Deans Counsel

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

On this episode of Deans Counsel, moderators Ken Kring and Jim Ellis speak with Jenny Darroch, Dean and Mitchell P. Rales Chair in Business Leadership & Professor at Miami University Farmer School of Business.

Prior to her appointment at Farmer, Darroch held several other leadership roles including Dean of the Peter F. Drucker and Masatoshi Ito Graduate School of Management at Claremont Graduate University, the only business school within the prestigious Claremont Colleges in Southern California, and Director of Entrepreneurship at the University of Otago in New Zealand. 

An experienced consultant and corporate director, Jenny shares her experience and expertise in a number of areas, including:

• Interdisciplinary degrees 

• Being sensitive to market forces

• Relating to students  

• Tips on starting your deanship

• Closing under-performing programs  

Learn more about Jenny Darroch

Comments/criticism/suggestions/feedback? We'd love to hear it. Drop us a note at [email protected]

Thanks for listening.

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Produced by Joel Davis at Analog Digital Arts

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

DeansCounsel.com

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

On this episode of Deans Counsel, moderators David Ikenberry and Jim Ellis speak with Peter Tufano, Baker Foundation Professor and former Senior Associate Dean at Harvard Business School, and Emeritus Professor and Dean at Saïd Business School, University of Oxford.

Peter shares the experience he's gained as leader at two of the most prestigious academic institutions in the world. At both, he gained a stellar reputation for empowering students to tackle complex problems as part of his efforts to address big systemic issues in business schools. 

In addition to these topics, Peter provides insight into:

• A tool to build distinctive graduate program brand-identity 

• Understanding key student psychographic segments  

• Leveraging intellectual assets across the university 

• Building universally appreciated skill sets in MBA graduates 

Learn more about Peter Tufano.

Comments/criticism/suggestions/feedback? We'd love to hear it. Drop us a note at [email protected]

Thanks for listening.

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Produced by Joel Davis at Analog Digital Arts

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

DeansCounsel.com

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

On this episode of Deans Counsel, moderators David Ikenberry and Ken Kring speak with Matt Myers from Southern Methodist University, where he serves as the Dean of the Edwin L. Cox School of Business, the Tolleson Chair in Business Leadership, and the David B. Miller Endowed Professor. 

Now in his second term as Dean at Cox, Matt has navigated a plethora of financial forces that may ring familiar to any Dean at any large university: the pressure for the business school to finance shortfalls in other campus areas and drive campus-wide campaigns, and providing real value to students (and their parents) as tuitions rise.

In addition to these topics, Matt walks us through the process of constructing Cox's nearly complete new building, and touches on subjects including:

•Being mindful of educational value 

•Looking beyond "B" schools as simply cash cows

•Implications of the rising importance of undergraduate education and its quality 

•Working across campus

Learn more about Matt Myers

Comments/criticism/suggestions/feedback? We'd love to hear it. Drop us a note at [email protected]

Thanks for listening.

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Produced by Joel Davis at Analog Digital Arts

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

DeansCounsel.com

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

On this episode of Deans Counsel, moderators David Ikenberry and Jim Ellis speak with Matt Slaughter, the Paul Danos Dean of the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth, where in addition he is the Earl C. Daum 1924 Professor of International Business.

Now at the start of this third term at Tuck, Matt has had quite an impact on the school's success in today's rapidly-evolving higher education environment.

This discussion provides an excellent overview of Matt Slaughter's vision and how he went about implementing it, and covers a number of topics including:

•Leading faculty to adopt a common strategic vision 

•Differentiating your product through the learning experience

•Making the strategic vision authentically embraced by faculty, staff and students 

•Leveraging your remote location 

Learn more about Matt Slaughter

Comments/criticism/suggestions/feedback? We'd love to hear it. Drop us a note at [email protected]

Thanks for listening.

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Produced by Joel Davis at Analog Digital Arts

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

DeansCounsel.com

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

On this episode of Deans Counsel, moderators David Ikenberry and Ken Kring speak with Holly Raider, dean of the Quinnipiac University School of Business.

Since taking the helm at Quinnipiac in July 2021, Dean Raider's inspiring leadership has guided the school out of the pandemic and into a new era of expansion and innovation -- including overseeing the construction of a new building.

Today's discussion will give you a deeper understanding Dean Raider's experience and vision, and covers a number of topics including:

•Leading faculty to adopt your strategic vision 

•Education beyond just business acumen  

•Lessons learned in the first two years 

•Keeping your long-term strategy while in the midst of the day-to-day 

•Advice on building new buildings

•Succeeding when your President is a former business dean 

•Enabling others to succeed 

Learn more about Holly Raider: https://www.qu.edu/faculty-and-staff/holly-raider/

Comments/criticism/suggestions/feedback? We'd love to hear it. Drop us a note at [email protected]

Thanks for listening.

