IMPACT Speaker Series for Wednesday, August 26

A Herman Brown Lecture

Join us for this week's IMPACT Speaker Series session!   Wednesday, August 26 4:30 PM LeCraw Auditorium   David W. Murphy President and Chief Executive Officer Better World Books   “For Profit Social Enterprise: Building to Scale and Delivering Triple Bottom Line Results”   David Murphy leads Better World Books, which considers social and environmental responsibility core to its business as an online bookseller.   In addition to donating more than $1.4 million worth of books to promote literacy, the company has provided more than $6.5 million in funding to its nonprofit literacy partners working on four continents. It has also realized more than 9,000 tons of carbon offset through the carbon neutral shipping of books purchased from www.betterworldbooks.com.   Murphy, who holds a bachelor’s degree from the University of Notre Dame and an MBA from Dartmouth College, worked for 23 years in corporate finance, operations, and mergers and acquisitions for firms such as International Paper Company, The First Boston Corporation, and Hutchinson SA.   He has also started several companies and served as CFO, COO, and CEO for both privately held and publicly traded firms in the manufacturing, health care services, and technology sectors.   Murphy serves on the boards of directors for the Ferst Foundation for Childhood Literacy and Indaba LLC, and he is also an advisory board member for Books for Africa, the Prison Book Program, Globe Funder, and Sprout Learn-n-Grow.   Management major Jordan Garner will introduce Murphy. The IMPACT Speaker Series is sponsored by the Institute for Leadership and Entrepreneurship and is free and open to the public.   This session will be available as an archived streaming video after the presentation. Visit the IMPACT Speaker Series Website for access information.     Media Sponsor  Webcasting Partner

 

Georgia Institute of Technology College of Management 800 West Peachtree Street NW Atlanta, GA 30308-1149 404.894.2600 http://mgt.gatech.edu

Georgia Tech's 2009 Leadership Forum

Georgia Tech College of Management and TalentQuest will help business leaders do more with less through the 2009 series of The Leadership Forum.

2009 Theme | The Expectation Economy: Doing More with Less

The Leadership Forum, founded by John Horton in 1996, is designed to improve business performance through better thinking. It is committed to providing fresh perspectives, new thinking, and challenging ideas from the world's best business thinkers whose "star is rising".

Speakers scheduled for 2009 include:

• Daniel Burrus, a leading technology forecaster and author (TechnoTrends), who will discuss “Future Business Models: Doing More with Less” on February 10.
• Michael Gelb, author of the bestsellers How to Think like Leonardo da Vinci and Innovate like Edison, who will discuss, “How to Innovate like Thomas Edison” on March 10.
• Dave Ulrich, a leading HR/talent management guru and business professor at the University of Michigan, who will discuss “Leadership Brand: Developing Customer-focused Leaders” on May 19.
• Janelle Barlow, president of the multinational consulting firm TMI US and author of Branded Customer Service: The New Competitive Edge and A Complaint Is a Gift, who will discuss “Branded Customer Service: The New Competitive Edge” on July 21.
• Noel Tichy, a leading authority on leadership development and professor of organizational behavior at the University of Michigan, who will discuss “Judgment: How Winning Leaders Make Great Calls” (also the title of his book) on September 15.
• Jane Goldner, creator of the Business Operating System Solution for Enterprise Results and author of the forthcoming What’s Under the Hood? A 10-point Check-up for Driving High Performance in Business, who will discuss “Alignment” on November 10.

All sessions are held at Georgia Tech College of Management from 8:30 AM to noon on program days.

For more information and to register, visit the Leadership Forum site or call 404-894-8700.

Impact Speaker Series: "Leading Change"

Join us for this week's IMPACT Speaker Series session! A book sale/signing and reception will immediately follow the event in the Thornton Atrium.

Wednesday, September 24

4:30 PM
LeCraw Auditorium

"Leading Change"

David Herold
Professor Emeritus of Organizational Behavior
Co-author, Change the Way You Lead Change

David Herold, who joined Georgia Tech College of Management in 1973, is widely recognized for both his teaching and research. Former holder of the Gary T. Jones Chair, he has published widely in the major psychology and management journals.

His new book, Change the Way You Lead Change, offers businesses insights into better ways to approach change management. Co-authored by Georgia Tech organizational behavior professor Donald Fedor, the book shows how companies live on a "roller coaster of change," with overlapping changes being driven by different events, led by different executives, and originating from different parts of the organization.

