Sue Ashford has enjoyed a 27 year career as a professor. She studied to do this work at Northwestern University, earning a PhD in Organizational Behavior. She studies all the funny things that happen in organizations as people try to work together to achieve important outcomes. She both teaches and does research on this topic. She taught for 8 years at Dartmouth College before becoming a Wolverine in 1991. She teaches leadership and negotiation at the Ross School of Business at the University of Michigan. Her research focus is on how individuals can maximize their effectiveness in organizations, whether it is by being proactive, seeking feedback, selling issues up the organization, negotiating with others, or leading well; and whether the individual is a new hire just entering the organization or the top manager in a division or firm.
Sue has held leadership positions herself, serving as an Associate Dean for the University of Michigan Business School from 1994-1995, as the school’s Senior Associate Dean from 1998 – 2002, and as the Associate Dean of Leadership Programming and the EMBA from 2007-2010. She continues to run the school’s Executive MBA program.
Sue holds the Michael and Susan Jandernoa Professorship in Management and Organization, an honorary title recognizing her performance in both teaching and research. She teaches regularly in Michigan’s Executive MBA programs and for various companies and organizations. Her calling lies in helping others to achieve what they want to achieve in their careers by being more aware of and skillful in their interpersonal and organizational behaviors.
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