{"id":2981,"date":"2009-07-22T08:42:03","date_gmt":"2009-07-22T12:42:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/?p=2981"},"modified":"2017-06-29T15:06:08","modified_gmt":"2017-06-29T19:06:08","slug":"center-for-leadership-joins-college-of-business-administration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/2009\/07\/center-for-leadership-joins-college-of-business-administration\/","title":{"rendered":"Center for Leadership joins College of Business Administration."},"content":{"rendered":"
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From left to right: Adrian Vengoechea, Stefany Marcelino, Veronica Averhart, Mayra Beers, Garth Headley, Erin Slusser-Jimenez and Desiree Ruiz<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

On July 1, 2009, the Center for Leadership<\/a> at Florida International University (FIU) found a new home: within the College of Business Administration\u2019s building complex.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s a perfect fit. Just as management forms a central part of the college\u2019s orientation, so, too, does leadership.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs more and more organizations seek ways to develop and train their high potential individuals to become leaders and change agents, research on leadership characteristics and competencies has become more important than ever,\u201d said Mayra Beers<\/strong> (MA \u201995), the center\u2019s administrative director. \u201cOur work focuses on developing research strategies and leadership models, and in applying that research in the form of executive leadership development programs.\u201d<\/p>\n

Significant research efforts have already been achieved.<\/em><\/p>\n

Since becoming fully operational in 2005, the center has conducted an annual \u201cFlorida\u2019s Women-Led Businesses Survey,\u201d a report that has garnered significant media attention. It also has sponsored several research projects from which future center and business school programs will draw. The first resulted in a leadership development tool, and another produced research about the insularity of CEOs.<\/p>\n

In addition, the center has developed and presented two executive development programs. \u201cLeading Decisions,\u201d launched in 2009, focused on strategic decision making. Sixteen C-level executives from more than 10 companies participated in the initial offering. A second program, \u201cWomen on the Move,\u201d is based on the center\u2019s leadership development tool, and has been delivered to high potential women executives from more than 10 countries across a variety of industry sectors.<\/p>\n

Staff makes research and administrative contributions.<\/em><\/p>\n

When Modesto A. Maidique<\/strong> concludes his tenure as FIU president, he will become the center\u2019s executive director. He has recently completed a working paper outlining the behavioral model of leadership decision making (BML), which formed the foundation for the \u201cLeading Decisions\u201d program. Joyce Elam<\/strong>, the executive dean of the business school, serves as academic director and program director of \u201cWomen on the Move.\u201d<\/p>\n

Garth Headley<\/strong> (MS \u201907) is the assistant director, Desiree Ruiz<\/strong> (BBA \u201908) is the administrative coordinator, Veronica Averhart<\/strong> (MS \u201908) is a research assistant, Erin Slusser-Jimenez<\/strong> (BS \u201908) serves as the administrative assistant and\u00a0 Stefany Marcelino<\/strong> and Adrian Vengoechea<\/strong> are student assistants.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

On July 1, 2009, the Center for Leadership at Florida International University (FIU) found a new home: within the College of Business Administration\u2019s building complex. It\u2019s a perfect fit. Just as management forms a central part of the college\u2019s orientation, so, too, does leadership. \u201cAs more and more organizations seek ways to develop and train […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":71,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[375,630,801,1405,1927,2474,2628,2681],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2981"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/71"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2981"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2981\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28751,"href":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2981\/revisions\/28751"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2981"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2981"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2981"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}