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Here I am role playing coaching a team in turmoil during Delta Leadership Coaching Fellows Orientation. Photo courtesy of Lieutenant General (Ret.) Ken Keen, Associate Dean of Leadership Development and faculty member in Organization and Management.

September 30, 2020

Leading by practicing at Goizueta

What kind of leader are you? Not sure? Well, practice makes perfect, right? Except when you’re a leader, you’re expected to lead when called – not practice. As you’ll discuss in some of your leadership classes at Goizueta Business School, not many would sign up to be led by a leader that wants to “try a few things out.” Therefore, practicing leadership matters. Knowing your leadership style matters. Learning and reflecting on that practice matters. These elements make us better, more well-equipped leaders. Goizueta’s leadership curriculum through their optional Certificate of Advanced Leadership (offered to EvMBAs starting in 2019)...

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November 13, 2018

Leadership Development from the Executive Women of Goizueta 2018 Conference

Recently, I had the pleasure of attending the Executive Women of Goizueta annual conference focused on advancing women in leadership.

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September 21, 2018

Why a business school dropout is getting her MBA

I have a confession: I dropped out of business school. In undergrad, that is. It was over as soon as I finished my first semester of accounting. I walked out of that class and straight into a communications degree and never looked back. The communications degree has served me well; from the first six years of my career as a political press writer to now leading the state government affairs team at Emory University, I have relied on my communication and writing skills in every aspect of my career. Yet as I began to grow into my role at...

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May 10, 2018

Improving leadership in the boardroom, on the battlefield

The U.S. Army invests thousands of dollars each year into education and growth of soldiers. With a keen eye on talent management and leader development, the U.S. Army created “broadening assignments” to expose leaders to various job opportunities and civilian education programs.

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February 6, 2018

6 lessons learned from Delta Leadership Coaching Fellows Program

I recently read from the Center for Creative Leadership that about 60 percent of first-time managers receive no formal training. I was no exception to this norm.

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January 23, 2018

ACE classes provide low-risk setting to test newly learned business skills

Part of being a successful leader is learning what individual leadership styles are effective in your environment and applying them. Experimenting with new and different styles is key, but this can be a delicate matter in the workplace.

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November 20, 2017

Leader’s Reaction Course: One-of-a-kind leadership development

I’ll admit it took me over a year to work up the courage to sign up for this training. It is totally out of my comfort zone, representing a perfect example of why I applied to the MBA program: to “dive head-first” into the unknown, the ambiguous and the uncomfortable, in order to grow personally and professionally.

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November 20, 2017

Leader’s Reaction Course puts problem-solving skills to test

On an early morning in late October, several students, faculty and staff gathered in the cold and rain to put their leadership skills to the test. However, the inclement weather was not going to hinder our successful completion of the 15th Leader’s Reaction Course.

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