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How leaders can remain relevant in the changing global context

How can you become a better leader? In this episode, Michael Benarroch explores this question with Dr. Suzanne Gagnon, the Associate Dean of Professional graduate programs at I.H. Asper School of Business, the inaugural director of the Burns Leadership Institute and the Canada Life Chair in Leadership Education.

Administration Building
Estimated Read Time:
1 minute
Estimated Read Time:
1 minute

Suzanne Gagnon.

Episode synopsis

As the inaugural Director of the James W. Burns Leadership Institute, an Associate Professor in Leadership and Organization, and the Canada Life Chair in Leadership Education at the Asper School Business, Gagnon’s big idea is that leaders need to lead from the outside in – that you cannot lead effectively in today’s world without knowing you are embedded in a deeply interconnected, global system.

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More about Suzanne Gagnon and her work

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Music

Adrenaline Rush by Will Bonness, Associate Professor, Desautels Faculty of Music.

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What’s the Big Idea? is an award-winning podcast hosted by University of Manitoba President Michael Benarroch. Each episode features conversations with big thinkers from the UM community who are contributing to the cultural, social, and economic well-being of people everywhere. It is produced by the University of Manitoba in partnership with Everything Podcasts.

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