Fuqua/Coach K Center on Leadership and Ethics

  • Everyday Courage and Building Trust. A Conversation with GEN (R) Martin Dempsey

    In this conversation with GEN (Ret) Martin Dempsey (Duke MA’84), he shares the common leadership lessons he learnt from his 41 years in military service and his now 8th year as the Chairman of USA Basketball. GEN(R) Dempsey and COLE Executive Director, Sanyin Siang, discuss: 1) The value of leading with everyday courage and helping […]

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  • Humans of Fuqua

    The Humans of Fuqua is an initiative by Class of 2027 COLE Impact Scholars. We walk the same halls. Sit in classes together all day. Stress about the same recruiting cycles. But how well do we actually know each other? Humans of Fuqua is our attempt to find out. Real people. Real stories. No polished […]

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  • Leadership the Duke Way

    COLE was featured in the June 2025 issue of Duke Magazine – “Learning To Lead”. The issue highlights how leadership is taught the Duke way: On and off the court with COLE co-founder the Joseph R. Swedish Professor of the Practice, Mike “Coach K” Krzyzewski. In the classroom with: COLE Faculty Director, Sim Sitkin (Michael W. Krzyzewski University Professor […]

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  • Leading Through Uncertainty

    Uncertainty can be daunting and require new leadership strategies, but it also has a silver lining: Adaptation can lead to transformation. In fact, when leaders take the right approach, uncertainty can serve as an excellent catalyst for organizational growth, says COLE executive director and MIT SMR columnist Sanyin Siang. In this video, Sanyin explores practical approaches […]

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  • Overcoming Distrust and Building Trust

    In a talk on Fuqua’s LinkedIn page, Professor Sim Sitkin — also the director of the Fuqua/Coach K Center on Leadership & Ethics (COLE) — said polarized communities become so entrenched in their worldview that they even dismiss the potentially positive contributions of the opposing group. How to Build Bridges Between Polarized Groups However, a way to address […]

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  • Duke Life of Significance Podcast Series

    What does it mean to live a life of significance? How is it defined? What is its choreography? The Duke Life of Significance series is invested in how lives given in service of others form the contours of a meaningful life. Through the lens of everyday leaders—who come from all sectors, ages, genders, and backgrounds—the […]

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COLE Leadership Fellows

COLE fellows play a key role in building and representing the leader of consequence culture at Fuqua. This select group of second-year Duke MBA students become facilitators and personal coaches for incoming first-year students and their teams.

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COLE LifeChats Collection

A part of our Women's Leadership Initiative, the COLE LifeChats Collection features stories of remarkable women leaders, and their lessons for success achieved through overcoming obstacles, doubts, and major challenges.

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2026 NDLR Conference

The NDLR Conference brings together leading and emerging scholars to share diverse perspectives in ways that will generate advances in scholarship on leadership and ethics.

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Overcoming Distrust and Building Trust

In a talk on Fuqua’s LinkedIn page, Professor Sim Sitkin — also the director of the Fuqua/Coach K Center on Leadership & Ethics (COLE) — said polarized communities become so entrenched in their worldview that they even dismiss the potentially positive contributions of the opposing group. How to Build Bridges Between Polarized Groups However, a way to address […]

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Leading Through Uncertainty

Uncertainty can be daunting and require new leadership strategies, but it also has a silver lining: Adaptation can lead to transformation. In fact, when leaders take the right approach, uncertainty can serve as an excellent catalyst for organizational growth, says COLE executive director and MIT SMR columnist Sanyin Siang. In this video, Sanyin explores practical approaches […]

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