Leadership in a Smart Machine Age
Critics point to significant limitations including the magnification of our cognitive biases in the algorithms that run our smart machines.
Ecologically Conscious Leadership
Spiritual convictions may help business leaders to develop ecological consciousness required for achieving sustainability in business functioning.
Leadership “Jesus Style”
Jesus of Nazareth manifests character traits in His speech and actions that transcend time and culture and offer insights into leadership practices and priorities worth serious consideration.
Does Spirituality Make a Difference in Leadership?
This article examines the topic of spirituality and leadership using the example of the Apostle Paul as an exemplary leader for contemporary times.
Bringing the Human Spirit to Business Leadership
Major shifts are required in leadership awareness and in how organizations are run and managed in order to solve the complex issues facing today’s business.
The Business Case for Succession Management Capabilities
Growing research indicates many healthcare organizations are reaping the benefits of proactively investing in the development of succession management capabilities.
Trends in Leadership and Leadership Development
Leadership development is being transformed by trends that represent both ongoing evolution of market defined needs and the creativity of responses to them.
EDITORIAL: Are We Closing the Gender Gap in Business Schools?
This gender gap matters because the pipeline to the top boardrooms, where women are under-represented, begins in business schools where men are over-represented.
“Live Your Life in Crescendo”
10 moral insights Stephen Covey offered a business world that epitomized his insights and recognized him as one of America’s most highly regarded management consultants.
Arrow Electronics: Surviving and Thriving After Tragedy
John C. Waddell shepherded Arrow Electronics through a major crisis after the tragic loss of the company’s top executives…lessons in leadership, strategy, and HR.
A Values Approach to Advancing Women in Leadership
Women make up half the workforce in nearly every country, still, labor shortages call for increased participation of women workers at all levels of the organization.
High Performance Work Systems
While foolish for companies to spend money unwisely in managing human capital, growing research confirms that “high performance work systems” are worth the investment.
6 Insights for Transformative Leaders
Jeffrey Pfeffer who noted that most organizations are victims of ineffective leaders who fail to research or apply correct management principles.
Forging Ethics-Based Business Partners
The ability to be trustworthy and credible is critical for business practitioners and educators to strengthen the competitiveness of businesses and improve its image.
LESSONS LEARNED: Creating Values That Work
Defining values and associated behaviors provide both a focus and the glue that binds leadership behavior and managerial culture.
Bridging the Complexity Gap:
Globalization, information technology, economic and political instability, and climate change create a level of interdependence requiring a new kind of leadership.
Implementing Intrapreneurship:
A myriad of positive organizational effects, including strategic renewal, business revitalization, and new venture creation, have been attributed to intrapreneurship. If appropriately implemented, it is possible for intrepreneurship to help organizations gain a sustainable competitive advantage.
VIDEO: Leadership, Innovation and Disruption
Professor Charla Griffy-Brown interviews Ed White, Owner, de Novo Consulting, about leadership and innovation in today’s environment. De Novo Consulting specializes in strategic planning, facilitation, and leadership coaching.
CEO Performance of 100 of Southern California’s Largest Companies
SCCO International in association with Pepperdine University’s Graziadio School of Business and the Graziadio Business Review presents the 2nd annual report of CEO Performance of 100 of Southern California’s Largest Companies.
UPDATE: Management Skills for the 21st Century
Fourteen years later, what have we learned about leadership? Have the predictions held true regarding management skills necessary for effective enterprise?
Dean’s Executive Leadership Series
DELS hosts a variety of leading executives from a broad range of organizations.
Leveraging Action Learning as a Talent Management Strategy during Economic Uncertainty
The current economic landscape affords the opportunity to develop leadership talent against a backdrop of genuine challenge and tangible uncertainty.
“Spiritual Capital and Virtuous Business Leadership” with Yale’s Ted Malloch
In this video, Theodore Roosevelt Malloch, PhD, speaks with Samuel L. Seaman, PhD, on the subject of spiritual capital and virtuous business leadership.
The Book Corner
The Book Corner offers reviews by Graziadio School faculty on a variety of books on business topics.
Great Leaders are Great Decision-Makers
Great leaders understand how to balance emotion with reason and make decisions that positively impact themselves, their employees, their customers and stakeholders, and their organizations.
The Book Corner
The Book Corner offers reviews by Graziadio School faculty on a variety of books on business topics.
The Book Corner
The Book Corner offers reviews by Graziadio School faculty on a variety of books on business topics.
An Interview with Clean Tech Start-up Advisor Susanna Kass
Clean Tech expert Susanna Kass discusses sustainability, Pepperdine’s new SEER program, and the simultaneous challenges and opportunities that exist in caring for the environment.
Servanthood Leadership
Corporate Development Executive David M. Bowman draws on his more than 30 years in the aerospace and defense industry to discuss his definition of leadership, “connecting people to their future.”
Strategies for Leading through Times of Change
Leading change is difficult. This article is for anyone who struggles with introducing a new idea into an organization.
Six Steps for Confronting the Emerging Leadership Succession Crisis
Battle a leadership-succession crisis with comprehensive talent-management systems to identify and develop high-potential leaders early in their careers.
Interview with Robert Eckert, Chairman of the Board and CEO of Mattel, Incorporated
Robert Eckert, Chairman and CEO of Mattel, discusses his role at the helm of the worldwide leader in toy design, manufacturing, and marketing.
How to Communicate Change to Employees
McKenzie answers questions about keeping employees motivated through periods of change and instability.
