As Glen Kreiner, Professor of Management at the University of Utah’s David Eccles School of Business, notes, “Oftentimes, business schools have a bit of a bad rap about being about numbers and formulas, and [being] cold and calculating.” In a new mini documentary-style film that is part of the Leader Generation series, the Eccles School aims to instead demonstrate its holistic, multi-pronged, and integrated approach to student success.

Leader Generation, a new branded content online series presented by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB) and produced by BBC StoryWorks Commercial Productions, illustrates the role that business schools and educators can play in addressing the world’s economic, social, and environmental issues through responsible leadership.

This 18-part online series, which includes a story produced for the Eccles School, showcases how schools are equipping future leaders with the skills to reimagine business. The Eccles School episode focuses on the curriculum, resources, programming, and services offered to address mental health and well-being more broadly.

The episode features both Kreiner and Abbey Salamera, a Program Coordinator for Student Engagement & Belonging, highlighting a pair of Eccles School programs: the In A Pinch Basic Needs Initiative (which provides students access to food, housing, funding, mental health, and family resources), and the undergraduate course MGT 1030-007: Responsibilities of Business Leaders, in which a component of the curriculum addresses mental health in the workplace.

“By addressing the basic needs of our students,” said Salamera, “we aim to eliminate barriers that may impede their academic achievement and well-being.”

The Eccles School-specific story can be viewed here.