06: Eli Jones (Texas A&M) on Effectively Leading Strategic Planning

A podcast for deans and academic leadership.DEANS COUNSELJames Ellis | Moderator | Dean of the Marshall School of Business at the University of Southern California (2007-2019)David Ikenberry | Moderator | Dean of the Leeds School of Business at the University of Colorado-Boulder (2011-2016)Ken Kring | Moderator | Co-Managing Director, Global Education Practice and Senior Client Partner at Korn FerryDeansCounsel.com--EPISODE 06: Eli Jones (Texas A&M) on Effectively Leading Strategic Planning On this episode of Deans Counsel, moderators Ken Kring and David Ikenberry speak with Eli Jones, Professor of Marketing and Peggy Mays Eminent Scholar, and former Dean of the Mays Business School at Texas A&M University.With three Deanships to his credit (at LSU and Arkansas as well as Texas A&M) during his over 25 years in academia, plus a successful business career, Eli is more-than-qualified to speak on the topics we address in this conversation. Among them: using strategic planning to drive the enterprise and learn about your organization; the critical importance of wide-spread engagement in the process; understanding human behavior and how it leads to change; dealing with organizational change and resistance; and the importance of the dean effectively communicating a vision.Learn more about Eli Jones: https://mays.tamu.edu/directory/ejones/Comments/criticism/suggestions/feedback? We'd love to hear it. Drop us a note at [email protected] for listening.-Produced by Joel Davis at Analog Digital Arts