Defining Business Acumen
by Dr. Raymond Reilly

What are the defining characteristics of the leaders you most admire? Odds are you've just described someone with good business acumen. No matter where you are in your career, it's not too late to join the ranks of the business leaders you respect most. [Learn more]

The Leadership Exam
Thoughts from Dr. David Ulrich

In uncertain times, senior executives must ensure their leadership actions are creating confidence for investors, customers, employees and communities. Are you taking the right steps? [Learn more]

Read an article from the May 26th Economist, entitled "Human Resources Transformation," featuring David Ulrich.

"LEADERSHIP" ISSUE

In this issue:

• Defining Business Acumen
• The Leadership Exam
• Change at Work
• Coming Soon
• Upcoming Courses

What creative ideas are you leveraging to keep your team motivated in these tough times? Take a quick survey.

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Last month we asked, "How much has the economy reduced your business travel?" Here are the results:

65% - Reduced by more than 30%
9% - Reduced by 10-30%
22% - Reduced by 10%
4% - No impact

By and large you said you would be relying on webinars and teleconferences to make up the difference.

"(The most successful leaders were those who) engaged in transcendent behavior that overrode past and present constraints and realized possibilities beyond those expected by others."

--Kim Cameron, Positive Organizational Scholarship

Martin Zimmerman
Ross School of Business

Government Motors?

Political pressure is sure to come with the financial aid package at GM, says Ross professor.

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Posted: 6/4/2009

Have you experienced positive results from implementation of U-M Ross Executive Education tools and concepts? We want to feature you in upcoming issues of this e-newsletter. Share your real-world experiences, highlight results and even brag a little. We'll select one story per newsletter for our "Change at Work" segment. E-mail us your story today at gbugala@umich.edu.

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Dr. Kim Cameron will be presenting a complimentary webinar—"Five Keys to Helping Your Organization Flourish in Trying Times"—on Wednesday, August 5th at 1 pm EDT.
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