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Dean Thomas Gilligan interviewed Michael Dell, CEO, founder and chairman of the board of Dell, Inc., Nov. 11 as part of the VIP Distinguished Speaker Series.
Dean Gilligan began by asking Dell about his first job, which Dell said was at a Chinese restaurant when he was 12 years [...]
Tags: · computers, corporate culture, Dean Thomas Gilligan, Dell, entrepreneurship, global impact, leadership, McCombs, Michael Dell, VIP Speaker Series, work family balance
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Former University of Texas at Austin President Larry Faulkner talked about leadership, decision-making and ethics with a group of students at the McCombs Leadership Forum on Oct. 29.
Faulkner believes leaders create “an environment of the possible” when they use effective decision-making skills. The ability to make quick and decisive [...]
Tags: · decision-making, Houston Endowment, Larry Faulkner, leadership, McCombs Leadership Forum
Get the Flash Player to see this player. Southwest Airlines Chairman and CEO Gary Kelly, BBA ‘77, waxed philosophical about leadership and his experiences in the top spot at SWA during a conversation with Professor George Gau September 24. Ethical leadership was the theme of the event, the first of three McCombs Leadership Forums planned [...]
Tags: · airline business, airline industry, customer service, employee relations, Gary Kelly, George Gau, Herb Kelleher, leadership, LUV, McCombs, McCombs Leadership Forum, recession, Southwest Airlines
UPDATE: This workshop was originally scheduled for Sept. 1, but the date has been changed to Oct. 2. We apologize in advance for any inconvenience caused by this date change. If you’ve already signed up, you will be contacted regarding your ability to attend on the new date.
Texas Executive Education hosts the Disney Institute’s “Disney Keys [...]
Tags: · continuing education, customer service, Disney business principles, Disney Institute, leadership, loyalty, Management, Texas Executive Education, workshop
Top brass. Rally the troops. Lead the charge.
Business lingo often borrows heavily from military vocabulary, but the overlap between the two worlds extends far beyond metaphors.
Former military officers are well-represented among our corporate chiefs. Research conducted in 2005 found that military officers were three times more likely than other Americans to serve as CEOs of [...]
Tags: · Allen Capps, Caroline Bartel, Exchange magazine, Gil Manalo, Heather Weber, It's Your Ship, Ken Sener, leadership, MBA, MBA alumni, McCombs alumni, military, Pam Losefsky, Tom Gilligan, Travis Fell
(Originally published in Texas, the McCombs School of Business alumni magazine)
In an effort to start a regular conversation with readers, Texas posed a question in our monthly e-newsletter McCombs Monthly. We received lots of thoughtful answers, many of which are printed here. Add your answers here, and keep an eye out for future questions!
“Accepting responsibility [...]
Tags: · alumni thoughts, In My Opinion, leadership, Texas magazine
