Bradley Treat is the type of guy that carries several business cards. He teaches entrepreneurship at the Johnson School at Cornell and at Ithaca College. He’s involved in the startup incubator Rev: Ithaca Startup Works. And he was also the …
The Greek philosopher Heraclitus said that “the only thing that is constant is change”. This is true both in life and in business. Organizational changes are inevitable. It’s how we handle them that matters.
As part of eCornell’s Women in Leadership …
What Gender Stereotypes Really Mean in the Workplace and How to Overcome Them
Susan Fleming is a senior lecturer at the Cornell School of Hotel Administration, specializing in entrepreneurship and women in leadership. She’s a veteran of Wall Street and no …
Global studies have found that words traditionally defined as feminine in nature, such as expressive, reasonable and loyal, are the words that people most commonly list as the competencies they want to see in their leaders. But if people favor …
With more Americans eating out than ever before, today’s food service operations rely on food and beverage managers for sales growth, profitability and cost control in an increasingly competitive marketplace.
The School of Hotel Administration has launched a new Food and …
Exploring social perceptions in the workplace
Imagine that your phone has just died but you have a very important call to make. Would you be comfortable approaching a stranger and asking to use their phone? How many people do you think …
In today’s age of instant social media amplification, there has been no shortage of examples of crises and crisis communication in popular culture.
To walk us through what organizations should do to prepare for a crisis and how to best react, …
Building collaborative work relationships with colleagues and avoiding threats to project collaboration are issues that every employee today must deal with.
To address the real-life challenges that people face in today’s diverse and often global – or even virtual – workplaces, …
Faculty from the School of Hotel Administration at the Cornell SC Johnson College of Business have partnered with eCornell to develop an online program focused on commercial real estate investment projects. From property development to valuation and management, the new Commercial …
According to Deloitte, the successful organizations of the future will likely be those that can “move faster, adapt more quickly and learn more rapidly.” A total of 15.7 million new project management jobs are expected to be created this decade, as organizations position themselves …