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Produced by Joel Davis at Analog Digital Arts

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

DeansCounsel.com

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

On this episode of Deans Counsel, moderators Jim Ellis and Ken Kring speak with John Quelch, currently serving as Leonard M. Miller University Professor of marketing at the University of Miami Patti and Allan Herbert Business School with a secondary appointment in the Department of Public Health Sciences at the Miller School of Medicine. 

From July 2017 - December 2022, John held the position of Dean, Vice Provost and Professor at the Herbert Business School. John has also held the positions of Dean and Professor at China Europe International Business School (CEIBS) from 2011-2013, and Harvard Business School (2001-2010).

This unvarnished discussion touches upon a plethora of subjects relevant to today's dean, including:

• Adding multi-cultural diversity through a global student body

• Common themes in motivating faculty

• Advice to reduce taxes on b. school revenues  

• Combatting Chat GPT 

• Unvarnished advice from a remarkably experienced Dean 

• Perspectives on global student demand

Learn more about John Quelch

Comments/criticism/suggestions/feedback? We'd love to hear it. Drop us a note at [email protected]

Thanks for listening.

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Produced by Joel Davis at Analog Digital Arts

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

DeansCounsel.com

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

On this episode of Deans Counsel, moderators Jim Ellis and Ken Kring speak with Tom Gilligan, emeritus senior fellow at the Hoover Institution. Prior to joining the Hoover Institution, Gilligan was dean of the McCombs School of Business at The University of Texas at Austin, one of the largest and most distinguished business schools in the United States.

In this wide-ranging conversation, Tom addresses a number of topics of utmost concern to today's dean, including:

• The role of interim dean 

• Leveraging your advisory board 

• Leading in public v. private institutions 

• Interacting with gov’t officials 

• Humility in leadership 

Learn more about Tom Gilligan: https://www.hoover.org/profiles/thomas-w-gilligan

Comments/criticism/suggestions/feedback? We'd love to hear it. Drop us a note at [email protected]

Thanks for listening.

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Produced by Joel Davis at Analog Digital Arts

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

DeansCounsel.com

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

On 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 reviews

And 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]

Thanks for listening.

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Produced by Joel Davis at Analog Digital Arts

A podcast for deans and academic leadership.

DEANS COUNSEL

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On this episode of Deans Counsel, moderators Jim Ellis and Ken Kring speak with Joe White, President Emeritus of the University of Illinois system and Dean Emeritus of the University of Michigan Ross School of Business. 

Given his decades-long history as a leader in both academia and the corporate world, Joe is especially qualified to speak about just about anything relating to the "privilege of leadership," and covers much of it this conversation. Notable topics include: 

• the challenges and rewards of leading a human community

• the difference between management and leadership

• the importance of being close to students

• the most important word in fundraising 

And that's just a small sample of what's packed into this excellent expisode. 

Learn more about Joe White: https://www.linkedin.com/in/joe-white-78a38123/

Comments/criticism/suggestions/feedback? We'd love to hear it. Drop us a note at [email protected]

Thanks for listening.

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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

DeansCounsel.com

Produced by Joel Davis at Analog Digital Arts

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

DeansCounsel.com

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

On this episode of Deans Counsel, moderators Jim Ellis and Ken Kring speak with Alison Davis-Blake, Executive Leadership Fellow at the University of Minnesota's Carson School of Management. Previous roles include President of Bentley University, Dean and Leon Festinger Collegiate Professor of Management at the University of Michigan's Ross School of Business, and Dean at Carlson.

A recognized and respected leader in higher education, Alison is the first woman to hold the position of Dean at Carlson, and during her time leading the school she lead the expansion of global learning opportunities, making the Carlson School the first business school to require that all undergraduates have an international experience before they graduate. 

In her conversation with Jim and Ken, Alison talks about what she's learned and accomplished in her variety of leadership experiences, including:

• The loneliness of being Dean  

• The increasing challenges a Dean faces

• Transitioning into Philanthropy

• The importance of listening 

• Overcommunicating your message  

• Developing your leadership team 

• Transparency in leadership 

Learn more about Alison Davis-Blake: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alisondavisblake/

Comments/criticism/suggestions/feedback? We'd love to hear it. Drop us a note at [email protected]

Thanks for listening.

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Produced by Joel Davis at Analog Digital Arts