Management Professor Suzanne Peterson writes a monthly column on management and leadership in The Arizona Republic and azcentral.com. An expert on the behaviors that characterize extraordinary leaders, Peterson offers some insights into time management.

An optimistic outlook could be the most valuable gift leaders can give their teams. Suzanne Peterson is an associate professor of management and an expert on leadership.

Research indicates that psychological characteristics such as optimism, resilience and hopefulness can impact performance among top management teams.

On January 2, 2012, the W. P. Carey School of Business lost its benefactor and friend, Wm. Polk Carey. At the January Economic Club of Phoenix luncheon, Dean Robert Mittelstaedt delivered a tribute, speaking about Mr.

Leaders acquire the power to affect the behavior of others by controlling access to valued resources. But often access involves an element of reciprocity, says W. P. Carey associate professor of management Kevin Corley, who studies and teaches leadership theory and skills.

One of the characteristics of leadership is the ability to spur others to follow your direction. But exactly how do leaders do it? Kevin Corley, an associate professor of management at the W. P. Carey School of Business, studies leadership.

Research continues to reinforce that recruiting, hiring, and training new talent is more costly and less effective in the short term than developing those already employed. With that in mind, the W. P.

The after-event review has emerged as a promising leadership development tool for businesses. First used by the military, the after-event review is a structured examination and analysis of an action by its participants after it has concluded.

An employee’s immediate supervisor is “quite possibly the single biggest factor in an employee’s willingness to identify with an organization,” says Blake Ashforth, a professor of management at the W. P. Carey School of Business.

Identifying and developing your successor should be a key strategic priority for anyone hoping to be promoted in the next six months to two years.