate poise under pressure. But it’s not just the students who learn important leadership and communication...
Mar 29, 2022 | Strategies and Tips, Managing Teams, Emotions, Empathy
Now more than ever, it’s imperative for leaders to demonstrate compassion towards themselves and their employees. Leaders who actively practice compassion toward themselves benefit both themselves and their employees, according to a new paper co-authored by Ross...
Sep 5, 2021 | Managing Teams, Orientation, Self-Leadership, Sanger News
What leadership skills do students need before they even begin their MBA? The Sanger Leadership Center and a vibrant, diverse team of students, faculty, and staff from across the university tackled this question over the summer as they planned our 2021 Leadership...
Apr 22, 2021 | Sanger News, Managing Teams
Last week, Sanger and over 120 MBA students, 8 executive coaches, and 16 faculty and staff wrapped up our pilot diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) leadership community, Leading Inclusive Teams (LIT). The community was a six-week program for full-time MBAs, that...
Apr 20, 2021 | Leading Organizations, Managing Teams
The Sanger team recently re-evaluated our organization’s values: they are now more action-oriented and represent all quadrants of the Michigan Model of Leadership. It had been several years since our team’s values were created, and in that time, our center has grown...
Mar 2, 2021 | Leadership Crisis Challenge, Managing Teams, Podcast
Our center was thrilled to once again be featured on one of our favorite podcasts, Michigan Ross’ Working for the Weekend. The podcast, produced by Ross Weekend MBAs, featured a lively interview with the winning team from this year’s January Leadership...
Mar 1, 2021 | Leadership Crisis Challenge, Managing Teams
By Gamal Elbialy, WMBA ’22; Natalie Juronoc, WMBA ’21; Dennis Emmatty, Evening MBA ’21; Elizabeth Fu, WMBA ’22; Juan Suchon, Evening MBA ’21 A crisis unfolded on the night of Jan. 28, 2021. We learned a security breach had befallen a...
Dec 9, 2020 | Managing Teams, Lindy Greer
Even before COVID-19, businesses large and small were embracing the digital economy through e-commerce, telecommuting, virtual teamwork, and online learning. There’s no doubt that the prolonged experience of working from home has accelerated the adoption of these...
Oct 16, 2020 | Managing Teams, Orientation
We teach leadership through action-based learning and inclusive communities. But what exactly is action-based learning? Ross Ambassador and MBA ’21 Ebrar Derya Erdem recently blogged for Poets&Quants and shared her experiences. Ebrar writes about her...
Aug 29, 2020 | Managing Teams, Lindy Greer
Remote teamwork has become the new normal for organizations around the globe. And while remote teams pose challenges for employees to collaborate and perform, they also offer enormous opportunities. Below we reflect on one the key opportunity in this respect: the...
Jul 31, 2020 | Leading Organizations, Managing Teams, Lindy Greer, Podcast, Self-Leadership
Sanger faculty director Lindy Greer was interviewed by Peter Winick on the Leveraging Thought Leadership podcast this week. She discussed the importance of science and data in leadership education and also gives tips from her experience publishing her content beyond...
Jul 1, 2020 | Managing Teams, Lindy Greer
Does sharing power make a team leader weak? Which is better: a flat team structure, or one with many levels and hierarchies? It turns out, science tells us there are clear answers to these questions. Lindy Greer, Sanger faculty director, was interviewed by SmartBrief...
