Deans Counsel

By David Ikenberry / James Ellis / Ken Kring

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Being a Dean in today’s modern university is without a doubt one of the most challenging jobs in higher education. With ever changing tensions and pressures from conflicting constituencies, the job can be both overwhelming yet intensely invigorating at the same time. However, by design, it’s also one of the most lonely jobs in the Academy. Where can one turn for confidential advice? In this podcast we interview Business School Deans peer-to-peer to hear their perspective on a wide variety of pressing issues. Please join your panelists Ken Kring, Senior Client Partner in the Philadelphia office for the search firm Korn Ferry and Co- Managing Director of their Global Education Practice, Jim Ellis, former dean of the Marshal School at the University of Southern California and Dave Ikenberry, former dean of the Leeds School of Business at the University of Colorado Boulder for this latest edition of ….. “Deans Counsel.”

Episode Date
90: Bill Hardgrave (Memphis) on Building Relationships and Teams
Jun 12, 2026
89: Joyce Russell (Villanova / AACSB) on Negotiating Compensation
May 29, 2026
88: Stanley Ikenberry (Illinois / ACE) Reflects on a Lifetime of Academic Leadership
May 15, 2026
87: Francois Ortalo-Magne (London Business School) on Business Research
May 01, 2026
86: Brooke Elliott (Illinois) on Expanding Access
Apr 17, 2026
85: David Thomas (Georgetown/Morehouse) on Transformational Vision
Apr 03, 2026
84: Stowe Shoemaker (UNLV) on Hospitality Programs
Mar 20, 2026
83: Steve Currall (Harvard) on Building Corporate Relations
Mar 06, 2026
82: Chandra Subramaniam (CSUN) on Being a Student-centric Dean
Feb 20, 2026
81: Robert Shepard (GG+A) on Philanthropy
Feb 06, 2026
80: Vallabh Sambamurthy (Wisconsin) Does A Deep Dive Into External Relations
Jan 23, 2026
79: (DC REWIND) Blair Sheppard (Duke) on What's Next in Higher Academia
Jan 09, 2026
78: (DC REWIND): Bernie Banks (Rice) on Leadership Development at Large Scale
Dec 26, 2025
77: Nate Sharp (Texas A&M) on Launching Flex On-Line Masters Programs
Dec 12, 2025
76: Bridget Madrian (BYU): The "Insider" Comes Home
Nov 28, 2025
75: Ian Williamson (UC-Irvine) on Preparing for the Future of Work
Nov 14, 2025
74: Francisco Veloso (INSEAD) on The Truly Multinational Business School
Oct 31, 2025
73: Lee Newman (Instituto de Empresa - IE) on Driving Innovation
Oct 17, 2025
72: Oliver Yao (Delaware) on Leading at a Fast Pace
Oct 03, 2025
71: Todd Milbourn (SMU) on Approaching a First Deanship
Sep 19, 2025
70: Avijit Ghosh (Illinois Urbana-Champaign) with Strategic Insight into Higher Education Today
Sep 05, 2025
69: Bernie Banks (Rice) on Leadership Development at Large Scale
Aug 25, 2025
68: John Evans (VinUniversity) on Leading a Startup Business School
Aug 08, 2025
67: Blair Sheppard (Duke) on What's Next in Higher Academia
Jul 25, 2025
66: Gerry Sanders (UNLV) on Crisis Communications in an Active Shooter Situation
Jul 11, 2025
65: Umaimah Mendhro (One League) on Disrupting MBA Education
Jun 20, 2025
64: Adam Goodman (Northwestern) with Leadership Advice
Jun 06, 2025
63: Paul Pavlou (Miami) on Realizing Moonshot Goals
May 23, 2025
62: Marianne Lewis (Cincinatti) on Maximizing Societal Impact
May 09, 2025
61: Jason Wingard (The Education Board) on Soft Skills & Society’s Shifting Expectations
Apr 25, 2025
60: Tim Westerbeck (Eduvantis) on The Demanding Times We Live In
Apr 11, 2025
59: Bruce Weber (Baruch) on Knowing Thy Customer
Mar 28, 2025
58: Transitions Roundtable - Ken Kring hosts a Panel discussion with Dave Ikenberry, Jim Ellis and special guest Allison Davis-Blake
Feb 28, 2025
57: Mary Ann Scully (Loyola Maryland) on A Banker's Journey Into the Academy
Feb 14, 2025
56: Ajay Menon (STRATA/Colorado State) on A Second Career After a Successful Deanship
Jan 31, 2025
EPISODE 55: Sherif Kamel (AACSB) with Observations from the Chair
Jan 17, 2025
54 (DC REWIND): Sanjay Gupta (Michigan State) on Strategically Leveraging Alumni and Philanthropic Relations
Jan 03, 2025
53 (DC REWIND): Francois Ortalo-Magne (London Business School) on Comparing US and European Deanships
Dec 20, 2024
52: Anuj Mehrotra (Georgia Tech) with Observations from a Three-Time Dean
Dec 06, 2024
51: Bob Bruner (Virginia) on The Key Attributes of a Dean's Temperament
