By Sandra J. Peart, Dean and E. Claiborne Robins Distinguished Professor in Leadership Studies and President of the Jepson Scholars Foundation
Jepson’s commitment to educating students both for and about leadership is one of the School’s most intriguing aspects. Even as our scholarship investigates questions of leadership, we’re simultaneously educating students for leadership in all organizations. As democratic institutions have been
Read moreI was recently reminded of the powerful nature of incentives. I shouldn’t need reminding — I am an economist, and economists work with incentives. I have also been in various positions of authority for most of my adult life. But
Read moreLeadership scandals seem to be a staple of news in recent years. In the corporate world, one might point to Volkswagen’s Dieselgate. In city governance, the Flint water crisis was a catastrophic failure of leadership. At the state and national
Read moreLast week I wrote about leadership across differences and looked to John McCain as an exemplar of the all-too-rare phenomenon of politicians who lead across the gulf separating contemporary political parties. But not everyone agrees that leaders can or should
Read moreLeadership pundits and scholars alike have remarked that political divides have become more rancorous over the last two decades. Senator John McCain’s death is a powerful and moving reminder that we have lost another of the very few remaining leaders
Read moreAs Aretha Franklin’s health was failing, accolades poured in. Her natural talent and hard work catapulted her to fame and made her the preeminent singer of her time. But she was so much more than that — she was an
Read moreWe are less than a week away from Move-In Day for the Class of 2022. This year, more than 11,800 students applied for about 800 spots — an 18 percent increase in applications in one year. As you would expect,
Read moreIn a recent meeting with members of the University of Richmond Communications team, I remarked that the Jepson School alumni are our best ambassadors. Our alumni’s stories are endlessly impressive. This simple observation now forms a central part of our
Read moreExperts have always tried to predict the future of work in the face of technological advancements. For example, David Ricardo added his famous “Machinery” chapter to the 1821 edition of his Principles of Political Economy, as an attempt to work out
Read moreCanadians aren’t exactly known for leading, despite our contributions to the arts (e.g., in music, The Band, Leonard Cohen, Celine Dion, Gordon Lightfoot, Joni Mitchell, Oscar Peterson, Tragically Hip, or Neil Young) and Nobel Peace Prize recipient Lester B. Pearson’s
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