Resource Library

‘Adventure racing’—a sport where teams hike, bike, and kayak together across long-distances of wilderness—provides the perfect microcosm to study the effects of team dynamics on performance, in the face of fast-unfolding adversity, uncertainty, shocks, and crises. Featuring CIL Core Faculty Michelle Barton and Kathleen Sutcliffe

Featuring Femi Ayanbadejo, NFL veteran and CEO of HealthReel. Hosted by MBA candidate Vidith Huot, this episode explores Femi's journey from professional sports to technology and consulting, emphasizing collaboration, self-awareness, and leveraging adversity for growth. Femi discusses his transition to entrepreneurship in the fitness industry, the importance of blending personal and business relationships, and the collective effort required for success.

Featuring Joe Burnett, CEO and President of ClearPoint Neuro. Hosted by MBA candidate Argo Dalapati, this episode explores the benefits of working in smaller organizations, essential leadership traits, and the importance of marketing and sales acumen for building success. Joe shares his leadership philosophies and his commitment to understanding and supporting his team.

By integrating new technologies and insights from organizational science health care, leaders can embrace the digital era in ways that positively impact team design and teaming practices. Featuring CIL Faculty Anna Mayo and Chris Myers

Featuring Brian Trelstad, Senior Lecturer at Harvard Business School and Partner at Bridges Fund Management. Hosted by MBA candidates, Matt Rappaport and Megan Putman, this episode explores the role of competition, gamification, and social entrepreneurship in team dynamics and growth.

Featuring Dean James Steinberg, former Deputy National Security Advisor to President Bill Clinton and current dean of the SAIS school at Johns Hopkins University. Hosted by MBA candidates Sujit Koppula, Mike Zipperer, and Sara Bliden, this episode explores leadership across government and academia, decision-making contrasts, and the impact of evolving technology.

Healthcare leaders should be aware of the pros, cons, and sometimes surprising nuances around different types of social networks in healthcare organizations. Featuring CIL Affiliate Christina Yuan

Harnessing the power of a multidisciplinary team carries vast potential for effectiveness and problem-solving—while achieving high-performance with diversely skilled stakeholders requires adroit management. Featuring CIL Affiliates Christina Yuan and Mike Rosen

Organizations committed to inclusivity and hearing varied opinions should be aware that upwardly mobile individuals in socially diverse professional environments, are often faced with hurdles to jump, for their views to be heard and heeded. Featuring CIL Faculty Affiliate Sean Martin

When individuals with strong moral character fill positions of prominence in their peer networks, they can have a positive influence on the moral awareness of others. These ‘moral beacons’ can help support a culture of ethical leadership, decision making, and behavior. Featuring CIL Core Faculty Erik Helzer.

Leading in an ethical way is more than simply ‘doing the right thing.’ Increasingly, ethical leadership is correlated with team performance—for instance, as this study shows, an ethically led team is better placed to bounce back from a period of poor performance. Featuring CIL Faculty Affiliate Sean Martin

Online knowledge-sharing communities such as ‘Stack Overflow,’ which add billions of dollars of value in increased productivity, provide rich data sets around motivating collaborative behaviors and evidence on the pros and cons of nonmonetary reward systems, a tool used to motivate remote employees. Featuring CIL Core Faculty Cassandra Chambers