Businesses are coalescing into ecosystems and becoming more interconnected, dynamic and interdependent. This trend began well before the pandemic but has accelerated in the past year. The trend is ...

While it takes many forms, the Wurtele Center’s programming centers around our model of collaborative leadership. We define collaborative leadership as taking the initiative to work intentionally and ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.

Redefining Leadership Through Collaboration, Inclusion and Resilience Looking ahead, I believe the legal industry still has work to do to make leadership more accessible and sustainable for women. We ...

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 ...

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 ...

Silos are frequently viewed as major obstacles within organizations, blamed for stifling innovation, hindering communication and causing inefficiencies. However, the existence of silos is not always ...