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August 23, 2019
Change and complexity are perhaps the most reliable constants in organizational life. The ability of individuals to navigate an ever-changing organizational landscape is one of the most prized developmental milestones among leaders and employees aspiring toward superior job performance. Relatedly, t...
August 23, 2019
The quest to obtain and maintain a competitive edge on the part of an organization often instills high expectations and other burdening constraints on organizational leaders. Such constraints often serve to stymie critical self-reflection and, subsequently, innovative thinking on the part of these l...
August 23, 2019
In our own coaching practices, or in our coaching relationships with others, there is a persistent quest to strike up the right chemistry between coach and coachee. A significant body of academic work has promoted the importance of coaching relationships being coachee-centric - that is, coaching sho...
August 22, 2019
Megan Buchter was named the Director of the Fowler Center for Business as an Agent of World Benefit. In this role, Buchter will work to advance the strategic priorities of the Fowler Center in the areas of research, education, and applied work with local, national, and global companies. Read more....
August 20, 2019
The Academy of Management selected a symposium organized by Weatherhead School of Management faculty Melvin Smith, PhD and Ellen Van Oosten, PhD, as “Best Symposium” in the Management Education and Development Division.
Smith and Van Oosten presented the 90-minute symposium, titled “Desired Outcome...
August 12, 2019
On Monday, August 12th, the Fowler Center welcomed Megan Buchter as the new Director of the Fowler Center for Business as an Agent of World Benefit.
Megan has been part of the Fowler Center for over ten years, first as a student volunteer while doing her ϳԹ undergrad degree in economics where sh...
August 12, 2019
Susan Burnoski, BS '07, MAcc' 07, was recently promoted to Principal at Apple Growth Parnters. Burnoski has been with the company for 12 years. She currently leads the firm’s auditing team, responsible for scheduling, hiring, onboarding and management. Read more....
August 09, 2019
For the second time Weatherhead’s Professor David Cooperrider has been included and named as one of the world’s 45 top “Change Champions”—change management theorists and pioneers in the field of Organization Development. The list includes thought leaders such as MIT’s Edgar Schein, Dave Ulrich at Un...
August 05, 2019
With a focus of investing in strong leadership, Dealer Tire and KeyBank have chosen to support future business leaders at Weatherhead through two important scholarship opportunities. The Dealer Tire Scholarship to support graduate students interested in Business as an Agent of World Benefit and the ...
July 31, 2019
On July 31, Fowler Center Scholar Annie Morino and Kent State University teammate Garima Jha, presented their project for the EDGE Fellowship Program at the MidTown Tech Hive. As part of the program, EDGE Fellows help Northeast Ohio companies validate and pursue new business ideas.
Annie and Garima...