Duke Executive Education - Thought Leadership Documents
Duke Executive Education - Thought Leadership Documents
What do the experts have to say?
From the C-suites of Microsoft, AT&T, IBM, and SAP to the dean of Duke’s Fuqua School of Business, experience brings perspective and wisdom. Each of the documents below are the result of these business leaders’ willingness to share their thinking and perspectives with you. Duke Executive Education has facilitated this by creating the following white papers and HBR articles, and by making them available to you, at no cost. We know you’ll find something in each you can apply to your current role, as you elevate your leadership profile.
Managing Up: Empowering Your High-Potential STEM Talent
Take a deep dive into industry-leader analysis on the demand for STEM talent and the groundbreaking training required for developing STEM professionals into the future leaders of the marketplace.
Managing Up: Leadership in the Digital Age
With rapidly growing digital revenues, customer migration to digital platforms, and seemingly endless data streams to consider, every company is now a technology company—meaning every leader must be a technologist. Yet old strategies don’t work anymore, and most leaders feel unprepared to lead their companies’ digital revolutions. “Managing Up: Leadership in the Digital Age” shares strategies for perceiving, sensemaking, and choreographing change in your organization—leading effectively during the digital revolution.
For Leaders, Decency is Just as Important as Intelligence
This article from the Harvard Business Review, written by Fuqua School of Business Dean Bill Boulding, provides Dean Boulding’s thoughts about the traits of a leader that are needed for long-term success, based on his experiences and observations. The Decency Quotient measures the empathy a leader has for employees and colleagues and the motivation for creating a positive outcome for them all – doing right by others.
Leaders Can’t Shy Away from Sensitive Topics, Even When It’s Awkward
This article from the Harvard Business Review, written by Fuqua School of Business Dean Bill Boulding, provides his thoughts about the role a leader can play in addressing potentially uncomfortable issues and diffusing any awkwardness before it becomes a factor in the discussion.