As many of you know, one of the best examples of values-based leadership and truly making a difference in the world is the One Acre Fund (OAF) founded by several Kellogg alums in 2006! In a little more than 10 years, Andrew Youn, Matt Forti, and their team (currently more than 2,000 members) have doubled, tripled or quadrupled the annual
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I always focus on my second principle of BALANCE when discussing any issue…..that is “take the time to understand all sides of the issue,” or as St. Francis stated, “Seek to understand before you are understood.” As a result, when I am having a debate with someone, I try to never say, “I don’t understand” because that seems ignorant. I
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Hi Everyone, After a lot of great events in Shanghai, I headed to Beijing for two days. I was fortunate to have Julie join me (her first trip to China). Our good friend Helen He took us to the Great Wall and also to the Forbidden City in Beijing. You really have to see the Great Wall to believe it….the
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I realize I have been slow to write posts, so I am recommitting to send them more often. I finished my last class for the Kellogg Winter quarter in Evanston, completed all of my grading, and now am on my way to Hong Kong to teach the joint executive MBA program for Kellogg and HKUST. This class is KH20 March
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[Guest blog post by Rick Waddell, Chairman of the Board, Northern Trust] My personal journey as a leader began in Pittsburgh, PA where I was born. College years were spent in Hanover, NH where I met my future wife, Cate, who was one of the first women to graduate from Dartmouth College. Upon graduating in 1975 I was offered a
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When a true values-based leader passes away, it leaves an empty feeling for those fortunate to have had the opportunity to know them. That is what happened to me last Thursday night with the passing of Professor Walter Scott, better known to students, faculty, and almost everybody, as “Wally”. As I have shared frequently in previous posts, when I stepped
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Since it wasn’t cold enough in Chicago, the “Kraemer Gang” (as usual) drove up to Minnesota to spend Christmas with all of our Jansen and Kraemer relatives — always a fantastic time! Luckily, the day after Christmas, as the Minnesota temperature descended to negative 10 degrees (that doesn’t include wind chill), we all flew down to Sarasota — resulting in
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