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Deans Counsel — 99 episodes

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97: Andy Policano (Dean Emeritus, Madison/Irvine) on Financial Strategy

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96: Jeff Brown (Dean Emeritus, Illinois) on Key Issues Facing Higher Education

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95: Jim Ellis (USC) on His Journey of Insights

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94: Rajiv Ranjan (Chandigarh University) on Starting a Business School in India

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51 [DC REWIND]: Bob Bruner (Virginia) on The Key Attributes of a Dean's Temperament

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93: Anne-Marie Croteau (Concordia) on Succession Planning

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92: Vickie Antolini (Korn Ferry) on The Dean's Job Market

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91: Lily Bi (AACSB) on The Past, Present and Future of AACSB

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90: Bill Hardgrave (Memphis) on Building Relationships and Teams

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89: Joyce Russell (Villanova / AACSB) on Negotiating Compensation

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88: Stanley Ikenberry (Illinois / ACE) Reflects on a Lifetime of Academic Leadership

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87: Francois Ortalo-Magne (London Business School) on Business Research

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86: Brooke Elliott (Illinois) on Expanding Access

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85: David Thomas (Georgetown/Morehouse) on Transformational Vision

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84: Stowe Shoemaker (UNLV) on Hospitality Programs

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83: Steve Currall (Harvard) on Building Corporate Relations

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82: Chandra Subramaniam (CSUN) on Being a Student-centric Dean

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81: Robert Shepard (GG+A) on Philanthropy

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80: Vallabh Sambamurthy (Wisconsin) Does A Deep Dive Into External Relations

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79: (DC REWIND) Blair Sheppard (Duke) on What's Next in Higher Academia

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78: (DC REWIND): Bernie Banks (Rice) on Leadership Development at Large Scale

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77: Nate Sharp (Texas A&M) on Launching Flex On-Line Masters Programs

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76: Bridget Madrian (BYU): The "Insider" Comes Home

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75: Ian Williamson (UC-Irvine) on Preparing for the Future of Work

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74: Francisco Veloso (INSEAD) on The Truly Multinational Business School

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73: Lee Newman (Instituto de Empresa - IE) on Driving Innovation

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72: Oliver Yao (Delaware) on Leading at a Fast Pace

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71: Todd Milbourn (SMU) on Approaching a First Deanship

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70: Avijit Ghosh (Illinois Urbana-Champaign) with Strategic Insight into Higher Education Today

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69: Bernie Banks (Rice) on Leadership Development at Large Scale

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68: John Evans (VinUniversity) on Leading a Startup Business School

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67: Blair Sheppard (Duke) on What's Next in Higher Academia

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66: Gerry Sanders (UNLV) on Crisis Communications in an Active Shooter Situation

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65: Umaimah Mendhro (One League) on Disrupting MBA Education

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64: Adam Goodman (Northwestern) with Leadership Advice

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63: Paul Pavlou (Miami) on Realizing Moonshot Goals

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62: Marianne Lewis (Cincinatti) on Maximizing Societal Impact

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61: Jason Wingard (The Education Board) on Soft Skills & Society’s Shifting Expectations

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60: Tim Westerbeck (Eduvantis) on The Demanding Times We Live In

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59: Bruce Weber (Baruch) on Knowing Thy Customer

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58: Transitions Roundtable - Ken Kring hosts a Panel discussion with Dave Ikenberry, Jim Ellis and special guest Allison Davis-Blake

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57: Mary Ann Scully (Loyola Maryland) on A Banker's Journey Into the Academy

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56: Ajay Menon (STRATA/Colorado State) on A Second Career After a Successful Deanship

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EPISODE 55: Sherif Kamel (AACSB) with Observations from the Chair

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54 (DC REWIND): Sanjay Gupta (Michigan State) on Strategically Leveraging Alumni and Philanthropic Relations

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53 (DC REWIND): Francois Ortalo-Magne (London Business School) on Comparing US and European Deanships

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52: Anuj Mehrotra (Georgia Tech) with Observations from a Three-Time Dean

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51: Bob Bruner (Virginia) on The Key Attributes of a Dean's Temperament

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50: Gareth James (Emory) on Shifting Business Models

