Leading With Purpose

The role of business is irrevocably changing. With unprecedented global interconnectedness, organizations and their leaders need to consider how social, economic, environmental and ethical factors directly affect business strategy. Business leaders are increasingly being called upon to redefine success and organizational viability through goals that not only ensure desired business outcomes, but that also enable the advancement of the quality of life for stakeholders and society as a whole.

Today’s business managers need to be prepared to take on roles of responsibility that advance a higher cause. Gerald Suarez, associate dean of external strategy and Ralph J. Tyser Teaching Fellow, will offer pragmatic insight to enable leaders to address this new leadership imperative.

“Effective leaders go beyond the management of business – they lead with a purpose.”

Gerald Suarez is associate dean for external strategy and a Ralph J. Tyser Teaching Fellow at the University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business. He joined the Smith School as an executive education senior fellow and executive director of the Quality Enhancement Systems and Teams (QUEST) program. Before joining the Smith School, he served with distinction for 11 years at the White House. As director of presidential quality, Suarez initiated efforts to inculcate systems thinking and organizational redesign into the White House Communications Agency, the White House Military Office, and the Executive Office of the President of the United States.