Leadership and Ethics Day Brings Lessons from the Boardroom into the Classroom
射精视频鈥檚 Helzberg School of Management has at its core the mission to develop leaders in business who are globally minded and driven by a strong sense of ethics.
And last聽week, students in the school got a chance to see exactly what that looks like in practice as alumni and community leaders brought their own personal ethical lessons from the boardroom to the classroom during the fourth annual Business Leadership and Ethics Day.
In what is becoming a Rockhurst tradition, more than 20 professionals representing companies ranging from Tesla Motors, Hallmark, UMB聽 and the Federal Reserve Bank, among others,聽brought the lessons they鈥檝e learned in their careers back to Rockhurst聽giving students a rare opportunity to talk directly with their alumni counterparts.
鈥淟eadership and Ethics Day sends a clear statement to our students that successful organizational leaders must integrate ethical thought and practice into their decision-making on a daily basis,鈥 said Cheryl McConnell, Ph.D., dean of the Helzberg School of Management.聽鈥淭he stories and cases professionals shared provided compelling examples of ethical leadership in practice.鈥
Lindsey Roy, a Hallmark innovation executive, spoke to students about how she learned the power of 鈥渄isruption鈥 in her personal and professional life after a boating accident in which she suffered serious injuries, including the loss of one of her legs.
鈥淚 think that everything I鈥檝e gone through has given me a new perspective,鈥 she said.
Roy emphasized that her story taught her that disruption can be a positive as well a destructive force in one鈥檚 life, and that new perspective led her to realize her own leadership style, which is based on being herself.
Joe Anello, 鈥85, shared stories of how he was confronted with situations that tested his sense of ethics early in his career as he tried to get his own food marketing business, J. Patrick Marketing, off the ground. And as much as he hoped that the students would learn from his example, he said he appreciated the opportunity to come back to campus.
鈥淔or me, it really is very, very special,鈥 he told the class. 鈥淩ockhurst was always the place I wanted to start my career.鈥