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How Goff Explorers transformed uncertainty into confidence
College is a time of uncertainty, and for many, that uncertainty is scary.
High school senior Addie Collins had similar doubts, as many students experience at some point. Collins hails from Portland, Oregon, and after high school, she was uncertain about college as a whole. Still, she gave the University of […]
Finding Purpose in Your Degree
The Goff Strategic Leadership Center at the David Eccles School of Business prides itself on giving students the tools and opportunities necessary to be successful by way of courses, case competitions, and events.
Ethan Black, a senior studying finance, started his Goff journey in […]
Confidence, Credibility, & Strategic Leadership
The Goff Strategic Leadership Center theorizes that successful strategic leaders demonstrate skills across six specific dimensions (what we refer to as the Six Principles of Strategic Leadership). This model of leadership indicates that competence in these six areas contributes to high levels of individual, team, and […]
Research: Amplifying Your Colleagues’ Voices Benefits Everyone
By Kristin Bain, Tamar A. Kreps, Nathan L. Meikle, and Elizabeth R. Tenney
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Amplification, or a public endorsement of someone’s idea with proper attribution of credit, can help ensure that team members’ ideas don’t get overlooked or attributed to the wrong person. In three studies involving […]
Why Business Schools Need to Teach Experimentation
By Elizabeth R. Tenney, Elaine Costa, and Ruchi M. Watson
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A combination of the availability of massive amounts of consumer data and improved computing power, plus the fact that it’s easier and cheaper to randomize participants than ever before, has created the perfect conditions for the […]
Does networking really work?
By Ruchi M. Watson Summary
In a recent blog post about Target Schools, I mentioned a stat that supports the importance of networking in obtaining a new job (essentially, 85% of jobs are captured via networking!). I must say, I resemble that statistic. And, while I personally […]