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James Ellis | Moderator | Dean of the Marshall School of Business at the University of Southern California (2007-2019)

David Ikenberry | Moderator | Dean of the Leeds School of Business at the University of Colorado-Boulder (2011-2016)

Ken Kring | Moderator | Co-Managing Director, Global Education Practice and Senior Client Partner at Korn Ferry

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EPISODE 21: Andrew Karolyi (Cornell) on Merging Academic Units/Colleges

On this episode of Deans Counsel, moderators Dave Ikenberry and Ken Kring speak with Andrew Karolyi, the Charles Field Knight Dean of the Cornell SC Johnson College of Business, and a professor of finance and holder of the Harold Bierman Jr. Distinguished Professorship in the College’s Johnson Graduate School of Management. He is also a professor of economics in Cornell's College of Arts and Sciences.  

While his academic CV in business and finance is exemplary, one of Andrew's best skills is being a good listener. Here, he talks to Dave and Ken about how active listening played a key role in the complex process involved with merging three separate business-related colleges at Cornell into the Johnson College. They breakdown the aspects of that enormous endeavor, touching on such topics as:

• Active Listening to effect change management 

• The need to carefully articulate the “true” benefits of major change  

• Trust building on your leadership team

• Adding DEI and social impact components into annual performance reviews

And that's just a brief overview of what's packed into this excellent expisode. 

Learn more about Andrew Karolyi: https://www.johnson.cornell.edu/faculty-research/faculty/gak56/

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