By Sandra J. Peart, Dean and E. Claiborne Robins Distinguished Professor in Leadership Studies and President of the Jepson Scholars Foundation
What is it about games that draws us to them? Five days at the beach where I had the opportunity to observe evening volleyball matches, two-on-two basketball, corn hole, Frisbee, bocce, and more left me ruminating about this question. I look
Read moreI worry a great deal about the recent rise in nationalism, the tendency to stress national characteristics and superiority. I’m more sanguine about patriotism, a love of place and people without the assumption of being better than others. Political leaders
Read moreSeveral weeks ago I attended the College of William & Mary’s commencement. Actress and William & Mary alumna Glenn Close spoke eloquently about her journey to college—by no means a typical one—including how and why she landed at one of
Read moreNous sommes avec vous. Such was our predominant sentiment as we watched the horrific fire at Notre Dame Cathedral Monday. People the world over were deeply moved by the images of the burning cathedral. We experienced a deep sense of
Read moreScholars of leadership sometimes neglect a fundamentally important leadership concept—leadership of the self. Yesterday, I delivered remarks at Arizona State University on John Stuart Mill and economic freedom. I argued that, for Mill, economic freedom is less about efficiency and
Read moreI recently attended a talk Crystal Hoyt gave to University of Richmond Law faculty about people’s perceptions of women leaders. The research uses something referred to by many as “implicit bias”: the idea that people may unwittingly (though there’s some
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