Duke CE in the Press

2012

How Do You Handle Mistakes?
Fast Company, March 2012
Mistakes are actually a good thing -- Dr. Liz Mellon notes that if you're not making them, you're probably not trying hard enough in this 30 Second MBA video from Fast Company.

Running the Point: Lessons from the Point Guard Position & the NCAA Tourney
Forbes.com, March 13, 2012
Project Director Devin Bigoness and GLRN educator Karl Moore discuss lessons business leaders can learn from the NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament, specifically the team point guard. The point guard is the most valuable position on the basketball court, setting teammates up for success, setting the tone, and translating strategic priorities from his coach -- aka senior management.

Women Take The Fast Track
FT.com, March 4, 2012
Novartis is being hailed as a pioneer for an executive leadership development program targeted exclusively at women that experts say is a milestone in its field.

Novartis Executive Female Leadership Program
Developing Leaders (IEDP), February 2012
Novartis created a new strategic initiative to developing female leaders in collaboration with Duke CE. Claudia Bidwell wrote about her experiences running the Executive Female Leadership Program at Novartis: "This program made a difference to all those involved."

Verizon #1 on Training Top 125
Training, January/February 2012
Verizon captured the No. 1 spot on the Training Top 125 in 2012. Creating shareholder value was one of the company's significant goals, and Verizon partnered with Duke CE to launch a Leading for Shareholder Value program.

2011

Lining Up Your Team for Success: Business Leadership Lessons From the World Series
Forbes.com, October 28, 2011
Project Director Devin Bigoness and GLRN educator Karl Moore share business leadership lessons from baseball's World Series. What does baseball strategy mean for you as a leader? In business, like a baseball manager, you have to know your team members’ strengths and development areas.

Reflections on Steve Jobs and Apple: What Sports Teaches Us About the Challenges of Consecutive Wins
Forbes.com, October 12, 2011
Project Director Devin Bigoness and GLRN educator Karl Moore discuss how difficult it is to sustain excellence. Why is winning over and over again considerably more difficult than winning once? They share answers to this challenge using examples from the sports world.

Learning to Win — Two Approaches to Developing Your People from NFL Quarterbacks
Forbes.com, August 30, 2011
With the National Football League season kicking off, rookies will be put under pressure to perform for their new teams. History has shown there are two primary ways to develop a rookie quarterback to prepare him for future success. Project Director Devin Bigoness and GLRN educator Karl Moore think the approaches suggest some key leadership development lessons for corporations.
Note: A revised version of this article appeared in the Globe and Mail on Sept. 9, 2011.

Forge good management & employees relationship encourages business expert, [says] Charan
Business Live, August 29, 2011
In an increasingly competitive business arena, improved relationships between management and employees need to be forged in order to gain an advantage, according to global business expert Ram Charan, who spoke at Duke CE's second annual regional roundtable, hosted by Nedbank in Johannesburg, South Africa.

Effective Leadership Traits of Global Corporate Captains
ABN Digital, July 29, 2011
Executive Director Liz Mellon joins Lerato Mbele in studio to discuss effective leaderships traits of global corporate captains in this video from Africa Business News.

3 Leadership Lessons from Golf's New King
Forbes.com, July 12, 2011
Project Director Devin Bigoness and GLRN educator Karl Moore discuss what you can learn from US Open Champion golfer Rory McIlroy about bouncing back from adversity in this Forbes.com column: Bouncing Back the Rory McIlroy Way.
Note: A revised version of this article appeared in the Globe and Mail on July 15, 2011.

Duke Corporate Education: Rank Outsider
Financial Mail, June 23, 2011
In a profile of business schools in South Africa, Duke CE managing director Sharmla Chetty says it doesn’t matter whether a business school is local or foreign, as long as it meets clients’ needs: “SA companies want [the] best quality, best product and best price. They are looking for the best provider.”

Forging a Common Culture
Financial Times, 16 May 2011, Della Bradshaw
 Duke CE's close relationship with ArcelorMittal helped both companies weather the economic crisis and resulting recession. “Duke [CE] has made it their business to understand our business and understand our culture," says ArcelorMittal CEO Brian Callaghan. "The fact that they understand the vision and the strategy of the organisation means they are able to help the individuals to understand it.”

