Nicholas Pearce
Clinical Professor of Management & Organizations
Why this course
In this leadership course, Professor Pearce’s multi-disciplinary approach uses organizational behavior, social psychology, anthropology, theology and strategy to bring students on a deeply personal journey to develop the capacity for inclusive leadership.
The course encourages students to examine the implications and impact of bias on society, while giving these future leaders the cross-cultural competencies necessary to harness the power of human difference.
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Course Highlights
Course Format:
In each session, we will focus on a different dimension of the cross-cultural competence and organizational intelligence needed to lead and manage diverse organizations in the multicultural marketplace, starting with your personal diversity journey as an individual, scaling up to the level of teams, organizations, markets, and society. This course is built on the philosophy that we learn from one another – consequently, there will be a strong emphasis on actively engaging in self-reflection, discussing assigned readings and real-world scenarios, sharing experiences, and participating in experiential learning exercises. Discussions regarding sociocultural diversity often address topics that can engender a degree of controversy and disagreement, and challenge group members to stretch beyond their comfort zones. This is normal and should be expected within the context of our course. Your learning and that of your classmates will be enhanced by your willingness to honestly share your perspectives and experiences as you also actively listen to those of others. I respect – and expect everyone else to respect – the diversity of viewpoints that you will have to share on these topics. In the end, the success of the class depends on your willingness to thoughtfully, respectfully, and actively engage in these difficult conversations.
Biography
Nicholas Pearce serves as Clinical Professor of Management & Organizations at Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management, Assistant Pastor of Apostolic Church of God–Chicago, and Founder & CEO of The Vocati Group, a boutique management consultancy whose clients span corporations, social impact organizations, governments, and religious institutions around the world. He is the author of the bestselling book, The Purpose Path: A Guide to Pursuing Your Authentic Life’s Work.
Nicholas is consistently spotlighted as one of our nation’s foremost authorities on purpose-driven leadership, values-based organizations, faith & work, and DEI, shaping the public discourse through features in leading outlets including Forbes, Fortune, Harvard Business Review, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, ABC, CBS, NBC, and NPR.
One of Chicago's 40 Game Changers under 40, Nicholas holds the Ph.D. in Management & Organizations from Northwestern, the M.A. in Theology from Fuller Seminary, and the S.B. in Chemical Engineering from MIT.