Nov 22, 2024
50: Gareth James (Emory) on Shifting Business Models
Nov 08, 2024
49: John Clarke (DePauw) on Being a Founding Dean
Oct 25, 2024
48: Sevin Yeltekin (Rochester) on a Passion for Pedagogy and Philanthropy
Oct 11, 2024
47: Sherif Kamel (American University Cairo) on Serving a Global Society
Sep 27, 2024
46: Thomas Steenburgh (Vanderbilt) on Pursuing the Big Ideas
Sep 13, 2024
45: Caroline Nahas (Korn Ferry/UCLA) with Tips on Managing Advisory Boards
Aug 30, 2024
44: Glenn Bunting (G.F.BUNTING+CO) with Tips on Crisis Management
Aug 16, 2024
43: Rachel Croson (Minnesota) with Insights from a Successful Provost
Aug 02, 2024
42: C.K. (Tina) Gunsalus (Illinois) on Radically Practical Tools for Dealing with Conflict
Jul 19, 2024
41: Mark Brostoff (USC) on Trends in Career Services
Jul 08, 2024
40: Tony Bernardo (UCLA): So, You Want to Be a Dean?
Jun 21, 2024
39: Amy Dittmar (Rice) on Effectively Working with Your Provost
Jun 07, 2024
38: Victor Mullins (NYU) with Insights Into Authentic DEI
May 24, 2024
37: Judy Olian (Quinnipiac) on Transitioning from the Deanship to the Presidency
May 10, 2024
36: Henrik Cronqvist (Chapman) on The Crown Jewel Strategy
Apr 26, 2024
35: Sulin Ba (DePaul) on Serving the Underserved to Transform Lives
Apr 12, 2024
34: Sanjay Gupta (Michigan State) on Strategically Leveraging Alumni and Philanthropic Relations
Mar 29, 2024
33: Raj Echambadi (Illinois Tech) on Mission-Driven Leadership: What is Your Why?
Mar 15, 2024
32: Georgette Phillips (Lehigh) with A Case Study in Change Management
Mar 01, 2024
31: Tim Carroll (Oregon State) on Driving Impact from a Land-Grant, Rural Campus
Feb 16, 2024
30: Lil Mills (Texas) on Becoming Dean Via an Interim Appointment
Feb 02, 2024
29: John Byrne (Poets & Quants) on Key Themes in Business Education
Jan 19, 2024
28: Jenny Darroch (Miami of Ohio) on Confronting Realities: Helpful Observations for New Deans
Jan 05, 2024
27: Peter Tufano (Harvard/Oxford) on Leveraging “Large-Scale” Problems to Bring Brand-Definition to Your MBA Programs
Dec 22, 2023
26: Matt Myers (Southern Methodist) On Implications of Financial Pressure on the Business School
Dec 08, 2023
25: Matt Slaughter (Dartmouth) On Responding to Secular Decline in the Traditional MBA - an Economist's View
Nov 27, 2023
24: Holly Raider (Quinnipiac) On Using a Community Approach to Defining Leadership
Nov 10, 2023
23: John Quelch (Miami) with Observations from a “Three-Continent” Dean of Deans
Oct 27, 2023
22: Tom Gilligan (Hoover Institution) with Perspectives on Deaning and Leading Change
Oct 13, 2023
21: Andrew Karolyi (Cornell) on Merging Academic Units/Colleges
Sep 29, 2023
20: Joe White (Illinois/Michigan) on The "Human-ness" of Being Dean
Sep 15, 2023
19: Alison Davis-Blake (Bentley) on Thriving in a Challenging & Lonely Role
Sep 01, 2023
18: Dan LeClair (GBSN) on How the Rules for "Deaning" Have Changed
Aug 18, 2023
17: Saby Mitra (Florida) on Applications for Online Education
Aug 04, 2023
16: Alex Triantis (Johns Hopkins) on Leading a Business School Startup
Jul 23, 2023
15: Rich Lyons (UC-Berkeley) on Shaping Culture
Jul 07, 2023
14: David Blackwell (Kentucky) on Transitioning from Dean to Provost
Jun 23, 2023
13: Erika James (Pennsylania) on Leadership Through Team Building
Jun 09, 2023
12: Jeff Brown (Illinois) on Driving Radical Curricular Change
May 26, 2023
11: Mitzi Montoya (Utah) on The Complex Issue of Salary Equity
May 12, 2023
10: Frank Hodge (Washington) on Constructing a State of the Art Business School
Apr 28, 2023
09: Caryn Beck-Dudley (AACSB International) on Shifting Expectations for Business Schools
Apr 14, 2023
08: Peter Rodriguez (Rice) on Launching Large Scale Programs
Mar 31, 2023
07: Sri Zaheer (Minnesota) on Creating Effective Corporate Relationships
Mar 17, 2023
06: Eli Jones (Texas A&M) on Effectively Leading Strategic Planning
Mar 03, 2023
05: Amy Hillman (Arizona State) on Interdisciplinary Programs for Business Schools
Feb 17, 2023
04: Gene Anderson (Pittsburgh) on Transitioning Into a New Deanship
Feb 03, 2023
03: Charles Whiteman (Penn State) on Adapting Strategy to Overcome Roadblocks
Jan 20, 2023
02: Francois Ortalo-Magne (London Business School) on Comparing US and European Deanships
Jan 06, 2023
01: Idie Kesner (Indiana) on Branding
Jan 06, 2023
00: Welcome to Deans Counsel
Jan 06, 2023