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news & Leadership amid crisis Condoleezza Rice shares Secretary of State lessons Leaders who serve in turbulent times must not lose sight of their organization’s long-term goals, former U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said March 3, 2011, at Thunderbird. “The hardest thing to do is to stay focused on what is important,” she said, “not just on what is urgent.” Rice spoke at Thunderbird to about 600 faculty, staff and students at the invitation of former Thunderbird Trustee Barbara Barrett, who served under Rice as U.S. ambassador to Finland. Rice said actions that seem like folly in the short term often prove valuable when the dust of a crisis settles. She learned this lesson from one of her predecessors, William H. Seward, who persevered with the purchase of Alaska despite criticism. Editorial writers scoffed at “Seward’s folly” in 1867, but history has vindicated the move. “Today’s headlines and history’s judgment are rarely the same,” Rice said. Leading in turbulent times also requires effective communication. “Find a narrative that resonates,” Rice said. “Be optimistic.” During her term as secretary of state when the war in Iraq seemed lost, she reminded her staff of the dark days Former U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice speaks March 3, 2011, in the Thunderbird Activity Center. leading to the Korean War — when the Berlin Wall went up and the Iron Curtain spread. Few people then would have believed how quickly events would change. “Things that seem impossible seem inevitable after the fact,” Rice said. TIM CLARKE Thunderbird welcomes new members to Board of Trustees Thunderbird’s Board of Trustees welcomed two new members and granted emeritus status to two others during its spring meeting Feb. 2-4, 2011, in Glendale, Arizona. The board voted to include new trustees Donna Ecton, founder, president and CEO of management consulting firm EEI, and Michael Ahearn, executive chairman and former CEO of First Solar. The board gave emeritus status to retiring trustees Chip Weil, who served on the board for more than 12 years, and Richard Lehmann, who served on the board for 21 years. “The school is in good shape moving forward,” said Chairman of the Board G. Kelly O’Dea ’72. “We have the right trajectory in place, a clear vision and, most importantly, we have committed people working to make Thunderbird a success.” 4 spring 2011
notes Critics who view emerging markets as a threat to the United States and other developed countries underestimate the power of free trade to create sustainable prosperity worldwide, Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold President and CEO Richard C. Adkerson told Thunderbird graduates Dec. 17, 2010, in Glendale, Arizona. “Many, if not most, people in the United States view free trade negatively,” Adkerson said. “You see it all the time in the media that free trade causes jobs to leave the United States and go overseas. In truth, if KRISTEN JARCHOW Freeport-McMoRan CEO rallies graduates we can create relationships among the countries of the world that allow capital and resources to flow to the point where people can do things more efficiently, it creates value for everybody.” He delivered his keynote address to 159 graduates representing 24 countries and 12 Thunderbird programs. Adkerson said economic development causes dislocations in some parts of the world as a natural function of markets, but the process spurs innovation and drives growth for everybody. “It forces developed countries to become more competitive,” he said. Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold President and CEO Richard C. Adkerson delivers the commencement keynote address Dec. 17, 2010, at the Renaissance Glendale Resort & Spa near campus in Glendale, Arizona. Calendar Thunderbird worldwide Spring commencement, April 29, 2011 Suresh Kumar from the U.S. Department of Commerce will be the keynote speaker 10 a.m. at the Renaissance Glendale Hotel & Spa, 9495 W. Coyotes Blvd., Glendale, Arizona. Lemonade Day, May 1, 2011 U.S. schoolchildren start lemonade stands as a way to learn about entrepreneurship. Contact Lemonade Day City Director Naomi Gunnels ’11, naomigunnels@ global.t-bird.edu. Pakistan outreach, May 2-15, 2011 Women entrepreneurs from Pakistan will study on campus in Glendale, Arizona. To volunteer as a mentor, contact wynona.heim@ thunderbird.edu, 602-978-7607. Summerim, May 2-13, 2011 Students and professors will visit China, Hungary, Kenya, Panama, Singapore, Slovenia, South Korea and the United Kingdom. Contact alumni@ thunderbird.edu or your local chapter leader for information. Leadership certificate, May 24-26, 2011 Leading and Managing in Turbulent Times, led by T-bird Professor Caren Siehl, Ph.D., in Glendale, Arizona. Contact: charlotte .cole@thunderbird .edu, 602-978-7353 or 800-457-6954. Negotiation certificate, June 27-29, 2011 Advanced Negotiation Strategies for Global Effectiveness, led by T-bird Professors Karen Walch, Ph.D., and Denis Leclerc, Ph.D., in Geneva, Switzerland. Contact: marie-laure.clisson@ thunderbird.edu or charlotte.cole@ thunderbird.edu. thunderbird magazine 5
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