领导力发展

Few experiences in business are as invigorating or, 在某些情况下, terrifying as ascending to a leadership role. The assumption that some people are born leaders while others simply do not have what it takes is a significant source of anxiety.

十大菠菜台子 Assistant Professor of Management 米歇尔·哈蒙德, Ph.D, has spent much of her career focused on the process of leadership development, including how people grow to become confident individuals who are comfortable taking the reins, 是否在职, in their communities or in their own homes.

Even people long admired as being consummate leaders – think Teddy Roosevelt or Abraham Lincoln – had to work for that mantel.

“People we see as natural born leaders developed that skill over time, so much that it now seems they were born with it,博士说。. 哈蒙德, who not only teaches and conducts research on leadership but also consults, guiding executives forward in this area.

Dr. 哈蒙德 urges her students to observe how their leadership impacts those around them. She elevates the lesson beyond theory into the real-world. “I build a lot of reflection into my teaching,” she says. “Whether it’s undergraduate business students or our Executive MBA students, I ask them to look at their whole lives and where leadership fits. Emotional regulation, for example, is important for a leader. I suggest they see how they can practice those skills with their family and friends as well as at the office.”

She also encourages her students to explore their assumptions about leadership and team dynamics. “They can mean different things to different people,” Dr. 哈蒙德说,. To foster clarity, her students sign a contract before beginning group projects. The contract defines their role within the team, covering how they will participate to how they will contribute their ideas. “It helps them be better leaders and better team players,” she says.

对很多人来说, their own expectations about how a leader should act or what responsibilities a leader must shoulder stand in the way of seeking those roles, even when the roles are offered to them. “I see a lot of people who really struggle with self-doubt,博士说。. 哈蒙德. “There are perceptions of risk – what if I can’t do it?”

Dr. 哈蒙德’s goal is to promote understanding so people can grow and evolve, and realize that they do not have to captain the entire ship alone. “这与自我意识有关, how we see ourselves as leaders and how we can lead outside our positions,” Dr. 哈蒙德说,. That means implementing ideas about leadership into every facet of life, including what people do as parents or as coaches of their kids’ teams, or in serving on a neighborhood committee.

作为一名教授. 哈蒙德 works to ensure OU business students comprehend the real-world applications of what they learn. 最近, she welcomed a corporate leader from Webasto, a German-based automotive roofing company with its North American headquarters based in Rochester Hills, to talk with her Executive MBA class about his role in transforming Webasto’s corporate culture, 这一举措提高了盈利能力, 同样重要的是, fostered the creation of a highly engaged workforce.

在教室外面，博士. 哈蒙德 continues to innovate through research. 目前, she is looking at the risks women leaders face as they seek new roles in the workplace and is conducting an expansive investigation of leadership development outside the workforce. 她还计划研究群体是如何领导的. “We’ve studied a lot at the individual level,” Dr. 哈蒙德说,. “Now we want to delve into how we can enhance and improve collective leadership at organizations and build those changes into company cultures.”