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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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Category: Organizational Leadership

Two visions of how leaders set goals

November 7, 2019November 7, 2019
Sandra J. Peart
Economics, Organizational Leadership

One of the most profound passages describing the difference between New Welfare Economics and the approach of the Virginia School of Political Economy suggests there are “two essential ways of approaching the study of problems of political, social, and economic

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Leading a nonprofit organization

January 31, 2019January 31, 2019
Sandra J. Peart
Organizational Leadership

As I return to my day-to-day decanal job after attending the International Adam Smith Society (IASS) conference, I reflect on my role leading a small, nonprofit academic society. Slightly less than half of IASS members are from the U.S. We have

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A few (of many) leadership lessons learned from being a boss

March 22, 2018March 26, 2018
Sandra J. Peart
Higher Education, Organizational Leadership

“Boss.” That simple word still startles me. In the academy, professors rarely acknowledge they have a boss; as an assistant professor, I thought I would be the architect of my career. The department chair was a nuisance to be tolerated

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Leadership on and off the field

February 15, 2018February 15, 2018
Sandra J. Peart
Leadership Theory, Organizational Leadership

On the heels of a most successful year at the helm of the Toronto Football Club, University of Richmond alumnus Tim Bezbatchenko, ’04, recently returned to campus for a dialogue about leadership. Tim, who — it’s no coincidence — minored

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