Category: Leadership

Bosses and bonding: Relationships prove key to employees organizational identification

An employee’s immediate supervisor is “quite possibly the single biggest factor in an employee’s willingness to identify with an organization,” says Blake Ashforth, a professor of management at the W. P. Carey School of Business. Why should organizations care if employees have strong organizational identification? “Because organizational identification plugs into pretty much everything good in organizations,” Ashforth says.

USAA CEO is Executive of the Year

Josue “Joe” Robles, president and chief executive officer of USAA, was named the Executive of the Year on April 25 by the Dean’s Council of 100 at the W. P. Carey School of Business. A retired major general, Robles leads a company that offers financial services to military families. In his speech, Robles said USAA will add 1,000 employees to its Arizona offices in the next three years. He then explained to the audience of business leaders how USAA is helping veterans and their spouses to develop careers. On April 30, 2013, he will be among 70 CEOs meeting at the White House to discuss ways to help veterans transition from military service to careers in a challenging economy.

Intel’s Doug Davis addresses Economic Club of Phoenix

Doug Davis is corporate vice president and general manager of Arizona Fab/Sort Manufacturing within Intel Corporation’s Technology and Manufacturing Group. In a speech before the Economic Club of Phoenix on March 19, 2013, he talked about the opportunities for Intel and other companies in a technological world, and what Intel means to Arizona.

Charles Redfield of Sam’s Club: The realities of global business

Charles Redfield, the executive vice president of merchandising for Sam’s Club, outlined the major lessons he’s learned in business at the February luncheon of the Economic Club of Phoenix. Redfield started his career at a Sam’s Club while in college, and except for a stint with the Canadian retailer, Hudson Bay, Redfield has been with Sam’s ever since. The Economic Club of Phoenix, affiliated with ASU’s W. P. Carey School of Business, provides a forum for the discussion of economic, business and policy issues.

Derrick Hall: Hitting a home run for fans

For Derrick Hall, president and CEO of the Arizona Diamondbacks, completing the "Circle of Success" means focusing on five areas: fan experience, performance, community, culture and financial efficiency. On January 23, Hall talked about how the Diamondbacks organization is delivering in each of those five areas. The Economic Club of Phoenix – affiliated with the W. P. Carey School of Business – promotes the discussion of business and policy issues at its monthly luncheon meetings. Here Economic Club President Robert Royal presents Hall with a kachina after the speech.

 

Beyond the finish line: Building leadership through the after-event review

The after-event review has emerged as a promising leadership development tool for businesses. First used by the military, the after-event review is a structured examination and analysis of an action by its participants after it has concluded. But after-event reviews do not affect everyone the same way. Assistant Professor of Management Jennifer Nahrgang and colleagues have discovered that personality traits and previous experiences determine which individuals will benefit most.