Video Interview on Corporate Social Responsibility with Golden State Foods
Bill Sanderson and Chuck Browne, senior administrators at Golden State Foods, answer questions on creating a values-driven company and corporate social responsibility.
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) in the Workplace
This article provides an understanding of how ADHD influences an individual within the work environment.
The Successful Expatriate Leader in China
The cultural dimensions of leadership—power distance, individualism, uncertainty avoidance, and masculinity—are important for the U.S. businessperson to recognize and apply while operating in China.
Discovering Leadership Potential
Firms need to develop “Authentic Visionary Leaders” by using the Leadership Style Inventory (LSI) and matching the results with specific job requirements.
Discovering Leadership Potential – Survey
An instrument to gauge your Leadership Style Inventory.
Discovering Leadership Potential – Evaluation Guidelines
Guidelines for evaluating whether you are a “commander,” “logical,” “imaginative,” or a “supportive” leader.
Corporate Governance, SOX, and the Business Judgment Rule
Insights into leadership from John Rehfeld, CEO coach and the author of “Alchemy of a Leader.”
Performance-Happiness Self-Assessment Survey
An informal self-assessment intended to help you look at some of the ways to improve performance and attain happiness at work.
The Employers’ Legal Obligations to Employees in the Military
An overview of employer legal obligations when an employee is called to active military duty or is a member of the United States National Guard or Reserves.
Strategic Leadership – Part Two
An overview of lessons in strategic leadership from a recent study of five benchmark organizations:Caterpillar, Cisco Systems, PepsiCo, PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) and Washington Group International.
Strategic Leadership
Today, business and governmental organizations face something of a “perfect storm” of problems that have profound implications for current and future leaders.
Wings of the Great Northwest
Jeff Pinneo has nearly 30 years of airline industry experience, more than 25 of those years with Horizon Air and Alaska Airlines.
Gratitude at Work
Gratitude is not just a “feel good” emotion when it comes to organizational life. It can benefit an organization in many ways.
Business Survival Skills
Businesses should have a preparedness process including assessing potential risks, developing survival mechanisms, and responding quickly to a given disaster.
Editor’s Note
How do you get assertive leaders to cooperate in a group dynamic rather than compete?
The Leader’s Role in Strategy
This article specifically examines what the business leader does in the five major phases of the strategy-making/strategy-executing process.
Conversation with author and leadership scholar James M. Kouzes
James Kouzes, a highly regarded leadership scholar and an experienced executive discusses the nuances of the leadership.
Conversation with Gemstar-TV Guide International’s Jeff Shell
Jeff Shell, former CEO of Gemstar-TV Guide International, Inc., discusses leadership in the digital age.
Conversation with Sempra Energy’s Stephen Baum
Stephen L. Baum discusses how managers can contain rising energy costs, the options for energy sources in the near future, and California’s energy crisis.
Conversation with Rite Aid’s Robert Miller
Professor John Paglia talks with Robert Miller about his career in retail, and in particular about the Rite Aid turnaround situation.
From Michelangelo to the Modern Boardroom
All great and influential artists. exhibit vision, courage, and creativity—this article analyzes their applicability to the subject of leadership in general.
Editorial: Don’t Panic!
Doing the right thing in the midst of ethical turbulence can help develop the ability to cope in other kinds of rough times as well.
Why Good Leaders Do Bad Things
In making ethical decisions, let virtuous values guide your judgments and beware of the mental games that can undermine ethical decision making.
Conversation with AT&T’s Betsy Bernard
An interview with Betsy Bernard, former president of AT&T and member of AT&T’s Office of the Chairman, the company’s governing executive panel.
Dialogue With Four Executives
Participants of the Graziadio School’s Fourth Annual Executive Learning Forum discuss “The Challenge of Developing Ethical Leaders.”
Conversation with Galpin Ford’s Bert Boeckmann
Professor Linnea McCord interviews car dealership mogul Boeckmann about ethics in business and “the power of trust.”
Use Emotional Intelligence to Cope in Tough Times
Managers who use emotional intelligence can ameliorate job insecurity and help to reframe the situation so that it positively impacts employee performance.
Managerial Leadership at Twelve O’Clock
The Linkage Research Model can mean the difference between floundering and knowing how to drive business results.
Putting Spirituality to Work
A leader’s life purpose needs to be aligned with a personally meaningful set of virtuous character qualities that serve as anchors in challenging times.
Conversation with Joseph and Edna Josephson Institute of Ethics’ Michael Josephson
An interview with Michael Josephson is one of the nation’s most sought-after ethicists and Linnea McCord, Associate Professor of Business Law at the Graziadio School.
The Fine Art of Delegation
Tips for delegating tasks and keeping them delegated including ways to prepare yourself and your subordinates.
Trust as a Competitive Advantage
Family businesses, the most common type of business form world-wide, share characteristics and working styles that can provide strategic advantages.
What’s the Problem?
Proximal objectives can help managers clarify complex business problems.
Conversation with WATTSHealth Systems’ Dr. Clyde Oden, Jr.
Dr. Clyde Oden reflects on his remarkable personal journey in a conversation with Professor John Richardson about integrating career, faith, and values.
Conversation with Boyd Clarke of tompeters!
Boyd Clarke, CEO of the tompeters!company, discusses the nature of leadership and the future of organization development.
Conversation with Franchise Mortgage Acceptance Company’s Wayne “Buz” Knyal
“Buz” Knyal, President and CEO of Franchise Mortgage Acceptance Company, discusses entrepreneurship, leadership, ethics, and education.
Management Skills for the 21st Century
A group exercise reveals that the effective 21st century manager is likely to be a transformational leader.