More than a century ago on the Western frontier, Colorado was influencing management and leadership practices on a campus that, at the time, was only 30 years old. The University of Colorado Boulder became home to a business school in 1906, which makes Leeds the eighth oldest business school in the nation.
Leeds continues its long-standing tradition of defining business education. This year we launched a plan to focus on areas with the highest ROI for our school, individuals and a broad range of enterprises. Students, faculty and staff are now taking that plan and looking at how we can tactically implement it.
We’re setting new standards in business education by acknowledging a growing level of global hyper-competition affecting both the labor market and enterprises. New ideas and new markets are taking root all over the world, which lead to huge challenges and truly fun and exciting opportunities.
I find this all very exhilarating, and I see it as another opportunity for our school to take the lead. Our job is to develop people who become exceptional performers matched to these competitive times.
It starts with the kind of deep intellectual training offered by a top research university that boasts five Nobel Prize winners, which now includes CU physicist and 2012 recipient David Wineland. It requires us to integrate knowledge and ideas from across campus and around the world. Equally important, it demands that we seek out new ways to enrich the student experience. That includes a focus on practical skills they’re ready to apply the day they graduate.
To heighten your awareness of how Leeds is evolving with the times, we are pleased to present a reimagined approach to Portfolio. Beginning with this issue, readers can become more familiar with the initiatives that are driving our approach to setting the highest standards in business education.
