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The Leadership Coaching Fellows program, now in its fifth year, is part of Goizueta’s Leadership Development Program, and the course is designed to use coaching skills to enhance leadership attributes.

SurveyMonkey, a leading global provider of survey software products, announced today the addition of Erika Hayes James—an award-winning educator, accomplished consultant and published researcher—to its board of directors. The SurveyMonkey board now has an equal representation of women and men.

During the fifth annual Young African Leaders Institute, or YALI, 25 professionals from 19 countries stepped foot inside the Delta Leadership Hub at Goizueta to learn more about the school’s curriculum and culture.

Communication and perception might be the two most important aspects that determine whether a woman is promoted or not. These themes continued to bubble to the top during a recent alumni panel discussion hosted by the Emory Alumni Association and the Emory Office of Corporate Relations.

The Graduate Management Admission Council, a non-profit association of leading global business schools, has named Erika James, John H. Harland dean of Goizueta Business School to its board.

It might be surprising to some that accounting is essentially the underpinning of finance. It’s also the basis for the extensive research of llia Dichev, the Goizueta Foundation Chair in Financial Reporting.

During the last week in January, Brian Mitchell 00MBA/MPH, associate dean of the Full-Time MBA Program, gathered with a dozen students to discuss On Race, a book by Howard Zinn.

Paying attention, in the long run, has given Larry Westbrook 61BBA 63MBA success in business and personal fulfillment. He learned critical observation at Emory’s business school, then leveraged that skill as a utility executive in Georgia, retiring as CFO for Southern Company.

Stephanie Block has joined the Goizueta Development & Alumni Relations team as the senior director of alumni relations.

When passersby recently walked through Patterson Green, it was hard to miss two unusual items resting on the lawn. Two lavish Mercedes vehicles visited Goizueta caused onlookers to slow their step and snap a few photos. While the cars added a unique touch to the green, they were actually serving a larger purpose.

Goizueta Professor of Accounting Karen Sedatole and colleagues from University of Missouri and College of William and Mary have published a study looking at the role of calibration committees in performance evaluation system.

Our first activity was the Lightspeed Ventures, Fenwick & West LLP and Giphy’s BBQ. There, we met national venture leaders like Jonathan Gottfried of Major League Hacking and venture capitalists turned startup lawyers like Mark Stevens of Fenwick and West. Moreover, we received extensive advice on how our startup can avoid common pitfalls around navigating user-behavior change.