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SIMON GRADUATE SCHOOL OF BUSINESS CREATES CENTER FOR LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT

Author:Charla Stevens Kucko

Release Date: May 20, 2008

Rochester, N.Y.¾May 20, 2008¾The Simon Graduate School of Business at the University of Rochester has established a new Center for Leadership Development. The Center is the first of its kind in the nation to include a required Management Communication course based on the theory that excellent communication skills are key to being a leader in the business world.

          Under the umbrella of the Center for Leadership Development, the Richard Sands Leadership Lecture Series brings prominent speakers in the field to discuss leadership with Simon School students. Marshall Goldsmith, a global leadership expert and coach to top executives at many of the world’s leading companies, will deliver the second Sands Leadership Lecture on Wednesday, May 21, 2008, from 4:30─5:30 p.m. in Gleason Hall, Room 318/418. Goldsmith is the author of several books on leadership including The New York Times bestseller, What Got You Here Won’t Get You There (Hyperion, 2007). The lecture is free and open to the public.

          “Since the Simon School is the place “Where Thinkers Become Leaders,” it is fitting that the School has created a new Center for Leadership Development,” says Dean Mark Zupan. “The goal of the Center is to realize William E. Simon’s vision of the School as ‘a leader and a path breaker in higher education.’ ”

          The Center’s mission is to provide a focus for understanding the essence of leadership. Under the direction of Daniel H. Struble, senior lecturer in business communication and area coordinator, business communication, the Center encompasses an annual Leadership course conducted by world renowned finance scholar and former Simon faculty member Michael C. Jensen; the student-managed VISION Program and VISION Connect, a new initiative that links Simon students with small businesses that need help developing business plans; the Richard Sands Leadership Lecture Series, presenting top national executives on leadership topics; the business communication curriculum for all full-time M.B.A. students including a communications and leadership component; club leaders training; team building and leadership training; and a series of “Faculty Flicks” for students featuring films related to leadership followed by group discussions led by Simon faculty.

            “The Center is new, and we are reaching out and trying different things,” says Struble. “Our goal is to expose students to the mechanics and ethics of leadership.”

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The Simon School prides itself as the place Where Thinkers Become Leaders™ and is currently ranked among the leading graduate business schools in the world in rankings published by the popular press, including BusinessWeek, U.S. News & World Report, The Wall Street Journal, Financial Times and Forbes. For example, the Financial Times recently rated the School 2nd in the world for finance and 5th in the world for managerial economics. More information about the Simon School is available on the World Wide Web at www.simon.rochester.edu.