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The most fun you can have while talking about lawsuits and data….

…. is participating in the Gustavus alumni event the Passion for LifeLong Learning, which I got to facilitate last Thursday, March 20th. OK– so crunching through legal decisions about Title VII religious discrimination cases is not for everyone, but wow, what a great group we had at the American Swedish Institute that night! The gist […]

March 25, 2014 5:18 pm by

Conflict? Negotiation? No worries– insights from John Davis ’91

What a difference it makes to have tried-and-true executive leadership weigh in on what we cover in class! Although the Manager’s Hot Seat video cases are truly realistic in how real managers handle complicated and difficult situations, our own Gustie corps of experience is invaluable. Today we discussed a Manager’s Hot Seat case about conflict, […]

March 25, 2014 3:34 pm by

New Finance Club shares tips for successful personal financial management

Gustavus’ Finance Club was established with initial mission of assisting the Financial Wellbeing Initiative, one of the nine Wellbeing aspects.  The club currently boasts 15 members meeting every other week to discuss and develop projects/programs aligned with the mission and vision of Gustavus’ Wellbeing program. The Club’s academic advisor is Sheng Yang, who is the […]

February 28, 2014 2:38 pm by

E/M’s own Sheng Yang takes first prize again

Not only is Sheng Yang famous for his excellent teaching, winning the 2013 Swenson-Bunn Award, but now he is famous for his award winning chili! Participating in the 2014 Chili and Pie Cook Off last Friday, Sheng took the evening with his szechuan-style creation. He also won last year, making it a two-peat in the […]

February 28, 2014 10:28 am by

Getting up to speed at Sage Publications

While LA in January has de facto appeal, it was both enlightening and a bit overwhelming to head to Sage Publications with my new Journal of Management Education co-Editor-in-Chief buddy and colleague Jeanie Forray of Western New England University. We assumed our EIC roles as of Jan 1 for the next 18 months. JME has […]

February 2, 2014 1:14 pm by

Time off… priceless….

Harriman State Park, just outside Yellowstone So getting out of town to my favorite state park in the west is awesome…

January 21, 2014 5:07 pm by

Student–faculty research collaboration presented in Montreal

Dr. Kathi Tunheim and Elizabeth Johnson ’14 presented their collaborative paper, “Women and Leadership in Sweden,” at the International Leadership Association Conference in Montreal, Quebec. The ILA is a unique organization that truly blends academics and practitioners from all over the globe. Many of leadership’s stars attend and present at the ILA. Exhibit A, and […]

January 21, 2014 5:05 pm by

The ethics of student evaluations

I just posted my new ETHICIST blog post for the Academy of Management, about the ethics of student evaluations of teaching [SET]. Darrin Good helped me out with some information about our effort at Gustavus to improve the SET we use, so please take a look at the post. [Caveat: it’s long] [and, it has […]

January 21, 2014 4:33 pm by

 
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