In The News | Kenan-Flagler

Are your employees stressed, anxious or unengaged?

Kimberly Schaufenbuel, UNC Executive Development program director, shares advice on how employees can stay engaged at work. (March 23) Read in Forbes ...

7 skills you must master if you want to be a global business leader

Global Business Center Director Julia Kruse shares cultural values that often go unnoticed. (March 23) Read in Business Insider ...

Your desire to get things done can undermine your effectiveness

Professor Brad Staats’ research explains why we tend to answer emails instead of pursuing long-term goals (March 22) Read in Harvard Business Review ...

Discover 6 hot jobs for MBA graduates

MBA Career Director Jeff McNish says marketing managers need business savvy in addition to creativity. (March 21) Read in U.S. News & World Report ...

Training millennials for the CFO seat: Doug Shackelford

Dean Doug Shackelford explains how business schools can better prepare millenials for the C-suite. (March 21) Read in The Wall Street Journal ...

Meet Ad Age’s 2016 40 under 40

George Felix (MBA ’09), marketing director at KFC, is honored. (March 21) Read in Advertising Age ...

Rise finds success with unique approach to franchising

Professor Ted Zoller talks about the quick growth and success of the biscuit and doughnut shop, Rise. (March 21) Read in The News & Observer ...

Nick Black stirs things up to help charities, veterans

Nick Black (MBA ‘13) founded InKind, which matches charities with donors, and Stop Soldier Suicide, a non-profit to help fellow veterans. (March 21) Read i...

Cross the boss

Professor Sreedhari Desai’s research shows how to keep evil bosses at bay. (March 19) Read in The Economist ...

As women take over a male-dominated field, the pay drops

Data analyzed by Third Way policy advisor Emily Liner (MBA ‘15) shows that 26 of the 30 highest-paying jobs are male-dominated. (March 18) Read in The New ...

The top business schools: Who’s hot & who’s not

UNC Kenan-Flagler sees the third highest increase in full-time MBA applications. (March 18) Read in Poets & Quants ...

What motivates companies to do good — altruism or guilt?

Professor Rajdeep Grewal’s research explains the reasons why firms engage in CSR. (March 17) Read in The Atlantic ...

I went from Wall Street to working at Waffle House

Former financier James Adams’ (EMBA ’07) book about working at Waffle House was adapted for the feature film “Waffle Street,” now streaming online. (March...

The ‘I’ in ‘team’

Professor Matthew Pearsall’s research shows productivity is more dependent on team identification than bonding. (March 10) Read in Forbes India ...

Can you really trick your brain to work more efficiently?

Professor Brad Staats discusses the advantages of purposely setting short deadlines. (March 10) Read in BBC ...