According to Herold and Fedor, change is never a stepwise or easily prescribed process: It is messy and complicated, and its outcomes are easily swayed by a host of factors.

Herold is active as a management consultant, helping companies address a wide range of organizational and human resources issues. He holds a PhD from Yale University.

The IMPACT Speaker Series is sponsored by the Institute for Leadership and Entrepreneurship and is free and open to the public.

This session will be available as an archived streaming video after the presentation. Visit the IMPACT Speaker Series website for access information.

Impact Speaker Series: Marilyn S. Black, PhD

The next IMPACT Speaker Series session is:

Wednesday, September 17

4:30 PM
LeCraw Auditorium

Marilyn S. Black, PhD
CEO and Chief Scientist, Air Quality Sciences
Founder, GREENGUARD Environmental Institute

Marilyn S. Black directs all scientific studies for AQS. A leading expert in characterizing indoor air pollutants and their sources for more than 18 years, she focuses on working with manufacturers in the design and qualification of low-emitting products.

Black has directed numerous research projects sponsored by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), National Science Foundation, Department of Energy, Department of Defense, Consumer Product Safety Commission, and private industry.

She pioneered the research and development of environmental chamber technology for measuring Volatile Organic Compound (VOC) emissions from construction materials and furnishings, and she has directed numerous projects involving chemical emissions from building materials, furnishings, and processes.

Black also founded GREENGUARD Environmental Institute (GEI), an industry-independent, nonprofit organization that oversees the GREENGUARD Certification Program. GEI establishes acceptable indoor air standards for indoor products, environments, and buildings.

Black holds a BS from the University of Virginia, an MS from the University of Florida, and a PhD from Georgia Tech, all in chemistry.

She will be introduced by mechanical engineering student Scott Bandy.

The IMPACT Speaker Series is sponsored by the Institute for Leadership and Entrepreneurship and is free and open to the public.

Advancing your Career: The MBA Advantage

Women on Wednesdays - Alumni Association
Wednesday, September 24, 6 to 8:00 p.m.
College of Management, Auditorium 300
Refreshments Provided
$15 per person, $5 per student

6:00 to 6:30 p.m. - Check-in
6:30 to 7:30 p.m. - Panel Discussion
7:30 to 8:00 p.m. - Networking/Q&A

Additional $5 late registration fee begins September 17
Business Casual
Register online today! http://gtalumni.org/wow

What are the benefits of an MBA? Or more importantly, how would an MBA benefit you? Join the members of the Women's Advisory Committee and panelists from Georgia Tech's MBA program to discover how obtaining an MBA can benefit your career. Whether you're looking to advance your career, change your career, start your own business, earn more money, or simply develop business skills to complement your technical expertise, an MBA may be the right choice for you. Join our group of panelists to discover more.

Cheryl Weldon, panel moderator, ChemE 85, MBA from Northwestern
Diana Chen, director of global sourcing, Equifax, BS 99, MBA 07
Suo Hsien Swanson, international tax accountant, Deloitte, MBA 06

Impact Speaker Series: “The Pursuit of Purpose: Reflections from an Executive Coach” with Andy Fleming

Join us for the kickoff event of the fall IMPACT Speaker Series!

Wednesday, August 27

4:30 PM
LeCraw Auditorium

“The Pursuit of Purpose: Reflections from an Executive Coach”

Andy Fleming

Principal, Core Growth Partners

As founding principal of Core Growth Partners, Andy Fleming brings more than 20 years of corporate and consulting experience to leading companies.

Throughout his career, Fleming has coached hundreds of CEOs, senior executives, and "high potentials" to achieve significantly greater levels of performance while operating from a deeper sense of purpose and commitment.

He has played a central role in creating and implementing large scale leadership development institutes and initiatives for numerous organizations.

Fleming's background includes corporate and consulting roles with Procter & Gamble, Aetna, and The Hay Group. He also spent five years directing professional and undergraduate programming in Ethics and Servant Leadership at Emory University's Center for Ethics.

Fleming is the author of two books on life-work choices (Getting Ahead without Losing Heart and Backing down the Ladder).

He received his bachelor's degree in economics from Yale University and an MBA from Harvard Business School.

Nicole Piver, a management major, will introduce the speaker.

The IMPACT Speaker Series is sponsored by the Institute for Leadership and Entrepreneurship and is free and open to the public.

This session will be available as an archived streaming video after the presentation. Visit the IMPACT Speaker Series website for access information.