Dr. Dana Sumpter is an associate professor of organization theory and
management at Pepperdine University’s Graziadio School of Business. Her
research employs a cross-cultural lens in understanding social behavior at
work, studying topics including energy, mindfulness, power, work/family
enrichment, managerial systems, and work relationships. Stew and Dana
discuss her new research, with her colleague Mona Zanhour, on mothers
during the pandemic. Dana discusses best practices for working mothers,
their partners in parenting, and their employers…[Click for more]
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Professor Quinetta Roberson has over 20 years of experience teaching
courses and workshops globally on leadership, talent management and
diversity, all informed by her background in finance. She’s served as an
expert witness in employment discrimination lawsuits and provides
professional advice and guidance to for-profit and non-profit
organizations. Quintetta currently serves as President of the Academy of
Management (AOM) for 2020-2021. Stew and Quinetta discuss the benefits of
diversity, equity and inclusion (after parsing out important distinctions
among these three terms…[Click for more]
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Christopher Marquis is the Samuel C. Johnson Professor in Global
Sustainable Enterprise and Professor of Management at Cornell University.
Stew and Chris discuss Chris’ new book, Better Business: How the B Corp
Movement Is Remaking Capitalism. Chris reviews the meaning and intent of a
B Corp, how this differs from corporate social responsibility initiatives,
and why the essential features of B Corps are good for all businesses and
their people…[Click for more]
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Natalie Neilson Edwards is the Director of Inclusion & Diversity for The
Estee Lauder Companies with an MBA from the Wharton School. While at
Wharton, Natalie drafted the school’s official diversity plan and was
instrumental in doubling the black student population in one year. She has
a BA in finance from Howard University. Stew and Natalie discuss the
challenges employees at all levels face discussing and grappling with race
and how to help them do so more effectively…[Click for more]
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Dr. Howard Stevenson is the Constance Clayton Professor of Urban Education,
Professor of Africana Studies, in the Human Development & Quantitative
Methods Division of the Graduate School of Education at the University of
Pennsylvania.; the Executive Director of the Racial Empowerment
Collaborative (REC) at Penn; and the Director of Forward Promise, a
national program office funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. Stew
and Howard discuss the subtle, sometimes unintended ways by which we
communicate about race, and demonstrate, using Stew as his subject,..[
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Stephanie Creary is an Assistant Professor of Management at the Wharton
School whose research aims to identify and understand how we manage
identity in asymmetric relationships and examines the effectiveness of
diversity and inclusion practices. Stew and Stephanie discuss how to be an
effective ally and confront systemic racism…[Click for more]
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Dr. Marisa Porges is head of The Baldwin School. Before that she served in
the Obama White House; was a visiting fellow at Harvard Kennedy School
where her research focused on counterterrorism efforts; and served in the
US Navy as one of eight female aviators. Her new book is What Girls Need:
How to Raise Bold, Courageous, and Resilient Women.. Stew and Marisa
discuss the unique challenges educators and parents are y facing during the
pandemic; the resurgent awareness of what we must do to pursue a just
society; and the perennial difficulties of empowering young women…[Click
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Dr. Laura Morgan Roberts is a Professor of Practice at the University of
Virginia’s Darden School of Business and an expert in the science of
maximizing human potential in diverse organizations and communities. Her
influential publications have been recognized by Thinkers50 “On the Radar”
(2018) and the Academy of Management. Laura is the 2020 inaugural recipient
of the Academy of Management Organizational Behavior Award for Societal
Impact. Laura and Stew discuss her three edited three books — Race, Work
and Leadership; Positive Organizing in a Global Society; and Exploring
Positive Identities and Organizations — working from home while Black,
mircroaggressions, allyship…[Click for more]
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Rita McGrath, Columbia Business School Professor, is an expert on
inflection points. Her recent book Seeing Around Corners:How to Spot
Inflection Points in Business Before They Happen is about how effective
leaders and teams see those shifts coming before they happen and can react
in innovative ways to succeed. Stew and Rita talk about how to see around
unpredictable, unprecedented, or blind corners in order to make the best
decisions during this pandemic period…[Click for more]
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Stefanie Johnson is an associate professor at the University of Colorado
Boulder’s Leeds School of Business and her new book is Inclusify: The Power
of Uniqueness and Belonging to Build Innovative Teams. Professor Johnson
studies the intersection of leadership and diversity, focusing on how
unconscious bias affects the evaluation of leaders and on strategies that
leaders can use to mitigate bias. Stew and Stefanie talk about how she has
evolved in her thoughts and feelings about what it takes to create cultures
that both celebrate individual differences and build a sense of belonging
among members…[Click for more]
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