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A study by Jeff Dyer and two associates says innovative CEOs spend 50 percent more time practicing key skills than do their less creative counterparts.
Two BYU teams put their Portuguese-speaking skills to the test at the BYU Business Language Case Competition winning first and second place.
While the health care debate rages on Capitol Hill, one Marriott School grad and his health care organization were recognized for low-cost, expert care.
It took a chorus of happy Whos to help Mr. Grinch. At the Marriott School, all it took was a festive tree and an invitation to give.
A typical college career fair features logos from the top Fortune 500 companies, but at this career fair, the big names weren't even invited.
For one BYU professor, adaptive sports is a solution to break down barriers for people with disabilities.
Non-native speakers from around the nation gathered at BYU to participate in the nation's only business language case competition.
BYU Accounting students took first place in both the graduate and undergraduate divisions at the 2009 Deloitte Tax Case Study Competition.
The program was ranked 14th by academics and 19th by practitioners on a highly visible list in the Supply Chain Management Review.
People are unconsciously fairer and more generous when they are in clean-smelling environments, according to a BYU-led study.
Individuals and organizations interested in eliminating poverty worldwide will meet at BYU for the 12th annual Economic Self-Reliance Conference Nov. 5-6.
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Students at Brigham Young University are turning ideas into reality at the 2009 SEOY Competition.
Amidst camouflage and battle cries Army ROTC cadets learned basic dodging, crawling and rolling recently to prepare them for future training and provide opportunities to exercise leadership skills.
Tinker Bell sprinkles her pixie dust, Mickey and his pals stand ready, and everything is in place for another magical day at the happiest place on earth. But this day at Walt Disney World promises to be a little different.
On 19 March 2009 BYU student Steve Hansen wasn’t in the Tanner Building atrium eating lunch with his peers. He wasn’t in Provo, in Utah, or even in the country. Hansen was across the Atlantic eating salmon and caviar with foreign dignitaries, government officials, and international investment CEOs at an invitation-only gala dinner at the Hotel de Paris in Monaco.
At Wal-Mart headquarters in Arkansas, Greg Chandler is holding a paperless meeting. Instead of handing out copies of his presentation, he flips open his laptop and turns it around. Rather than finishing the meeting in the office, Chandler invites his associate to join him on a walk outside. He makes sure he shuts off the lights on his way out.
Early in the semester of his supply chain strategy class, Stan Fawcett stands in front of his students with a fresh, yellow ear of corn in his hand.
Filled with fine granular rock and mineral particles, sandboxes are a child’s paradise. They foster creativity in a realm of seemingly endless possibilities. The pull is so strong they often attract even the family cat.
It’s difficult to forge friendships with employees of a rival company in the business world. So what happens when your rival’s employee also happens to be your sister?
When 2007 Marriott School alumnus Cyle Adair was deployed to Iraq in January 2009, he didn’t think he would be using his business degree. As a second lieutenant in the U.S. Army, he thought of leading soldiers in firing mortars, conducting mounted and dismounted patrols, and training Iraqi forces. But none of those tasks proved to be his toughest job.
I belong to a family that likes to put puzzles together. Mom and Dad were avid constructers. My sister and her husband frequently have a table in their living room with a puzzle underway. And my brother could search for hours to find a key piece.
MBA graduate John Arthur Harris’ multinational ancestry of English, Chinese, Swiss, and Spanish blood isn’t his only international connection. Serving in various assignments in business and diplomatic roles, he learned to adjust quickly to new climates, cultures, and languages.
Aaron Call is an opportunist. And it’s not just because he works for a company that helps business owners solve problems in areas like human resources and risk management.