{"id":31023,"date":"2022-04-16T11:23:33","date_gmt":"2022-04-16T15:23:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mbamission.com\/blog\/?p=31023"},"modified":"2022-07-30T01:38:32","modified_gmt":"2022-07-30T05:38:32","slug":"dean-profiles-william-boulding-duke-universitys-fuqua-school-of-business","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mbamission.com\/blog\/dean-profiles-william-boulding-duke-universitys-fuqua-school-of-business\/","title":{"rendered":"Dean Profiles: William Boulding, Duke University\u2019s Fuqua School of Business"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"William<\/a>Business school deans are more than administrative figureheads. Their character and leadership often reflect an MBA program\u2019s unique culture and sense of community. Today, we focus on\u00a0<\/span><\/i>William Boulding<\/i><\/b><\/a>\u00a0<\/i><\/b>at Duke University\u2019s Fuqua School of Business.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

In the fall of 2011, William Boulding became dean of Duke University\u2019s Fuqua School of Business.\u00a0Boulding began teaching at Fuqua in 1984 and served as the business program\u2019s deputy dean before being appointed to a shortened two-year term as dean (a full term is five years) upon the previous dean\u2019s departure. In early 2013, an international search committee recommended that Boulding\u00a0continue his deanship for an additional five years. Then, in February 2018, Boulding was appointed for a second five-year term.<\/span><\/p>\n

He has received several distinctions for his teaching in the areas of management, marketing, and strategy, including the school\u2019s 1989 Outstanding Teacher Award and the 1997 NationsBank Faculty Award. A member of the search committee stated in a 2013 article in Duke\u2019s student newspaper,\u00a0<\/span>The Chronicle<\/span><\/i>, that Boulding\u2019s vision for the school would \u201caddress globalization with more innovation and modernization in the classrooms, while also focusing on stabilizing the school\u2019s budget.\u201d Another search committee member noted in the article that Boulding \u201chas the whole package, plus he knows Fuqua and Duke intimately.\u201d In the school\u2019s announcement of Boulding\u2019s appointment for a second full term, Provost Sally Kornbluth commented: \u201cBill is a valued colleague and well-respected scholar and administrator. \u2026 His leadership, dedication to Fuqua and commitment to higher education and service have been the foundation of his success as dean.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

In a 2012\u00a0<\/span>Forbes<\/span><\/i>\u00a0interview, Boulding described the type of students who attend Fuqua by highlighting the collaborative principles encompassed by Team Fuqua, saying, \u201cIncreasingly, so called \u2018leaders\u2019 seem to fight for narrow self-interest around issues and ideas. At the same time, more than ever before, answers to problems, solutions to challenges, innovation, and the creation of value comes through collaboration and co-creation.\u2026 Our students have a burning ambition to make a difference in the lives of others.\u201d Boulding also explained in a 2013\u00a0<\/span>Bloomberg Businessweek\u00a0<\/span><\/i>interview\u00a0the high rate of success for Fuqua graduates in finding jobs: \u201cThe reason they\u2019re [companies are] hiring Fuqua students comes back to what we produce and who we attract, and that\u2019s people who understand how to co-create and take advantage of a team\u2019s potential. It\u2019s people who are personally humble, tremendously ambitious, and have no sense of entitlement.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

For more information about Duke Fuqua and 16 other top-ranked business schools, check out the free\u00a0<\/span><\/i>mbaMission Insider\u2019s Guides<\/i><\/b><\/a>.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Business school deans are more than administrative figureheads. Their character and leadership often reflect an MBA program\u2019s unique culture and sense of community. Today, we focus on\u00a0William Boulding\u00a0at Duke University\u2019s Fuqua School of Business. In the fall of 2011, William Boulding became dean of Duke University\u2019s Fuqua School of Business.\u00a0Boulding began teaching at Fuqua in … Read More  <\/i><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[40],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-31023","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-professor-profiles"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nWilliam Boulding, Duke University\u2019s Fuqua School of Business<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Business school deans are more than administrative figureheads. 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