Dean Taylor Randall - Rising Up As an Empathetic Community

In this pilot episode of Eccles Business Buzz, we are pleased to
have our beloved Dean Taylor Randall. He has led The University
of Utah David Eccles School of Business since 2009. Since then he
has elevated the school’s national reputation as a place of
innovation, garnering top 10 entrepreneurship rankings for both
undergraduate and graduate programs in addition to numerous other
accolades.





Dean Randall talks about being the most enthusiastic Utah fan,
growing up and around the university as a student here before
becoming a faculty member and, eventually, the dean.





He shares his experiences as Dean of the Eccles School, working
within our community, navigating difficult discussions, and how
the school has transformed him into a leader.





We discuss the notion of empathy, how our Eccles Alumni rise up
to take the message of being an empathetic global citizen to
heart, and his future hopes for the community.



Episode Quotes:




The lesson he learned from leading the Eccles
school - "You learn a lot about how you have to rely on
good people in your organization. You can't do it all as a
leader; you have to pick where you think you can have the most
impact and then find individuals that can help you manage through
that. I learned to rely on others to give them the freedom they
need to operate and to also create a shared vision with them."





Empathetic Global Citizenship as one of the key strategic
pillars of the school - "As we reflected further on the
notion of empathy, we realized that empathy was probably a key.
We thought that empathy would be the key to opening up an
individual's understanding of different cultures and viewpoints
on the same problems. The hope was that would be an enduring
quality that our students would need to have. I think that's the
beauty of a characteristic or a virtue that's enduring. When a
new circumstance arises, you can see how it can be applied and
how those same traits can be useful to navigate difficult
circumstances."





On the changes he hopes to see within the Eccles
community - "We are on our rapid path of acts of
increasing excellence. And as we become a better school on all
metrics, I hope we continue to realize the obligation we have to
serve our community and serve the businesses in our community. We
want to impact our world because we see great Utahns making a big
difference in what they do in their community."



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