Leadership & management

Darden Professor Peter Belmi's recent work found that class-based inequality persists not only because of external factors like bias and “glass ceilings,” but also because of structural factors that discourage relatively low-class people from seeking positions of power in the first place.

Darden Dean Scott C. Beardsley interviews Dr. Ulrich Bez, former CEO and current board member of Aston Martin and distinguished executive in residence at Darden.

If trust is vital to leadership, how do leaders — particularly new leaders — build it? Darden Professor Morela Hernandez advises demonstrating relational leadership first. That means showing you respect your team, will seek their input on important matters and will treat them fairly.

In the Smart Machine Age, human beings will be needed to do those tasks that technology won’t be able to do well. What type of leader is needed in that kind of environment? It won’t be a command-and-control, hierarchical leader.

In this Three Things video, Darden Professor Lalin Anik discusses three ways generosity improves your happiness and performance — and the research that shows it.

Darden Dean Scott C. Beardsley recently sat down with Dominic Barton, global managing partner of consulting powerhouse McKinsey & Co. Barton leads the firm’s focus on the future of capitalism and the role of business leadership in creating social and economic value.

A likely result of the Smart Machine Age is the demise of the dominant business and leadership model built for the Industrial Revolution, which was designed to direct and produce high efficiency, standardization and reliability.

Seventeenth century philosopher Thomas Hobbes famously described the natural state of human life as “nasty, brutish and short.” A study co-authored by a Darden professor examines implications of how people view life.

Sustainable Living Beyond Borders gives low-income workers access to a wellness program and is a leading public-private partnership improving communities around the world.

In this Three Things video, Darden Professor Lynn Isabella explains three keys to the firehouse that will lead to more meaningful results.