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...
Sanger’s faculty director Lindy Greer has been promoted to professor of management and organizations at the Ross School of Business! Greer was one of nine faculty members at the Ross School of Business who received promotions approved by the University of...
On March 22, the Sanger Leadership Center’s faculty director Lindy Greer was a featured guest on Michigan Ross’ Working for the Weekend podcast. In episode #508, Connecting with Your Inner Leader, Greer joined host Leslie Beverley to discuss the meaning of leadership,...
Two courses taught by our Sanger faculty champions were recently named top 10 courses according to Michigan Ross Full-Time MBA students. The Psychology of Startup Teams (MO 602) Faculty Director of the Sanger Leadership Center, Professor Lindy Greer has designed one...
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...
In an essay for the Michigan Ross Center for Positive Organizations (CPO) and the Greater Good Science Center, our faculty director Dr. Lindy Greer notes that workplace hierarchies are necessary. However, they are not always evil. Here, she discusses four keys to...
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...
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...
In an opinion piece in today’s Automotive News regarding Barry Engle’s departure from General Motors (GM), Sanger Faculty Director and Associate Professor Lindy Greer was quoted on c-suite job searches and their relevance to organizational structures....
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...
The first year of the Michigan Ross Online MBA is in the books! Sanger faculty champions and Ross faculty who teach in the program talk about their experiences creating courses, including what they enjoyed most, what they found most challenging, as well as what they...
Working remotely has been challening for many teams, but it can also yield some positive and lasting results. In a webinar with Michigan Ross Exectuive Education, our faculty director and Michigan Ross Professor Lindy Greer discussed the pitfalls and the positives of...
