Leadership and Convergence
brings all of the expertise, resources, and connections
of the Stephen M. Ross School of Business and the
University of Michigan to focus on the arts and cultural
sector. The Ross School is consistently one of the
highest-ranked business schools in the country, and
boasts one of the nation's top-ranked executive education
programs. The school blends academic strength with
intensive development of the applied leadership capabilities
that produce extraordinary results in a rapidly changing
business world. Leading-edge content, world-class
faculty, and sharing of best practices and next
practices among colleagues also contribute to
the exceptional quality of the school's offerings.
Program faculty
Horst Abraham is a member of the Executive Education faculty at the Ross School of Business. He is
the president and managing partner of the Paragon Group, an international consulting group dedicated
to creating high performance in individuals, groups, and organizations.
Paula
J. Caproni teaches leadership, interpersonal
skills and team development courses for the Ross School
of Business. She has also taught in the Brazil, Hong
Kong and Asia global MBA programs offered by Ross
as well as BBA, MBA and executive courses for the
Helsinki School of Economics in Finland.
Jeff
DeGraff teaches MBA and Executive Education
courses on managing creativity, innovation and change
at the Ross School of Business. He is also a core
faculty member in the University of Michigan Center
for Leadership, Change and Innovation. He has more
than 25 years experience in building brands, guerrilla
marketing, innovative new products, strategic planning,
E-commerce and turnarounds.
Gordon
Hewitt's interests cover the fields of global competition and the development of new
frameworks for creating corporate value and competitive advantage. He has taught at many
leading business schools in Europe and the USA, including Michigan, Carnegie Mellon and Duke.
Thomas C.
Kinnear is the Eugene Applebaum Professor of Entrepreneurial Studies, Executive Director
of the Samuel Zell and Robert H. Lurie Institute of Entrepreneurial Studies and Professor of
Marketing at the Ross School of Business. He is also the Chairperson of the Board of Directors for
the American Marketing Association.
Raymond R.
Reilly is Associate Dean of the Ross School of Business. His research focuses on
corporate performance measurement. Titles of recent papers include "Measurement: Using a
Measure Network to Understand and Deliver Value," "Improving the Quality of
Performance Information," and "Performance Measurement for Working Capital
Management."
