Writer Michael Toebe asked Randy about resistance to learning. Read the article “Answers Behind the Resistance to Learning” here. This is an especially timely subject, as we all face increasing uncertainty, that is evolving with every news cycle.Toebe does...
It’s better to continue to sail through a violent storm than to turn back. If you head back, you’ll lose any progress you made getting through the storm. Depending on the direction the storm is moving you’ll be racing to outrun it. The storm could easily catch you...
As an innovative and compassionate clinical psychologist, Dr. Robert C. Dorn was a pioneer in developing our current protocols for feedback in executive coaching. Bob was also a good friend and mentor of the Executive Development Group partners, in his role as a...
The “Chateau” Building at HEC Paris. Photo by DXR. Congratulations are in order to our friends and colleagues in Paris. This is because the HEC executive MBA (EMBA) program is ranked number one by Financial Times in the publication’s annual survey of...
Greensboro, NC—Dr. Randall P. White, a consulting psychologist, executive coach, professor, and author, has been elected to Chair the Council Leadership Team of the American Psychological Association. He will serve as Chair-elect for one year before assuming the Chair...
I’m recommending a new book, Architects of Change: Designing Strategies for a Turbulent Business Environment, by Dr. Jeremy Ghez. But first, some disclosure is in order. For decades now I’ve been studying the effects of ambiguity and uncertainty on leadership....
Earlier this year, LeanIn.org published a survey—Working Relationships in the #MeToo Era—and the results made big news with coverage in major media.The most notable finding from our perspective is that in light of the #MeToo movement, men now report being less...
Corporate integrity was the subject. And “Little Lies Cost Big Money” was the title. Both were integral to a HEC Paris Master Class in Doha, led by Lily Kelly-Radford. Corporate lies are not just a moral quandary, but a financial problem—in millions of...
By Randall P. White In 1987, Ann Morrison, Ellen Van Velsor and I wrote Breaking the Glass Ceiling: Can women reach the top of America’s largest corporations? Back then, the idea of some 200 women, in mostly STEM careers, many with advanced degrees, gathering in Doha,...
Photo: Vimi Pinto, HEC Paris ExxonMobil Qatar Women’s Network (EMRA’A) with HEC Paris organized their Annual Women Professionals Networking event, “Women Helping Women,” to highlight women’s leadership and discuss the development of the future female...
