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If your company is looking for a better understanding of China and how to do business there, then Prof. Doug Guthrie gives you the insights and strategies to build your own Doing Business in China initiative. Coming Soon!

Doug  has spent his career researching, writing, teaching and advising  companies about two topics: organizational development, where he has  focused on issues of leadership, organizational culture and corporate  social responsibility; and the Chinese economic reforms, where he has  focused on the intersection of economic and political forces that lead  to successful economic development models. From 2014-19, Guthrie was a  Senior Director at Apple, based in Shanghai China, where he led Apple  University efforts on leadership and organizational development in  China. Prior to joining Apple, from 2010-14, Guthrie was Dean of the  George Washington School of Business, Vice President for University  China Operations, and Professor of International Business. Prior to his  time at GW, from 1997-2010, Guthrie held faculty positions at NYU’s  Stern School of Business, where he was Professor of Management and  Director of custom Executive Education, and NYU’s Faculty of Arts and  Sciences, where he was Professor of Sociology and the Founding Director  of the University’s Office of Global Education. He has held visiting  Professorships at several business schools, including Kellogg, Harvard,  INSEAD, Stanford, Columbia and Emory. He served as Director of the  Business Institutions Initiative at the Social Science Research Council  (1999-2003) and was Academic Director of the Berlin School of Creative  Leadership (2008-11). His research has been recognized by numerous  grants and awards.

Profs. Doug Guthrie and David Slocum teach how to bring leadership to everyone, everyday. A good leader isn't about a position or a paycheck, and leadership is not the province of CEOs. Good leaders show up and relate to people in their everyday lives. Coming Soon!

Doug  has spent his career researching, writing, teaching and advising  companies about two topics: organizational development, where he has  focused on issues of leadership, organizational culture and corporate  social responsibility; and the Chinese economic reforms, where he has  focused on the intersection of economic and political forces that lead  to successful economic development models. From 2014-19, Guthrie was a  Senior Director at Apple, based in Shanghai China, where he led Apple  University efforts on leadership and organizational development in  China. Prior to joining Apple, from 2010-14, Guthrie was Dean of the  George Washington School of Business, Vice President for University  China Operations, and Professor of International Business. Prior to his  time at GW, from 1997-2010, Guthrie held faculty positions at NYU’s  Stern School of Business, where he was Professor of Management and  Director of custom Executive Education, and NYU’s Faculty of Arts and  Sciences, where he was Professor of Sociology and the Founding Director  of the University’s Office of Global Education. He has held visiting  Professorships at several business schools, including Kellogg, Harvard,  INSEAD, Stanford, Columbia and Emory. He served as Director of the  Business Institutions Initiative at the Social Science Research Council  (1999-2003) and was Academic Director of the Berlin School of Creative  Leadership (2008-11). His research has been recognized by numerous  grants and awards.

David , Ph.D., is Academic Director and Program Adviser at RARE by  Google, where he provides thought leadership and academic support to  diverse talent in the creative, design, media, and technology  industries. His priorities are to enable and give voice to young and  mid-career diverse creative talent through inspiration, skill  development, and related learning; to establish and sustain networks of  encouragement and material assistance; and, to educate industry, and  notably senior leaders and other organizational decision-makers, about  the business case for diversity, inclusion, and belonging. David is also  a Visiting Professor and Member of the Academic Advisory Board at the  Berlin School of Creative Leadership (Steinbeis University, Germany),  where he previously served as Faculty Director. David has nearly twenty  years of global experience designing and facilitating training programs,  and is a certified executive coach, with a focus on leadership,  learning and development, diversity and inclusion, and business  creativity.