Practical Tools for Mid-Level Managers
Duke CE's Leading from the Center book series addresses key challenges faced by middle managers.

Articles and Features

Can We Talk About ROI?
Judy Rosenblum advises spending time on business goals, doing what you say you are going to do, and proving that you did it in this column on ROI.

Through the Government Looking Glass
CEO Kim Taylor-Thompson facilitated a discussion on how government and industry can increase transparency through industry and technology. More than 100 professionals shared ideas and brainstormed about how government and industry can work together in the event convened by The American Council on Technology (ACT) and the Industry Advisory Council (IAC). Marla Tuchinsky and Christine Robers summarize their discussions.

BusinessWeek Ranks Duke CE #1 for Fourth Consecutive Time
Duke CE was named the top provider of custom executive education for the fourth consecutive time in BusinessWeek's biennial survey of corporate learning professionals across industries. BusinessWeek, 16 November 2009.

What will it take to shape a new class of professionals?
Judy Rosenblum discusses how the Boomer generation has missed the mark. Financial Times, 20 July 2009.

A Second Look at Second Life
As companies face budget cuts, virtual worlds are earning another look as a cost-effective way to deliver development across regional boundaries. Director of Learning Technologies Steve Mahaley looks at the technical, security and instructional aspects of these learning environments. CLO Magazine 8:5, May 2009, pp21-27.

The Learning Function as Design Lab
Steve Mahaley details thing to consider as companies begin to look at redesigning current programs leveraging existing technology as a way to reduce expense and improve quality. CLO Magazine 8:5, May 2009, p24.

Leading in Turbulent Times
In stressful circumstances, leaders need to remember that not all risks are bad, and not all opportunities for growth disappear. Here is a three-part framework for leaders in turbulent times. 1) External – What does value creation look like when markets are volatile? 2) Internal – What organizational capabilities does your company need in order to capitalize on opportunities? 3) Personal – What individual capabilities do leaders need to be effective in such times?

Strategically Developing Strategic Leaders
Executive Director Jared Bleak and Academic Director Robert Fulmer discuss how organizations can be constantly renewed by senior executives developing themselves and their successors. This chapter is excerpted from Linkage Inc's Best Practices in Leadership Development Handbook 2nd Edition, San Francisco, Pfeiffer, 2009.

Identifying and Developing Global Leaders
Academic Director Schon Beechler and Executive Director Dennis Baltzley identify the qualities leaders need to compete and win in a global context. Chapter 24 in Routledge Companion to Strategic Human Resource Management. J. Storey, P. Wright and D. Ulrich (Eds). New York. 2009.

Business is the Curriculum, and Leaders are Teachers
Executive Director Gil McWilliam and Regional Managing Director Michael Chavez team with Sushanth Tharrapan of Infosys to discuss when and how it can be effective to have organizational leaders teach employees. CLO Magazine 7:11, November 2008, pp46-49.

Creating a Global Mindset
Academic Director Schon Beechler and Executive Director Dennis Baltzley show why it's important to develop a leadership pipeline full of global citizens. CLO Magazine 7:6, June 2008.

Hospitals Show How to Accelerate Learning
Executive Director Jared Bleak explores how learning methods from a top teaching hospital can be applied in the corporate world. CLO Magazine 7:4, April 2008.

Financial Times Ranks Duke CE #1 Again
Ranked #1 in custom executive education for the seventh consecutive year in the 11 May 2009 edition of the Financial Times, Duke CE placed first in eight of 16 ranking categories.

Building the Future
Global businesses are finding that learning can happen anywhere, according to our resident Second Life guru, Director of Learning Technology Steve Mahaley.

Destination Mumbai
A financial services firm takes leaders on an expedition to India to learn something new about customer service.

Do Organizations Have Values?
Using Duke CE as an example, Executive Director Liz Mellon analyzes the implications of applying human values to organizations.

Larger than Life
Negro League baseball icons help senior business leaders build trust and relationships with clients in the Art of Biography experience.

The Leadership Advantage
Academic Director Bob Fulmer and Executive Director Jared Bleak have co-authored a new book titled The Leadership Advantage: How the Best Companies Are Developing Their Talent to Pave the Way for Future Success.

Out of the Familiar
Duke CE's Metaphoric Experience™ learning method takes participants out of their familiar context, getting them to experiment with new behaviors, skills and perspectives.

Leadership 4 Growth: Enterprise Ireland
Government agency Enterprise Ireland has partnered with Duke CE to help the Irish construction industry take advantage of global opportunities.

Breakthrough Model for Implementing Strategy
Judy Rosenblum describes the need to develop organizational capability as a crucial step in executing your strategy and taking your organization from its current reality to its business destination.