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The reasons for bad leadership are many and varied.  Leaders can simply be lazy, maladroit, sleazy, or ignoble.  They can also be tyrannical megalomaniacs who are control freaks.  They can lack cognitive intelligence, emotional intelligence, or practical intelligence.  Worse yet, they can be malignant narcissists who are sadistically aggressive and sociopathic in their relations with [...]

Last Friday evening students in the Graduate School of Business International Club (GSBIC) staged an annual event that we Loyolans anticipate –  International Night. The evening is a kaleidoscope of food, fashion and entertainment from around the globe. With guidance from our Graduate Advisor, Mark Law, the GSB International Club treated students and faculty to [...]

It is a curious phenomenon that as a species we are fascinated and often preoccupied by the concept of leadership and the conduct of individual leaders.  And yet, although we are enthralled by them, we are uneasy in regard to our relationship with them.  We alternatively: love them, hate them; like them, loathe them; desire [...]

Last week at Loyola we enjoyed the rite of passage known as Spring Break. Despite looming assignments, classes dismissed and we altered our routines with a mix of relaxation and productivity. While we were “on break”, however, the civilized world as we know it was dramatically transformed.  And we did not have to search for the details.  [...]

Born entrepreneurs are not necessarily born managers.  It takes creativity and insight to start a company and discipline and drive to run one.  The same thing can be said of entrepreneurial companies.  Companies that create new products, culturally altering technology, whole new ways of looking at , absorbing, and understanding the world – aren’t always [...]

President Calvin Coolidge was more than a little right when he said, “The business of America is business.” Business of all kinds is the economic backbone of this society. And, no group in America is more influential than business persons. Their influence, for good and evil, enters every life and every home. Like it or [...]

The big news in the Chicago hospital market today was the announcement by Loyola University Chicago that they have signed a letter of intent (LOI) to merge the Loyola University Health System (LUHS) into the larger Trinity Health network.  This follows a national trend of hospitals joining larger systems, perhaps due to the regulatory pressures [...]

Initially I laughed at the article “The Pants that Stalked Me“. The writer/reporter relayed the experience of searching the web for a product and experiencing pop-ups of that product afterwords. That was before I lost my camera and did a brief search to choose and purchase another. Now my computer sends me e-mails and alerts [...]