2018 September AAL Newsletter

Sep 12, 2018 | Newsletter | 0 comments

How Empathy Can Help Your Company Get Ahead

by Michael Ventura

Sub Rosa founder and CEO Michael Ventura argues, “empathy is what can help a company vanquish the competition, gain loyal customers, retain innovative employees, and elevate itself from good to great.” He discusses his book, “Applied Empathy: The New Language of Leadership,” which offers strategies for leveraging empathy for exponential growth.

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Be The Leader Your People Want

by Bob Rosen

CEO and founder of Healthy Companies Bob Rosen discusses a recent poll that revealed the importance Americans place on conscious leaders in improving an organization’s performance. Yet, only half of these respondents believe that their leaders behave consciously. Rosen gives tips on how to fill this gap and be a more conscious leader.

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Leadership and Organizational Effectiveness

by Ryne A. Sherman

Assistant professor of psychology at Florida Atlantic University Dr. Ryne A. Sherman views sports as a great way to examine the impacts of leadership on organizational effectiveness. In this article, Dr. Sherman recounts how FAU football coach Lane Kiffin turned the struggling team around thanks to excellent leadership.

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The Real Crisis in Leadership

by Rasmus Houggard

“A 2016 Gallup poll found that only 18% of managers demonstrate a high level of talent for managing others–meaning a shocking 82% of managers aren’t very good at leading people.” Rasmus Houggard examines the reasons for this troubling statistic which include: promotion based upon tenure and not humanistic skills, lack of humility and leadership training, and stressful work culture.

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ADA scholarships available for AAL’s Institute for Teaching and Learning

Three full-tuition scholarships are being granted by the ADA Council on Dental Education and Licensure to the Academy for Advancing Leadership's Institute for Teaching and Learning as part of the Association's commitment to supporting general dentist members who are...

The International College of Dentists awarded AAL Founder and President Dr. Karl Haden the Leadership Article Award

The International College of Dentists awarded AAL Founder and President Dr. Karl Haden the Leadership Article Award for his article "The Character of a Profession: The Next 100 Years," published in 2021 in the Journal of the American College of Dentists. The...

Leaders from 27 Universities Meet to Advance Interprofessional Education and Collaborative Practice

IPEC and AAL convene the Interprofessional Leadership Development Program in Washington, D.C. Click here to download the press release.

AAL and the American Institute of Dental Public Health Teach Strategies for Success in Academic Healthcare Leadership to the Next Generation

The Academy for Advancing Leadership in partnership with the American Institute of Dental Public Health and the University of Nevada, Las Vegas convenes the Academic Leadership for Residents Program in Atlanta, GA. Click here to download the press release.