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Nicholas Pearce

Clinical Professor of Management & Organizations

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Podcast: What Should DEI Work Actually Look Like?

On this episode of The Insightful Leader’s “Ask Insight”—where our listeners ask questions of our faculty experts respond—we learn that changing the status quo will take self-reflection and time.

Researchers: Nicholas Pearce

April 12, 2022

Social Impact

3 DEI Leadership Lessons from Ketanji Brown Jackson’s Supreme Court Nomination

Studying Biden’s nomination process can help leaders “better connect their creeds and their deeds.”

Researchers: Nicholas Pearce

March 6, 2022

Leadership

Discovering Purpose in the Pandemic

A Kellogg professor and pastor explains how to avoid being handcuffed to the habits of yesteryear.

Researchers: Nicholas Pearce

July 9, 2021

Careers

Looking for “5 Quick Tips” to Build an Inclusive Organization? You’re on the Wrong Track.

Two experts discuss why corporate diversity initiatives so often fall short, and what it will take to produce real change.

Researchers: Nicholas Pearce and Xavier Ramey

July 20, 2020

Leadership

“This Is What It Means to Be Black in America and Black in Corporate America”

As the nation reckons with structural racism, a Kellogg professor and a Google diversity recruiter discuss what credible leadership looks like for business leaders.

Researchers: Nicholas Pearce and Ginny Clarke

June 16, 2020

Social Impact

Podcast: “I’m Looking for Systemic, Permanent Change Right Now”

Anti-Black racism is deeply embedded in corporate culture. On this special episode of The Insightful Leader, Professor Nicholas Pearce and Google’s Ginny Clarke discuss the moral responsibility of leaders to finally address that.

Researchers: Nicholas Pearce and Ginny Clarke

June 16, 2020

Social Impact

A Pastor (and Management Professor) on Taking Care of Your Team during the COVID-19 Crisis

Share in their sacrifice. Don’t preach. And ask these three questions.

Researchers: Nicholas Pearce

April 20, 2020

Leadership

Take 5: The Case for Being More Authentic at Work

When done thoughtfully, authenticity can make for more confident, ethical leaders. Here’s how to ensure you’re being your true self.

Researchers: Maryam Kouchaki, Suzanne Muchin, Brenda Ellington Booth, Brooke Vuckovic, Mohanbir S. Sawhney and Nicholas Pearce

October 2, 2019

Careers

Are You Doing the Work You Were Meant to Do?

It’s never too late to forge your own path. Here are four steps.

Researchers: Nicholas Pearce

June 3, 2019

Careers

Podcast: Let Your Purpose Guide Your Career

How to “align your role with your soul.”

Researchers: Nicholas Pearce

May 10, 2019

Careers

How Today’s Clergy Are Putting Their Faith in Management Training

Like CEOs, faith leaders face challenges running large organizations in a rapidly changing landscape.

Researchers: Nicholas Pearce, Liz Livingston Howard and Sally Blount

January 14, 2016

Leadership

Nonprofit Collaborations Can Be Beneficial but Tricky

The complicated business of growing organizational mission.

Researchers: Donald Haider, Nicholas Pearce and Stacy Ratner

December 2, 2014

How to Grow for the Greater Good

Nonprofits joining forces should keep these tips in mind.

Researchers: Donald Haider, Nicholas Pearce and Stacy Ratner

December 1, 2014

Leadership

Leaders Do Matter—But When Does Their Gender Matter, Too?

Countries with high levels of ethnic diversity often suffer from slow economic growth—unless there is a woman in charge

Researchers: Susan E. Perkins, Katherine W. Phillips and Nicholas Pearce

December 5, 2013

Leadership

The "Teddy Bear Effect" for Black CEOs

Black male CEOS are more successful when their facial features are perceived as less threatening.

Researchers: Robert W. Livingston and Nicholas Pearce