A podcast for deans and academic leadership.

DEANS COUNSEL

James 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 Ferry

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

On this episode of Deans Counsel, moderators Jim Ellis and Ken Kring speak with Erika James, dean since 2020 and Reliance Professor of Management and Private Enterprise Professor of Management at the Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania. Trained as an organizational psychologist, Dean James is a leading expert on crisis leadership, workplace diversity and management strategy.

In this conversation, Jim and Ken learn from Erika about what it takes to build effective, trusting teams. Major factors in that equation include:

•Building trust in the dean 

•Hiring effective team members 

•Dealing with the fallout of termination decisions 

•The need to monitor the pace of team progress 

•Approaches to nudging faculty into key leadership roles 

•The shifting landscape on DEI, social justice and ESG  

Learn more about Erika James.

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Produced by Joel Davis at Analog Digital Arts