By Sandra J. Peart, Dean and E. Claiborne Robins Distinguished Professor in Leadership Studies and President of the Jepson Scholars Foundation
In an address to a packed crowd, Dr. E. Bruce Heilman delivered a speech, brilliantly entitled “Why They Never Talked about It.” Chancellor Heilman, who was president of the University of Richmond from 1971-1986 and interim president from 1987-1988, leads
Read moreAt a recent Marshall Center lecture, Michael Zuckert opined that late twentieth century political theory scholars began to neglect the problem of statesmanship and focused too heavily on leadership. What’s the difference? In his view, the moral qualities of leadership
Read moreThere is much to be learned about leadership by studying the past. In particular, we learn about good leadership by studying what great leaders did and how they accomplished it. At the Jepson School, we have organized our curriculum with
Read morePerhaps the most important lesson I took away from Dr. Vivian Pinn’s remarks to a large crowd of students, faculty, and community members is that leadership sometimes has to change perceptions. Through her decades-long career, Dr. Pinn refocused public health
Read moreThere are few academics of greater stature than Robert Putnam. On Monday evening, the crowd that filled Cannon Memorial Chapel learned precisely why. Dr. Putnam inspired us with a talk about what he calls the growing opportunity gap. The idea
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