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49: John Clarke (DePauw) on Being a Founding Dean

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48: Sevin Yeltekin (Rochester) on a Passion for Pedagogy and Philanthropy

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47: Sherif Kamel (American University Cairo) on Serving a Global Society

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46: Thomas Steenburgh (Vanderbilt) on Pursuing the Big Ideas

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45: Caroline Nahas (Korn Ferry/UCLA) with Tips on Managing Advisory Boards

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44: Glenn Bunting (G.F.BUNTING+CO) with Tips on Crisis Management

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43: Rachel Croson (Minnesota) with Insights from a Successful Provost

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42: C.K. (Tina) Gunsalus (Illinois) on Radically Practical Tools for Dealing with Conflict

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41: Mark Brostoff (USC) on Trends in Career Services

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40: Tony Bernardo (UCLA): So, You Want to Be a Dean?

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39: Amy Dittmar (Rice) on Effectively Working with Your Provost

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38: Victor Mullins (NYU) with Insights Into Authentic DEI

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37: Judy Olian (Quinnipiac) on Transitioning from the Deanship to the Presidency

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36: Henrik Cronqvist (Chapman) on The Crown Jewel Strategy

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35: Sulin Ba (DePaul) on Serving the Underserved to Transform Lives

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34: Sanjay Gupta (Michigan State) on Strategically Leveraging Alumni and Philanthropic Relations

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33: Raj Echambadi (Illinois Tech) on Mission-Driven Leadership: What is Your Why?

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32: Georgette Phillips (Lehigh) with A Case Study in Change Management

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31: Tim Carroll (Oregon State) on Driving Impact from a Land-Grant, Rural Campus

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30: Lil Mills (Texas) on Becoming Dean Via an Interim Appointment

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29: John Byrne (Poets & Quants) on Key Themes in Business Education

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28: Jenny Darroch (Miami of Ohio) on Confronting Realities: Helpful Observations for New Deans

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27: Peter Tufano (Harvard/Oxford) on Leveraging “Large-Scale” Problems to Bring Brand-Definition to Your MBA Programs

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26: Matt Myers (Southern Methodist) On Implications of Financial Pressure on the Business School

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25: Matt Slaughter (Dartmouth) On Responding to Secular Decline in the Traditional MBA - an Economist's View

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24: Holly Raider (Quinnipiac) On Using a Community Approach to Defining Leadership

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23: John Quelch (Miami) with Observations from a “Three-Continent” Dean of Deans

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22: Tom Gilligan (Hoover Institution) with Perspectives on Deaning and Leading Change

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

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20: Joe White (Illinois/Michigan) on The "Human-ness" of Being Dean

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19: Alison Davis-Blake (Bentley) on Thriving in a Challenging & Lonely Role

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18: Dan LeClair (GBSN) on How the Rules for "Deaning" Have Changed

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17: Saby Mitra (Florida) on Applications for Online Education

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16: Alex Triantis (Johns Hopkins) on Leading a Business School Startup

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15: Rich Lyons (UC-Berkeley) on Shaping Culture

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14: David Blackwell (Kentucky) on Transitioning from Dean to Provost

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13: Erika James (Pennsylania) on Leadership Through Team Building

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12: Jeff Brown (Illinois) on Driving Radical Curricular Change

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11: Mitzi Montoya (Utah) on The Complex Issue of Salary Equity

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10: Frank Hodge (Washington) on Constructing a State of the Art Business School

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09: Caryn Beck-Dudley (AACSB International) on Shifting Expectations for Business Schools

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08: Peter Rodriguez (Rice) on Launching Large Scale Programs

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07: Sri Zaheer (Minnesota) on Creating Effective Corporate Relationships

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

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05: Amy Hillman (Arizona State) on Interdisciplinary Programs for Business Schools

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04: Gene Anderson (Pittsburgh) on Transitioning Into a New Deanship

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03: Charles Whiteman (Penn State) on Adapting Strategy to Overcome Roadblocks

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02: Francois Ortalo-Magne (London Business School) on Comparing US and European Deanships

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01: Idie Kesner (Indiana) on Branding

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00: Welcome to Deans Counsel