I teach the following courses in the MBA and Ph.D. programs at Columbia's Graduate School of Business, and in the undergraduate program at Columbia College.

B6703 - Leadership Development

This course focuses on the skills sets needed to elicit high commitment and productivity from people and groups. Awareness of one's own values, beliefs, decision-making tendencies and behaviors is seen as a crucial first step in becoming a leader. Thus, a significant portion of the course consists of activities designed to enhance students' self-awareness. The course provides students with the interpersonal skills needed to motivate key actors in the workplace and to manage group dynamics so as to create synergy among group members. Methods of instruction include individualized feedback, cases, role-plays and experiential exercises.

B8412 - Managerial Negotiations

Managerial success requires agreement and collaboration with other people. This course engages students in actual negotiating experiences to enhance their skills as negotiators. Concepts developed in the behavioral sciences, economics and game theory are used as guides to improve negotiating.

W3703 - Leadership in Organizations

Beyond intelligence and technical skills, what separates effective leaders from average managers is a set of individual skills, such as the ability to make sound decisions, and a set of social skills, such as the ability to manage a team effectively. This course identifies these critical leadership skills and provides ideas and tools for improving them. A central theme of the course is self-awareness: our goal is to help you think about your leadership behaviors - and other people's perceptions of your behaviors - and then leverage this awareness to improve in areas that matter to you. Leadership effectiveness is also determined by sources external to individuals. We consider how the larger social systems in which leaders are embedded-organizations-affect how influence is exerted and the outcome of an influence attempt.

B9708 - Research Methods

This course is designed to introduce PhD students to issues in research design and the philosophy of science. The primary course emphasis is on conceptualization of the research process, understanding empirical research designs and strategies and understanding the practical implications of scientific research. By the end of the course, students should be able to plan a complete program of research (from framing the research question and developing hypotheses to collecting and analyzing data) as well as to critique research done by others.