 Career Center and Leadership Institute Host Career Strategies Panel Discussion
Three experts in career
consulting, Guy Cote, partner-in-charge of Heidrick & Struggles' Miami
office, Elizabeth K. Hicks, senior client partner in Korn/Ferry International's
Miami office, and Michael Sivori, the market director for Kforce, overseeing Finance & Accounting and Technology
staffing services in South Florida came together in a panel discussion to discuss "Career Strategies for Uncertain
Economic Times." The session, hosted by the Leadership Institute and the Ziff Graduate
Career Services Center at the School of Business in October, featured topics related to finding a job and
managing a career in this down economy.
The panel was moderated by Terri A. Scandura, academic director of the
Leadership Institute.
If you were unable to attend, watch a video of the entire panel discussion here.
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Leadership Institute Presents at the Fourth Annual Leadership Best Practices Forum
Terri A. Scandura, professor of management and
academic director of the Leadership Institute presented at the Fourth Annual
Leadership Best Practices Conference in Washington, D.C. in November.
Scandura's presentation, "Leading Change in an Age of Uncertainty," presented various frameworks to handle a crisis and
maximize opportunities during a downturn, as well as offering effective
strategies for strategic focus, communication, and decision making.
The conference is designed to assist public and private
sector organizations in creating a strategic competitive advantage through
identifying and implementing leadership best practices. It focuses on tools,
techniques, and principles to enhance leadership skills and decision-making
competencies. The conference structure included a variety of engaging,
interactive elements including case studies, keynote addresses, and session
summaries.
The conference was co-sponsored by the Leadership Institute and JJA
CONSULTANTS. In addition to Scandura, presenters included executives from the Intercontinental Hotel
Group, Carilion Clinic, Leadership Excellence Magazine, Liberty Mutual Group,
Microsoft, Best Practice Institute, Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA), and the
US Army ARDEC.
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Research Update: CEO Disclosure and Securities Law
How private should
a business leader's private life be? As investors
increasingly demand more information, questions regarding if and how much of a
CEO's private life a company should disclose become important. In a paper entitled, "Intentional Fallacy and
the CEO: Disclosure at the Intersection of Privacy and Securities Law," business
law professors Patricia Sanchez Abril and Ann Olaz�bal argue that faulty
reasoning is being applied by investors and others trying to forecast the
success of companies by scrutinizing the private lives of their leaders.
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School Hosts Young Presidents' Organization Second Annual Executive Development Series: "Leadership in a Changing World"
 The School of Business this month hosted a
certificate program for the Young Presidents Organization (YPO) to address leadership
strategies in challenging economic times.
The program included a series of master lectures and an
integrative case study.
School of Business and Leadership Institute
faculty taught the program. Dean Barbara E. Kahn kicked off the program and discussed marketing leadership, followed by
Jeff Weinstock, adjunct professor of marketing, speaking on strategic business options
in challenging economic times. Arun Sharma, professor of marketing, spoke on exploiting
change and turbulence, and Terri A. Scandura, professor of management and the Leadership Institute's academic
director closed the program with "Leading through Change."
YPO is an international
nonprofit organization dedicated to assisting young company presidents and CEOs
by providing networking opportunities to share ideas and experiences, uniting
more than 17,000 members from more than 100 countries. Its mission is "Better Leaders through
Education and Idea Exchange." For more
information about the Young Presidents' Organization, please visit http://www.ypo.org/
For more information on the School's Executive Education programs, contact David Lec�n at [email protected]
or 305-284-5670.
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White Paper: Service Leadership
 Maintaining a sustainable competitive environment is becoming increasingly more
difficult. It is simply not enough to produce a product or service and
sell it to your customers. Establishing lasting relationships with customers
is the key to success. One must become a leader in the realm of
services in order to compete in the markets of today. One of the key
measurements of service excellence, SERQUAL, was developed by A. Parasuraman, holder of the James
W. McLamore Chair, professor of marketing, and a faculty member associated with the
Leadership Institute.
A new Leadership Institute white paper discusses the SERQUAL
and how it can translate into service leadership.
Click here to read this white paper and others on a variety of topics.
