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By Sandra J. Peart, Dean and E. Claiborne Robins Distinguished Professor in Leadership Studies and President of the Jepson Scholars Foundation

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Leadership and “mere civility”

February 12, 2020February 13, 2020
Sandra J. Peart
Democracy, Jepson Speakers & Events

One of the joys of working at the Jepson School is that we offer some of the most intriguing lectures to our students and the wider community. This year, the John Marshall International Center for the Study of Statesmanship has

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Leading as influence—Michael Paul Williams and Ayesha Rascoe

February 5, 2020February 5, 2020
Sandra J. Peart
Democracy, Jepson Speakers & Events, Leading change

At the Jepson School, we define good leadership as a process of influencing via the give-and-take of discussion, as opposed to the notion of leading by dictating. We introduce students to many influence-building exemplars. Our Leader-in-Residence Program offers students the

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Leadership reflections at Prelude

November 13, 2019November 13, 2019
Sandra J. Peart
Jepson School of Leadership Studies, Jepson Speakers & Events

As is our tradition, students and faculty reflected on leadership as the Jepson School of Leadership Studies welcomed a new class at Prelude, the ceremony at which we induct newly admitted students. The new class comprises 105 students, including seven

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Dr. E. Bruce Heilman, servant leadership exemplar

October 24, 2019October 24, 2019
Sandra J. Peart
Jepson Speakers & Events, Servant Leadership

Shortly after becoming dean of the Jepson School of Leadership Studies in August 2007, I had the good fortune to meet Dr. E. Bruce Heilman, University of Richmond chancellor and president emeritus. We began a friendship that would last until

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Journalism as a means to accountable leadership

October 2, 2019October 3, 2019
Sandra J. Peart
Democracy, Government, Jepson Speakers & Events

At the Jepson School of Leadership Studies, we proudly declare that we teach for and about leadership. Our signature Leader-in-Residence Program accomplishes both of these goals. Leaders from all walks of life visit the School to discuss their experiences and

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Do good first—leadership lessons from an alumna leader, Raegan Morris

May 29, 2019May 30, 2019
Sandra J. Peart
Jepson Speakers & Events

Do good first. And worry about saving the world later. These words, attributed to University of Richmond’s beloved accounting professor, Dr. Joe Ben Hoyle, formed the cornerstone of Raegan Morris’ keynote remarks at Finale, the Jepson School’s senior recognition ceremony

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Democracy for realists

March 13, 2019March 14, 2019
Sandra J. Peart
Democracy, Jepson Speakers & Events

Citizens of democracies often don’t understand issues well enough to vote in a way that reflects their best interests, according to political scientist Dr. Larry Bartels. He said even the few who are well informed and politically engaged generally vote

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Democracy in the age of social media

February 22, 2019February 28, 2019
Sandra J. Peart
Democracy, Jepson Speakers & Events

Facebook could throw a close election without most Americans even knowing it, Zeynep Tufekci told a capacity crowd at the Jepson Leadership Forum Feb. 13. The self-described technosociologist and associate professor at UNC School of Information and Library Science was quick

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William Penn and the paradoxes of leadership

January 3, 2019January 3, 2019
Sandra J. Peart
Jepson Speakers & Events

Those who study leadership sometimes measure characteristics in one dimension or another, with little regard for interrelationships among dimensions. In this view, good leaders are bold and visionary, willing to take risks, and socially conscious. Bad leaders are none of

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Bold leadership

December 13, 2018December 13, 2018
Sandra J. Peart
Jepson Speakers & Events

“Be bold.” In her telling, noted leadership scholar James MacGregor Burns offered this advice as Blanche Wiesen Cook began work on her three-volume biography of Eleanor Roosevelt. Dr. Cook, distinguished professor of history and women’s studies at John Jay College

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