21: Andrew Karolyi (Cornell) on Merging Academic Units/Colleges

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 21: Andrew Karolyi (Cornell) on Merging Academic Units/CollegesOn this episode of Deans Counsel, moderators Dave Ikenberry and Ken Kring speak with Andrew Karolyi, the Charles Field Knight Dean of the Cornell SC Johnson College of Business, and a professor of finance and holder of the Harold Bierman Jr. Distinguished Professorship in the College’s Johnson Graduate School of Management. He is also a professor of economics in Cornell's College of Arts and Sciences.  While his academic CV in business and finance is exemplary, one of Andrew's best skills is being a good listener. Here, he talks to Dave and Ken about how active listening played a key role in the complex process involved with merging three separate business-related colleges at Cornell into the Johnson College. They breakdown the aspects of that enormous endeavor, touching on such topics as:• Active Listening to effect change management • The need to carefully articulate the “true” benefits of major change  • Trust building on your leadership team• Adding DEI and social impact components into annual performance reviewsAnd that's just a brief overview of what's packed into this excellent expisode. Learn more about Andrew Karolyi: https://www.johnson.cornell.edu/faculty-research/faculty/gak56/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