Ask the Experts: Executive Education 2011
Financial Times, 11 May 2011, Della Bradshaw
A panel of experts answered user-submitted questions on executive education. The panel consisted of Della Bradshaw of the Financial Times, Blair Sheppard, chair of Duke CE and dean of Duke University's Fuqua School of Business, and Jordi Canals, dean of Iese Business School in Spain.

Customised Programmes: The Rise of Latin America
Financial Times, 9 May 2011, Michael Jacobs
Duke Corporate Education retains the number one position for the ninth consecutive year in the Financial Times Customised Executive Education rankings and HEC Paris remains in second. Brazil’s Fundação Dom Cabral jumps from eighth place to third.

Profile: Mike Canning of Duke Corporate Education
Financial Times, 9 May 2011, Della Bradshaw
Mike Canning is not your average business school dean. He does not hold the coveted doctoral degree nor the arm-long list of published articles in refereed journals. And his attire is classically corporate, not shabby academic. But then, he does not work for a traditional business school.

Head Man in India: plant manager and village chief
Financial Times, 9 May 2011, James Fontanella-Khan
In remote areas of India, the Aditya Birla Group creates villages along with its manufacturing plants, and the heads of these plants require special training. "[Duke CE] conceptualised what we had in mind,” says H.R. Shashikant, global head of human resources.

Ten Questions with Liz Mellon
Financial Times, 3 May 2011, Charlotte Clarke
In this interview with Charlotte Clarke, executive director Liz Mellon answers 10 questions—and reveals the strangest thing she's ever done while teaching.

Other Countries Should Join Hazare
Ahmedabad Mirror, 9 April 2011
South Africa should fight against corruption, says the country's former deputy president, Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, who was in Ahmedabad for a two-day consortium on Women and Leadership at IIM-A organized by Duke CE.

Women leaders share experiences at IIMA meet
(Ahmedabad) Daily News & Analysis, 8 April 2011
Thirty women executives came together during the inaugural Women and Leadership consortium at the Indian Institute of Management - Ahmedabad (IIMA), organized by Duke CE.

Duke CE, IIM-A to Hold Women & Leadership Programme
The Economic Times, 7 April 2011
Speakers from Airtel, Schneider Electric, Infosys, Eli Lilly and Johnson & Johnson, among others, are on the agenda at the first Women and Leadership Consortium, held by Duke CE and IIM-A on April 7-8.

Perfecting the Art of Communication
Gulf News, 19 March 2011
Nancy Keeshan discusses the need -- and the ability -- to improve speaking and presentation skills.

Blended Learning: Technology helps facilitate the face-to-face experience
Financial Times, 14 March 2011
In this article on blended learning, Steve Mahaley talks about the future of 3D online environments that will go beyond webinars to provide a more sensory-rich, interactive and shared experience.

2010

Developing Leaders in High-Tech Firms – What’s Different and What Works?
HR People and Strategy, Vol. 33/Issue 3, 2010
To test the conventional wisdom that leadership development is different in high-tech firms, Bob Fulmer and Byron Hanson conducted research to understand the major challenges in that sector. The project, cosponsored by Duke Corporate Education, the HR Forums and Bay Area Executive Development Network, was intended to help understand if developing leaders in high tech organizations is different, and, if so, how.

Do Techies Make Good Leaders?
Wall Street Journal, 22 August 2010
Bob Fulmer and Byron Hanson share key insights from their research on the tech sector in this Wall Street Journal article.

Ignore Africa at your peril, business told
BusinessDay, 9 July 2010
 Duke CE gathered corporate learning and development professionals and other business leaders together in Johannesburg for a Roundtable discussion hosted by Nedbank. Attendees discussed how opportunities exist within Africa, and how South African companies are beginning to redefine their strategies and changing their Eurocentric mindset.

Changing Mindsets, Not Skill Sets
Faith & Leadership, 11 May 2010
 Executive Director Bob Reinheimer talks about how organizations must accept that the world is dynamic, chaotic and changing. Adjusting to that new reality requires embracing a new kind of learning environment.

Winds of Change
Financial Times, 10 May 2010, Della Bradshaw
Business schools have to keep up with technological advances and growing demand in new markets for management education.

