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Video: Psychology of business
Wednesday, November 30th, 2011
By Dr. Eileen Borris, Thunderbird Adjunct Professor
My work as a licensed psychologist ranges from marriage and relationship counseling to facilitation of peace dialogues in war-torn countries. Everywhere people interact and communicate, they must navigate the complexities of human psychology. This includes corporate boardrooms and business school classrooms. If managers do not understand the emotions and needs of their customers, employees, partners and regulators — or even their own emotions and needs — they will miss key opportunities to gain competitive advantage. The more you can understand where someone is coming from and what they value, the better you are able to work with them and create mutual value for all parties involved. Learn more in this Thunderbird Knowledge Network video. | Video: Psychology of business (1:34)
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Thunderbird School of Global Management launched an ongoing discussion about leadership in the 21st century with a signature business conference Nov. 10-11, 2011, at the Glendale Renaissance Hotel and Spa in Arizona. The inaugural Thunderbird Global Business Dialogue drew more than 1,000 business, government and social sector leaders from more than 50 countries to explore the theme, “Redefining Global Leadership.” | 
(GLENDALE, Ariz.) November 11, 2011 —Thunderbird School of Global Management closed its first Global Business Dialogue, a keynote business conference which brought together a diverse lineup of speakers and attendees from all over the world. The theme of the event was “Redefining Global Leadership,” and was held at the Glendale Renaissance Hotel and Spa. The second day of the conference featured panels on energy, family business, global brands and private equity, as well as sessions on social networking and financial solutions. | 
(GLENDALE, Ariz.) November 10, 2011 — More than 1,000 business executives, global leaders, government officials, NGO representatives and thought leaders convened today at the inaugural Thunderbird Global Business Dialogue, a signature business conference hosted by the world’s No. 1 school in international business. The first day’s agenda featured discussions on leadership in times of crisis, emerging economies and panels on financial solutions and jobs. The theme of the conference is “Redefining Global Leadership,” and continues tomorrow. Day 1 included leadership insights from BP Group CEO Robert Dudley, U.S. Navy retired Rear Admiral Marsha “Marty” Evans, retired Intel CEO Craig R. Barrett, and the former president of Costa Rica, José María Figueres. | 
Thunderbird Ethics Day speaker Patrick Kuhse says he has “street credibility” when he talks about business responsibility. He pleaded guilty to money laundering and conspiracy charges in 1998 and then spent four-and-a-half years in U.S. prison. The arrest came after Kuhse fled to Costa Rica as a federal fugitive. He is not proud of his past but wants others to learn from his mistakes. “I have been there and done that,” he said Nov. 3, 2011, at Thunderbird School of Global Management during an event organized by the 
Beth Brooke knows what workplace exclusion looks like. When she accepted her first job at a major accounting firm in the 1980s, she learned within 48 hours that she would be expected — as a female employee — to provide inappropriate favors as a condition of career advancement. Instead of complying, she quit on the spot and drove overnight from Georgia to Indiana to start a new job at Ernst & Whinney, which became Ernst and Young in 1989. “I dashed into the office the next morning, and that was the beginning of my 30-year career,” Brooke said Nov. 1, 2011, during a question-and-answer session with students from the 