Management Insights

Tune in to the Management Insights podcast on Cultural Competence with today's guest, Chéri Phillips. As more colleges and universities create international business courses and degrees, focus is placed on the hard skillsets within the business discipline. In this podcast, we discuss the soft skills faculty need to include when delivering content in their international business courses. Especially when the program does not include study abroad opportunities.

Tune in to the Management Insights podcast on Assertive Communication with today’s guest, Suzanne de Janasz. Learn more about Assertive Communication with evidence-based ways you can empower your students to find their voice, be assertive, create shared visions, and mutually beneficial outcomes. Listen in and benefit from insights from an internationally known practitioner in the field, author, and college professor to support your professionalism and position your students as confident and successful negotiators.

Tune in to the Management Insights podcast on Artificial Intelligence for Student's Careers and the Organizations They Work For with today’s guest, Wayne Cascio. Learn what AI is, how it will affect jobs, what leaders should be doing, and how students can prepare for a future that includes AI in the jobs they choose.

Tune in to the Management Insights podcast on Is it Time to Jump off the Sustainability Bandwagon with today's guest, Jos DesJardins. Sustainability has become so widely used in contemporary business settings that it has come to mean almost anything to anyone. Is it time to jump off the sustainability bandwagon? Philosopher Joe DesJardins discusses how this idea is often misused and misapplied in business, and how the core idea of sustainable economic development remains a crucial goal for business.

Tune in to the Management Insights podcast on Leadership Skills in Times of Change with today’s guest, Romney Ruder. The speed of change is advancing quicker than ever before due to rapid advancements in technology and communication. What was once isolated to sectors of industry and technology, now affects most industries and individuals. But many other factors are at work including economic impacts of globalization, disruption of social norms and acceptance, as well as ease in the dynamics of travel. Today’s discussion will address what key components do leaders need to stay ahead of these continued changes. Has the building block of effective leadership changed as well?