Thought Leadership
What makes a decision strategic?
Editor’s Note: The Goff Strategic Leadership Center believes that successful strategic leaders demonstrate skills across six specific dimensions (what we refer to as the Six Principles of Strategic Leadership). This model of leadership indicates that competence in these six areas contributes to high levels of individual, team, and organizational success. [...]
10 pieces of advice from 10 strategic leaders
Goff believes that strategic leadership is rooted in competency across three domains: Your core, role, and goal. Read on to hear what 10 strategic leaders think are critical pieces of advice for college students engaging and growing their leadership skills. Leadership is not simply a title or feeling of authority, [...]
Women’s Advancement: Is a pipeline really the right analogy?
The picture many people have when they think about career advancement is that of a pipeline, and it seems to be particularly prevalent in discussions related to women's advancement. For example, we have probably all heard about this phenomenon, wherein more women exist at junior levels of an organization with [...]
Academic Leadership Already Lacked Women Representation Pre-Pandemic. Now What?
Several years ago, when I started my research on the advancement of women in academia, I didn't know then how this would become a passion project that would stay with me for years to come. On #internationalwomenday2021, I was honored to share this piece, co-authored with Women in Business Education [...]
Women’s Advancement: Mentorship
In my research on gender equity, several factors that can hinder women's advancement show up time and again, including stereotypes placed on women; challenges in obtaining valuable networking opportunities; lack of role models, mentors, and the right work experiences; familial responsibilities; a history of men in leadership positions (role congruity); [...]
What happens to pay allocation when pay becomes transparent?
Summary: Research on pay transparency conducted by Todd Zenger (Academic Director of the Goff Strategic Leadership Center) and co-author Tomasz Obloj has been published by Nature Human Behavior – a highly selective scientific journal only publishing research which makes major advances in a field. Zenger's research, drawn from tracking salaries [...]