Graziadio Ranked No. 13 by Warren Bennis’ Leadership Excellence Essentials
Warren Bennis’ Leadership Excellence Essentials magazine, a leading publication on management, leadership effectiveness and organizational productivity, has ranked Pepperdine University’s Graziadio School of Business and Management no. 13 in institutions for business and management education. Moving up from no. 17 previously, Graziadio is in the top 10 percent of educational institutions that the magazine recognizes for exceptional programs and leadership initiatives.
The publication’s annual leadership 500 Excellence Award recognized Pepperdine’s MBA and Master of Science degree programs to the top 15 list. Other schools that ranked in the list are The University of Chicago Booth School of Business, University of Notre Dame and Cornell University. The Graziadio School has been honored by the magazine for six years.
The Leadership Excellence Essentials magazine reached out to more than 1,200 organizations that are known for an emphasis on developing leaders and selected 500 based on a review of the impact, the creativity and the execution of the programs, as well as peer, end-user and social ratings.
Acquired last year by HR.com, which is the largest global social networking and resource site for HR professionals, Warren Bennis’ Leadership Excellence Essentials is the most widely distributed leadership magazine available globally. The magazine is also delivered to more than 240,000 professionals every month. It stands a part from other business publications because it is written for and written by the most well known authorities in management studies. Some writers include such high ranking professionals as business and management writers Tom Peters and Marshall Goldsmith, as well as the leading light of leadership gurus, Warren Bennis.