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The Difference Between Mentoring and Coaching

12.09.2020

Leadership, Management, Purdue Agribusiness Review

The Difference Between Mentoring & Coaching

Many organizations have put formal mentoring programs in place while other companies have sought to...

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Call to Action

11.18.2020

Featured, Leadership

A Series on Decision Making Part 5: Call to Action

In this final installment of our series on decision making, we’ll reflect on practical suggestions...

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Embracing Uncertainty While Leading Effectively

11.05.2020

Featured, Leadership, Management

Embracing Uncertainty While Leading Effectively

Adapting our leadership styles to both expected and unexpected disruptions happening around us is nothing...

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A Series on Decision Making Part 3: How Senior Execs Approach Decision Making: Observations on Decision Making

10.27.2020

Featured, Leadership

A Series on Decision Making Part 4: Observations on Decision Making

Back when I worked for a large bank, we would have an annual golf outing...

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A Series on Decision Making Part 3: How Senior Execs Approach Decision Making: A Look at Personality Data from the C-Suite

09.01.2020

Featured, Leadership

A Series on Decision Making Part 3: How Senior Execs Approach Decision Making: A Look at Personality Data From the C-Suite

In 2007 when I was a director and senior faculty member at the Center for...

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A Series on Decision Making Part 2: Views on Decision Making

07.30.2020

Featured, Human Resources, Leadership

A Series on Decision Making Part 2: Views on Decision Making

The volume of material and research on the topic of decision making is astounding. From...

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A Series on Decision Making Part 1: Effective Decision Making vs. Captain Hindsight

06.19.2020

Featured, Leadership

A Series on Decision Making Part 1: Effective Decision Making vs. Captain Hindsight

As I write this blog, we find ourselves facing two pandemic related realities: a world...

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Giving and Receiving Feedback

06.17.2020

Agribusiness, Leadership, Management, Purdue Agribusiness Review

The Fix to Nearly Every HR Problem: Giving & Receiving Feedback

Prior to joining Purdue University as a visiting professor, I was the head of human...

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See Sooner Act Faster

06.17.2020

Leadership, Purdue Agribusiness Review, Strategy

Vigilance in the Midst of Fundamental Changes

Even before COVID-19, the food production and distribution industries were facing a time of significant...

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Learnings and Changes for a Post-COVID-19

04.17.2020

Agribusiness, Featured, Industry Analysis

Potential Learnings and Changes for a Post-COVID-19 Food and Agribusiness Industry

COVID-19 has sent shock waves throughout the world, challenging every aspect of life. During this...

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