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The Leader's Bookshelf: Best of 2009
The Johnson A. Edosomwan Leadership Institute is pleased to
announce its top picks for the best leadership books released this past year as
nominated by our faculty and the readers of this newsletter. - Who Killed Change?:
Solving the Mystery of Leading People Through Change by Ken Blanchard
- Emotional
Intelligence 2.0 by Travis Bradberry
- How the Mighty Fall:
And Why Some Companies Never Give In by Jim Collins
- Seven Lessons for
Leading in Crisis by Bill George
- A Guide to Lean Six
Sigma Management Skill by Howard S. Gitlow
- Deep Dive: The Proven
Method for Building Strategy, Focusing Your Resources, and Taking Smart Action by Rich Horwath
- SuperCorp: How
Vanguard Companies Create Innovation, Profits, Growth, and Social Good by
Rosabeth Moss Kanter
- Ignore Everybody: and
39 Other Keys to Creativity by Hugh MacLeod
- Strengths-Based
Leadership by Barry Conchie & Tom Rath
- How Did That Happen?:
Holding People Accountable for Results
the Positive, Principled Way by Tom Smith
For those of you who took the time to nominate a book, thank
you. To see our list
of the most influential leadership books of all time, please visit The Leader's Bookshelf.
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ADMINISTRATION
Terri A. Scandura
Academic Director, Johnson
A. Edosomwan Leadership Institute; Dean, Graduate School
Jackie Zelman
Director, Johnson
A. Edosomwan Leadership Institute
M. Lewis Temares Vice President/CIO,IT, Information Technology
Luis Aceituno
Graduate Assistant
FACULTY
William Scott Green
Senior Vice Provost and Dean of Undergraduate Education
School of Business
Patricia Abril
Assistant Professor, Business Law
Susan W. Amat
Executive Director, The Launch Pad; Lecturer, Management
Anita Cava
Associate Professor, Department of Business Law; Co-director, UM Ethics Programs
Ken Colwell
Director of Entrepreneurship Programs
Cecily D. Cooper
Assistant Professor, Management
Marie Dasborough
Assistant Professor, Management
Christine M. Hagan
Lecturer, Management
Marc Junkunc
Assistant Professor, Management
Barbara E. Kahn
Dean, School of Business
Jeffery L. Kerr
Associate Professor, Management
Andrew Leone
Professor, Accounting
Robert Meyer
Visiting Professor, Marketing
John M. Mezias
Associate Professor, Management
Dhananjay Nanda
Professor, Accounting
Linda L. Neider
Vice Dean of Undergraduate Business Programs
A. Parasuraman
Vice Dean of Faculty; Director, Doctoral Program in Business Administration
Arun Sharma
Vice Dean of Strategic Initiatives
Steven G. Ullmann
Professor and Director, Programs in Health Sector Management and Policy
William B. Werther
Professor, Management
Joshua Wu
Assistant Professor, Management
School of Education
Scot Evans
Assistant Professor, Educational and Psychological Studies
Susan Mullane
Associate Professor, Sport Administration Program
Issac Prilleltensky
Dean, School of Education
Arts and Sciences
Jonathan West
Professor, Political Science; Director, MPA Program
Miller School of Medicine
Vineeth John
Director, JMH Mental Health Hospital Center
Frost School of Music
Shelly Berg
Dean, Frost School of Music
Serona Elton
Assistant Professor, Music Business & Entertainment Industries
College of Engineering
Shihab S. Asfour
Associate Dean for Academics
Tarek M. Khalil
Professor, Industrial Engineering
Vincent Omachonu
Associate Professor, Industrial Engineering
School of Communication
Sam L Grogg
Dean, School of Communication
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The New York Times - December
28, 2009 - Terri Scandura, professor of management and the academic director
of the Leadership Institute, offered suggestions for finding a good career
mentor. "Tell someone that you really admire his ability to develop strategic
plans, and most will be so flattered they will say yes,'' Scandura said.
The Wall Street Journal - December
22, 2009 - An article about the growing number of young people turning
to entrepreneurship in the tough job economy quoted Susan Amat, a member of the
Leadership Institute faculty. The article also featured one of the School's
alumni, Andrew Levine (MBA '08 and BBA '06), and his start-up
audimated.com, an online social-networking site for musicians and their
followers. Read Article
Le Temps - December 18, 2009 -
Research on emotional intelligence in the workplace, conducted by Marie
Dasborough, assistant professor of management and a member of the
Leadership Institute faculty, was cited in an article in this French-language
publication, one of Switzerland's leading daily newspapers. Read Article
WLRN-Radio (NPR) - December 4, 2009 - A report
on the troubled newspaper industry included insight from Arun Sharma,
a professor of marketing and a member of the Leadership Institute faculty , who
said he believes the current business model, where newspapers distribute news
for free on the Internet, does not work.
Florida Trend - December 1, 2009 - Findings
of a study by Laura Giuliano, an assistant professor of
economics, that found that
white, Asian and Hispanic managers tend to hire more whites and fewer blacks
than black managers do was featured in a special section on workforce
diversity. Read Article
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programs and news from the Johnson A. Edosomwan Leadership Institute. An
interdisciplinary center of excellence at the University of Miami's School of
Business Administration, the Institute provides leadership development and
consultation for aspiring leaders, managers, professionals and executives and
their organizations. Please send comments and
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