The Wurtele Center for Collaborative Leadership offers a range of workshops, speaker events and other co-curricular experiences that offer students an opportunity to grow their own capacity to lead ...

After years of working with CEOs and leading companies myself, I’ve observed four distinct leadership styles that shape organizations, families, and even governments. These approaches—authoritarianism ...

We’re at the top of the new year, but we’re just months away from another national election. This one will be critical to many of the issues that are important to women, and Black women in particular.

There’s a well-known proverb: “If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together.” But going together isn’t always easy—it can be messy. It requires compromise, humility, and ...

In an ever more complex and information-overloaded world, teaming up to collaborate is key to learning, innovating and performing. We tend to misunderstand groups of people who report to one person as ...

While much of the Wurtele Center for Collaborative Leadership’s programming is geared toward students, we nevertheless strive to live into our mission to equip all members of the Smith community with ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. McGill Desautels Faculty professor covering leadership and strategy. "Leaders can clarify the process for how they intend to make ...

The Young African Leaders Initiative (YALI) is the United States’ signature step to invest in the next generation of African leaders. Since its establishment in 2010 by Obama administration, YALI has ...