Diversity and equity efforts are critical to any company’s success. But they’re practically useless if you don’t have an inclusive workplace. In fact, diverse workplaces are more innovative and profitable, but a diverse group of employees won’t flourish if they don’t feel like they actually belong where they are.

Welcome to another episode of Drive Time, the new 10-minute podcast from the Ross School of Business at the University of Michigan. Each Drive Time podcast delivers practical tips from leading experts on management, leadership and business you can use right away.

In this episode, Dr Lindy Greer, Michigan Ross professor and the Sanger Leadership Center’s faculty director, shares why equity is important and her top tips on incorporating it into the workplace!

Welcome to the inaugural episode of Drive Time, the new 10-minute podcast from the Ross School of Business at the University of Michigan. Each Drive Time podcast delivers practical tips from leading experts on management, leadership and business you can use right away. In this episode, Michigan Ross Professor Jeffrey Sanchez-Burks shares six strategies for creating what he calls "Immensely Human Interactions" in organizations.

These top tips for creating a more thriving work environment are thought-provoking, yet surprisingly easy to implement. Come listen in!

Want to successfully implement sustainability in your business? Wondering where to start and what mistakes to avoid? We interviewed experts in the field to bring you the top mistakes companies make and the first 5 steps to start being more sustainable as a business!

What leadership will look like in the upcoming years:

COVID-19 shook up businesses globally and organizations adjusted to working from home as offices closed. The rate of technologies and interactions between companies, products, and people are so rapid that few can keep up. It is a time of extraordinary change, and we will need a new kind of leadership to overcome the intense challenges of this era. The commitment to learning is the critical need in this time and it's the importance of leading in the new normal after the pandemic.

Host:

• Jay Srage, Operations Lead – MEA, Michigan Ross Executive Education.

Guests:

• Nejib Ben-Khedher, Divisional Senior Vice President, Emirates Skywards at Emirates Airline.

The pandemic shook up businesses globally and organizations adjusted to working from home as offices closed. Businesses have since adjusted to a new work platform that relies heavily on technology.

Our host Jay Srage, Head of Operations – MEA, Michigan Ross Executive Education, along with two special guests, Amir Sohrabi, Area VP of Emerging Markets at Citrix, and Maxim Sytch, Associate Professor at the Ross School of Business, University of Michigan, will discuss the Future of Work and how the paradigm that occurred created a phenomenon on a global level that redefined the relationship between employees and companies, and between companies and customer.

In this episode, our host Jay Srage (Operations Lead – MEA, Michigan Ross Executive Education) will talk about Okadoc’s journey with Fodhil Benturquia ( CEO, Okadoc), and the entrepreneurship in advancing telemedicine, and will discuss the role of innovation in the advancement of healthcare with Michael Johnson (Entrepreneur in Residence and Lecturer at Michigan Ross).

Welcome back to the Michigan Ross Executive Perspective Podcast Middle East series. In this episode, we are celebrating International Women’s Day.

Featuring: Melanie Weaver Barnett- Chief Exec Ed Officer and Cindy Schipani- Professor of Business Administration at Michigan Ross,

With special guests, Michigan Ross Scholarship winners: Ghita Mejdi (Communications and PR Director at Stellantis, the merger of Groupe PSA and FCA Group). And Heba Sayed (Strategy Leader at IBM-MENA and taking a spot in the Managers’ Choice Awards top 40 marketers under 40 in MENA).

In this episode you will learn more about their journey – challenges, pitfalls, and successes of women leaders and how current women leaders are supporting and inspiring future women leaders to pursue their dreams.