New UVA Darden Executive Education White Paper Offers Guide to Manage Through Disruption and Transformation
By Dave Hendrick
What is the role of leadership during a period of change that feels both rapid and sustained? How can executives and managers successfully lead organizations at a time of cratering public trust in institutions, digitally driven transformation and the dislocation brought about by the COVID-19 pandemic?
A new free white paper from Darden Executive Education & Lifelong Learning, “Acting in the Present, Shaping the Future: Leaders in Unprecedented Times,” considers the rapid onslaught of contemporary challenges facing organizations and the global workforce, and posits potential paths forward on topics ranging from climate change to ethical capitalism.
“As the world emerges from the COVID crisis, business leaders have the opportunity to shape the recovery in a way that benefits the economy, the environment and society,” the report states. “To direct an organization effectively in these times, leaders need new technological skills and ethical perspectives.”
The chapters in the new white paper include:
- Responsible Capitalism
- Supply Chain Resiliency
- Climate Action
- Leadership Kindness
- Rise of the Machines
- A Hybrid Workforce
- Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
Darden Executive Education & Lifelong Learning offers a range of open and custom programs led by Darden faculty on topics ranging from digital transformation to leadership and management competencies.
Learn more and download “Acting in the Present, Shaping the Future” today.
Darden Executive Education & Lifelong Learning is provided by the University of Virginia Darden School Foundation.
The University of Virginia Darden School of Business prepares responsible global leaders through unparalleled transformational learning experiences. Darden’s graduate degree programs (MBA, MSBA and Ph.D.) and Executive Education & Lifelong Learning programs offered by the Darden School Foundation set the stage for a lifetime of career advancement and impact. Darden’s top-ranked faculty, renowned for teaching excellence, inspires and shapes modern business leadership worldwide through research, thought leadership and business publishing. Darden has Grounds in Charlottesville, Virginia, and the Washington, D.C., area and a global community that includes 18,000 alumni in 90 countries. Darden was established in 1955 at the University of Virginia, a top public university founded by Thomas Jefferson in 1819 in Charlottesville, Virginia.
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