Authored by Michelle Austin and Erica Haughton Organizations love a good buzzword. Nowhere does this become more evident than in a review of corporate values statements. In a 2021 study of 525 company values statements, the most commonly cited values included...
Maize and blue Nikes, storytelling, empathy, and sustainability: four topics that came into conversation on April 10, 2023, during a chat with the chief financial officer of General Mills, Kofi Bruce, MBA ’98. Bruce joined the Sanger Leadership Center at...
Becoming a leader is a journey that requires significant effort, determination, and self-belief. However, many tend to believe that leaders are born, not made. They think that leadership is an innate talent that some people possess and others don’t. In a recent...
In the modern workplace, the concept of “hierarchical flexing” has emerged as a way to manage teams and projects more effectively. This technique involves adjusting the level of control and oversight given to team members based on their experience and the...
“Many companies emphasize the importance of increasing diversity and inclusion in decision-making teams and promoting processes that encourage employees to express their differences in opinion. It is naive, however, to expect that once diversity is present and...
Leadership styles are not one size fits all. Leaders must be able to pivot, adjusting to the situation at hand. Hippos, or the highest paid person in organizations, should know when to be out of the water and leading from the front, or below the water, empowering...
On November 10, Robin Washington, BBA ’84, board member of Alphabet, Inc., Honeywell International, Inc., and Salesforce.com, and former chief financial officer of Gilead, joined Professor Yesim Orhun at Michigan Ross as part of Sanger’s Leadership Dialogues speaker...
Paul Polman, former CEO of Unilever and co-author of Net Positive, was the featured speaker at the most recent session of Sanger’s Leadership Dialogues series. After participating in a private conversation with a small group of students from the Ross School of...
The U-M Board of Regents has voted unanimously to appoint Dr. Santa J. Ono as the 15th President of the University of Michigan. Dr. Ono most recently served as President and Vice-Chancellor at the University of British Columbia and will begin his new role in Ann Arbor...
Through our powerful ideas, purpose-driven leaders, and positive impact, we empower business leaders to make a positive difference in the world. Bold ideas take center stage in the Sanger Leadership Center’s new speaker series, the Leadership Dialogues. During each...
While women continue to be underrepresented in top leadership positions around the world, some organizations are taking action to address this inequity. General Motors (GM) has long understood that unique perspectives are key to success in the marketplace. Women...
Positive work environments have been shown to boost productivity, improve growth mindset, and increase collaboration across teams. A recent book by Ross School of Business Professor Emeritus Kim Cameron summarizes his many years of research into the power of positive...
