The Daniels School of Business' Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management area hosts Susan J. Ashford, the Michael and Susan Jandernoa Professor of Management and Organization at the University of Michigan, 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Friday, April 5, 2024, as part of the OBHR Distinguished Scholar Seminar Speaker Series.
Her talk, “Angles on Agency: Lessons from a Career Focused on Human Potential,” will be held in Krannert Center 124, and registration is not required.
Ashford's passion is using her teaching and research work to help people to be maximally effective in their work lives, with an emphasis on self-leadership, proactivity, change from below, and leadership and its development. She is an award-winning scholar and publishes in her fields’ best academic journals and in more popular outlets as advice for managers.
Ashford was awarded the prestigious Career Achievement Award for Distinguished Scholarly Contributions to Management by the Academy of Management in 2017 and the OB Division Lifetime Achievement Award in 2020. She is the author of The Power of Flexing.
Attendees can grab Jimmy John’s 12:30-1 p.m. in Weiler Lounge. In-person attendance is preferred, but Zoom is an option. Email Angie Gutterman at agutterm@purdue.edu for the Zoom link and more information about the event.