Customised Programmes: In Demand
Financial Times, 10 May 2010, Michael Jacobs
In spite of a contraction in the market, schools that teach custom courses have reason for optimism when looking ahead. Duke CE ranked first for preparation, quality of faculty, program design and teaching methods. Says one client, "...Duke [CE] far surpasses [other schools] in their ability to be flexible and tailored in their approaches."

How to Justify Training Costs
Financial Times, 10 May 2010, Linda Anderson
Anticipating a reduction in training budgets due to the economic downturn, Duke CE offers more blended learning solutions, with a mix of virtual and face-to-face. CEO Kim Taylor-Thompson emphasizes that learning is a critical investment.

Best of Two Worlds
Financial Times, 10 May 2010, Della Bradshaw
Schools that are traditionally strong in custom education, like Duke CE, specialize in following the corporate agenda and conducting the type of research asked for by business.

Dangerous Conversations
Faith & Leadership, 16 March 2010
 Executive Director Jared Bleak discusses a four-step strategy for leaders facing conversations that are difficult, tense or even dangerous in this Q&A with the Duke Divinity School's leadership education project.

Corporate learning: Out of body experiences are ‘in’
Financial Times , 15 March 2010, Jane Bird
Steve Mahaley believes virtual worlds can help people communicate effectively and work together to avoid making assumptions: one way to shed new light on old problems is to take people completely out of their element, he says.

Leadership Role Models Earn Trust and Profits
Training+Development, March 2010, Paul Harris
Executive Director Jared Bleak offers insights and advice for managers to improve engagement among employees in this article about research that found confidence in leaders at a 10-year low.

PwC finds the doctor knows best
Financial Times, 22 February 2010, Rebecca Knight
Executive Director Jared Bleak discusses the team-based learning program designed by Duke CE and PwC that transfers the medical training concept of ‘see one, do one, teach one’ to business environments.

2009

Top Nondegree Executive Education Programs
BusinessWeek 16 November 2009, p. 56
Duke CE ranked #1 in the world in custom executive education

Investment in Training for Sunnier Times
Financial Times, 21 September 2009, Chris Mason
Sun Life and Duke CE team up to show that investing in education is a sound move even in challenging economic times.

Studies Target Execs
BusinessDay, 26 May 2009, Erica Webster
Managing Director Sharmla Chetty talks about Duke CE's venture into South Africa and the work that her team has done, looking at the local and global context.

Ask the experts: Executive Education online Q&A
Financial Times online 13 May 2009
 CEO Kim Taylor-Thompson joins a panel of experts to answer questions submitted by FT readers about current events and issues in the executive education world.

Analysis: Open field led by Harvard
Financial Times 11 May 2009, Michael Jacobs
In earning its seventh consecutive No. 1 ranking in the annual FT survey, Duke CE scored highest on seven of the 11 corporate survey criteria used in the custom rating, including the one considered most important by survey respondents: achievement of course aims.

Crisis sends shockwaves through sector
Financial Times 11 May 2009, Della Bradshaw
Many companies are looking for electronic, in-house program delivery to eliminate the expense of hotels, travel and conference venues as they see their training and development budgets reduced. "People are using [the financial crisis] as a motivation to change the way they deliver education,” says Duke CE Executive Director Jared Bleak.

Teaching materials: From pen and paper to wikis and video
Financial Times 11 May 2009, Michael Jacobs
Clients have many options when choosing how their executives will learn, ranging from traditional case studies and lectures to web-based computer applications or other media. Duke CE customizes program design based on the client's overall objectives.

Vale até expedição no deserto
EXAME 30 April 2009, Serena Calejon
This Brazilian magazine article explores the circumstances in which a non-traditional program can be better than a classroom experience, and how important it is to create a realistic and relevant learning environment.

Soapbox: Learning and Savvy Husbandry
Financial Times 9 March 2009, Todd Warner
IIn challenging economic times, should companies cut spending on corporate learning? If the education is disconnected from work and the company's strategy, perhaps the answer is yes. This article presents a set of questions to ask about your education spending.

Recession 101: Courses for a Crisis
Wall Street Journal 18 February 2009, Alina Dizik
Travel costs are a significant part of executive education expenses. Duke CE's Steve Mahaley leads efforts to use the client's own technology to cut costs.