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06/21/16
Lessons from my student
This week I had the pleasure of meeting a former Thunderbird student of mine on our Glendale campus. Mark Rieper ’01 was a particularly bright young...
Global insight
06/21/16
Thunderbird Hosts Former First Lady of Ghana, Nana Konadu Agyeman-Rawlings
It was a calm breezy morning November 22, 2013 when I entered the admissions office to start my usual daily work as a Graduate Assistant. Following a...
Global insight
06/06/16
Adaptive Leadership for the VUCA World: A Tale of Two Managers
Many organizations and managers are struggling to stay afloat and aligned in the volatile, uncertain, complex, and ambiguous nature of today’s global...
Global insight
11/22/13
Succeeding with Four Audience Types
Not all audiences are created equal. The same public speaker can start the same speech with the same joke and get laughter from people on one day and...
Global insight
11/22/13
10 Steps to Halt the Contagion of Workplace Incivility
Seemingly inconsequential acts of bad behavior can spread through your organization like the flu, taking a financial and emotional toll if left...
Global insight
03/11/13
Rethinking the Four P's
It’s time to retool the four P’s of marketing for today’s business-to-business reality. As a framework for fine-tuning the marketing mix, the P’s —...
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01/10/23
Eight essential international business skills
Learn eight essential international business skills to prevent and handle costly mistakes that can occur in transnational business.
Global insight
01/09/23
What is global leadership?
Learn about global leadership and the skills that future business leaders need to be successful global leaders, including developing a Global Mindset.
Global insight
12/13/22
Buyer beware: how online retailers manipulate prices and what consumers can do to protect themselves from overpaying
Who doesn’t like a bargain? During the last weeks of the year, consumers around the world are looking for good deals for end-of-year holiday shopping...
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