When Ravi Saligram joined Newell Brands in 2019 as President & CEO, the company was experiencing poor performance, low employee engagement, and excessive complexity. In 2020, Ravi and the world-class leadership team hed built were also faced with leading through the unexpected and monumental issues presented by COVID. Despite these challenges, employee engagement scores increased significantly, and the companys turnaround efforts persisted. While Ravi announced his May retirement earlier this year, theres no doubt the company has strengthened during his tenure. Complexity and overhead costs have been reduced; Project Ovid, a multi-year initiative consolidating 23 unique supply chains into one, was successfully implemented; a new innovation operating model was introduced, and innovations were launched that leveraged COVID trends; automation has been scaled, and the company has best-in-class productivity and safety records. Notably, Newell Brands was named one of Fortunes Most Admired Companies in 2022 and 2023, a recognition it had not previously received. Ravi is a three-time public CEO, also having led OfficeMax, Inc. and Ritchie Brothers. Despite arriving in the United States with less than $20 in his pocket, he earned an MBA from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. He has lived in six countries and worked in many more during his nearly 40-year career, which began at Leo Burnett in Chicago. During this [webinar/course/event], Ravi will speak with Global Atlanta Managing Editor Trevor Williams and share: The importance of a people-first approach and how to drive a culture of engagement How companies can foster diversity, inclusion, and belonging and be a force for good The necessity of cross-cultural competency and how international experience shapes perspective All times are EST. This is a free webinar, but registration is required.

Learn more about the goals of the MSU Athletics Department and the current state of MSU Athletics from Alan Haller, vice president and director of athletics at Michigan State University during theLansingEconomicClub.The conversation will be moderated by Audrey Dahlgren, sports director, WLNS.

The time shown is EDT. For this webinar, we invited three international business/marketing scholars who have recently published important work related to global marketing in a digitally connected world. Our panelists will discuss their perspectives on the opportunities available for high-impact global marketing research in the digital context, as well as address contemporary conceptual and methodological best practices necessary for publishing work in the area. This webinar will include short presentations followed by a discussion moderated by the co-hosts.

Spatial transaction costs -- the cost of undertaking business and economic activities over geographic space -- have been declining since the beginning of the industrial revolution mainly through technological advances. The ocean-going sailing ship, railroads, the telegraph, the telephone, and fax machines all caused spatial transactions costs to fall. However, with the advent of the internet about 1990, these declines have become exponential. MNE strategies have leveraged these technologies to create increasing wealth, so the average levels of wealth around the globe have risen. Yet, these MNE global strategies also feature a dark side. KEY TAKEAWAYS: In the 20th-century, birth geography determined income and welfare. In the 21st-century connected knowledge economy, human capital determines income and welfare. Low human capital workers in rich countries have seen catastrophic declines in income and welfare. Global connectedness often generates local disconnectedness which is the basis for rising inequality that fuels populism. Global connectedness is often strongly driven by ethnic ties. This webinar is FREE, but registration is required. Zoom details will be sent to participants.

Murray is amultipleEmmy and Cannes Lion award-winning Director of Photography with more than 17 years of cinematic experience.He filmed HBOs hit showHard Knocks, for which he won an Emmy for Best Cinematography.He also was Director of Photography for ESPNs30 for 30, Funny or DiesBetween Two Ferns, and Pepsis Uncle Drew. Brian is a Senior Director at Electronic Arts in Orlando, Florida, working on games such as MADDEN, NCAA Football, PGA Golf, FIFA, and more. Brian uses his extensive and varied experience to usher EA Sports into the cinematic future of gaming for the more than 600 million active players and fans across the globe.

Storytelling can be defined as the intra-play of dominant narratives … with ontological webs of lower level living stories that provide sense making currency for stakeholders (Haley & Boje, 2014, p. 1116). Storytelling can be leveraged beyond marketing and communication. For example, storytelling is extremely powerful as a strategic management tool. Storytelling is also very effective in supporting organizational change management, facilitating internationalization and addressing sustainability. Storytelling, as a strategic tool, can facilitate various types of change processes, attract and help manage various kinds of external resources, and play an active role in driving collective agency and identification for social and political issues. This session is a discussion with two expert storytellers. Key takeaways: 1. Is storytelling a dying art in international business education in a post-truth world of virtual reality, artificial intelligence, and misinformation? 2. In a world of infotainment and the 15-second attention span, do all educators need to be master storytellers? You may also be a fictional writer, but not all of us are. What advice and tips would we give to IB educators who want to leverage storytelling in their teaching and even research? 3. New Zealand punches well about its weight in the world, from Jacinda Ardern to Taika Waititi, to Sir Peter Jackson and Professor Linda Tuhiwai Smith. What role does storytelling play in that success? Do all countries have storytelling agencies? What prompted New Zealand to lean so heavily into storytelling. For details and REGISTRATION please click on website link.

Calling all IB educators aiming for excellence in teaching: If you teach international business and wish to learn from and be inspired by world-class master teachers and mentors, this is your opportunity to invest in your professional development. Meet us in Atlanta over 2.5 days for an intensive learning and networking event. In addition to addressing the core course in IB, interactive sessions will cover specialized courses in international entrepreneurship, global strategy, multinational business finance, and international marketing. For details and REGISTRATION please click on url.

Are you looking to offer an education abroad program? This webinar will provide you with the knowledge, experience, and resources you need to design an education abroad program at the two-year college level. The workshop is specifically targeted towards educators and will focus on all aspects of education abroad and international internships. View program flyer in the File Upload

As Michigan State Universitys interim president, Teresa K. Woodruff, Ph.D., leads MSUs 168-year-old mission of education, research and outreach. In addition to serving as the universitys chief executive, she also is an MSU Research Foundation Professor in the Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Biology and the Department of Biomedical Engineering. Dr. Woodruff will speak about how Michigan State University is leading the region forward through community partnerships and its substantial positive impact on the Greater Lansing region and state.

Speaker Kari Kammel - Director of A-CAPP Protecting intellectual property rights is critical. As part of the Global Business Club series, the IBC/MSU- CIBER is partnering with the MSU Center for Anti-Counterfeiting and Product Protection (A-CAPP) to hold a webinar on the basics of global brand protection. Featuring Kari Kammel, Director of A-CAPP, this session will provide an overview of how to prevent and react to global counterfeiting from a variety of perspectives including legal, brand security, business strategy, and business structure. The Global Business Club of Mid-Michigan focuses on global issues of interest to the mid-Michigan business community. The monthly GB Club luncheons provide outstanding speakers and relaxed networking opportunities. With extensive international experience, the speakers wrap personal insights around a practical and up-to-the-minute approach to conducting international trade.