Executive Doctorate Program & Center Updates

  FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Photo: Three graduates celebrate a successful dissertation defense. Chicago, Illinois ~ On Saturday, May 10, 17 senior leaders will graduate from Benedictine University’s Center for Values-Driven Leadership (CVDL, www.cvdl.org), after earning their Doctorate of Philosophy (Ph.D) or Doctorate of Business Administration (D.B.A.). The 17 students are…

Executive Event is a Partnership between Chicago Conscious Capitalism Chapter and Benedictine University’s Center for Values-Driven Leadership     CHICAGO:  Olympic silver medalist John Coyle, now a senior vice president with innovation agency Maddock Douglas, Inc., will be the keynote speaker at an April 4th event designed for senior leaders….

2013 was a great year for the Center for Values-Driven Leadership, as you can see in our “highlights” infographic. To learn more about the Center for Values-Driven Leadership, visit our “about” page, then let us know you’d like to stay connected by filling out the contact form on the right.

CHICAGO:  Early results from the Return on Values research project display how CEOs of small and mid-sized businesses describe the relationship between their corporate cultures and their companies’ sustained growth and profit. These findings will be made available on a new website, www.returnonvaluesproject.com, established by the project’s founding partners. The Return…

CHICAGO – Bill Pasmore, a global expert on change management at the top executive level, will lead the Center for Values-Driven Leadership’s (CVDL) next Senior Executive Roundtable, the CVDL announced today. The roundtable is scheduled for April 5th, from 2 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. Registration and additional information at www.cvdl.org/roundtable. Dr….

CHICAGO – Benedictine University’s Center for Values-Driven Leadership (CVDL, www.cvdl.org) announced Dr. Mike Manning as the Center’s newest faculty member. Manning will join the staff immediately, with responsibility for teaching, advising, and research. “Mike is the quintessential scholar-practitioner,” says Dr. Jim Ludema, director of the CVDL and a professor of…

CHICAGO –  University of Michigan’s Center for Positive Organizational Scholarship has been named as a research partner for the Return on Values three year-study, a partnership between the Small Giants Community and the Center for Values-Driven Leadership. Dr. Kim Cameron of the University of Michigan will serve as a co-principal…

New Video Series Features Stories of Courageous Decision Making and Strategic Leadership Magnetrol International is a leading maker of valves – a manufacturing business that is growing aggressively in a difficult economy. You might expect that CEO Jeff Swallow’s growth plan would focus on acquisitions, research and development, or future…

Kim Cameron (center) is presented the award by Ron Fry of Case Western University (left) and Jim Ludema, director of the Center for Values-Driven Leadership at Benedictine  University. Jim Ludema, director and co-founder of the Center for Values-Driven Leadership (CVDL) presented Kim Cameron, Ph.D., of the University of Michigan with…

The Center for Values-Driven Leadership (CVDL) has announced Stuart Hart as the keynote speaker at the CVDL’s next Senior Executive Roundtable on October 14th.  Stuart Hart is one of the world’s foremost speakers on corporate sustainability. Hart focuses on creating sustainable value — growing profits, increasing competitive advantage, and generating…