Honors & Awards

• Outstanding Executive MBA Professor. Ohio State University, Fisher College of Business, 07/2025
• Honorary Professor. University of Jordan, Jordan, 10/2023
• Outstanding Scholarly Contribution Award. Strategic Management Division, Academy of Management, 07/2020
• Finalist, Best Paper. Academy of Management Perspectives, 07/2020
• CK Prahalad Scholar Practitioner Award. Strategic Management Society, 10/2019
• Foundational Paper Award. Entrepreneurship Division, Academy of Management, 10/2019
• Edith Penrose Award for Path Breaking Management Research. European Academy of Management, 08/2019
• Professional Service Award. Eccles School of Business, 07/2018
• Daniels Fund Leadership in Ethics. Eccles School of Business, 06/2017
• Faculty Research Excellence Award. Eccles School of Business, 05/2017
• The SEJ Decade Award. Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal, 10/2014
• Daniels Fund Leadership in Ethics Award. Eccles School of Business, 06/2014
• Honorary Doctorate . Universidad Pontificia Comillas, Madrid, Spain, 10/2011
• Best Paper Award. Journal of Management, 10/2010
• Nominee for Best Paper Award. Strategic Management Society, 10/2010
• Scholarly Contributions Award. Academy of Management, 07/2010
• Honorary Special Term Professor. Peking University, Beijing China, 10/2008
• Honorary Doctorate. Copenhagen Business School, Copenhagen, Denmark, 10/2008
• Honorary Professor. Nankai University, Tianjin, China, 10/2008
• Fellow. Strategic Management Society, 10/2007
• Honorary Professor Associate. Brunel Business School, United Kingdom, 10/2006
• Honorary Professor. Sun Yat Sen University, Guangzhou University, 10/2005
• Finalist, Best Conference Paper Prize. Strategic Management Society, 10/2005
• Irwin Outstanding Educator Award. Academy of Management, Business Policy and Strategy Division, 07/2005
• Top 50 Most Influential Papers Published in Management Science. Management Science, 10/2004
• Nominee for Best Paper Award. Strategic Management Society, 10/2002
• Nominee, McKinsey Best Paper Award,. Strategic Management Society, 10/2001
• Fellow. Academy of Management, 09/2001
• Outstanding Executive MBA Professor. Ohio State University, Fisher College of Business, 07/2001
• Honorary Visiting Professor. Waikato University, New Zealand, 10/2000
• Outstanding Ph.D Instructor. Ohio State University, Fisher College of Business, 06/2000
• Honorary Doctorate. Lund University, Lund, Sweden, 10/1997
• Outstanding Core Professor, Evening MBA. Ohio State University, Fisher College of Business, 07/1996
• Outstand Ph.D. Instructor. Ohio State University, Fisher College of Business, 07/1996
• Outstanding Core Professor, Full Time MBA. Ohio State University, Fisher College of Business, 06/1995
• Best Paper Award (with Lowell Busenitz). Entrepreneurship Division, Academy of Management, 09/1994
• Faculty Fellow Award for Outstanding Research. Texas A&M University, 10/1992
• Award for Outstanding Teaching. Texas A&M University, College of Business, 07/1992
• Ascendent Scholar. Western Academy of Management, 10/1990
• Finalist, Outstanding Scholarly Contribution Award. Academy of Management Review, 10/1986
• Holger Crafoord Memorial Lecture. Lund University, Lund, Sweden, 10/1983
• George Robbin's Teaching Award. UCLA, 07/1983

In the Media

• Weaving Influence Webinar--The Secret of Culture Change, Part One. 10/2023.
• HBR IdeaCast: Harvard Business Review podcast--The Secret of Culture Change. 10/2023.
• BetterWork Media Group podcast--The Secret of Culture Change. 10/2023.
• Forbes Interview webinar--The Secret of Culture Change. 10/2023.
• Weaving Influence webinar--The Secret of Culture Change, Part Two. 10/2023.
• Startup Unleashed: Insight Series pod cast--The Secret of Culture Change. 10/2023.
• 5 Mistakes that Will Doom Your Culture Change Efforts--blog post. 10/2023.
• Building a Successful Culture-Changing Story--blog post. 10/2023.
• Do You Need an Organizational Culture in a Company with Geographically Distributed Employees? 10/2023.
• Where Do Culture Changing Stories Come From?: Culture Change at Wal Mart and Hurricane Katrina. 10/2023.
• Story Building vs. Storytelling: Understanding the Difference. 10/2023.
• Part One: Five Reasons Why Culture Change is Difficult. 10/2023.
• Part Two: How to Overcome the Challenges of Culture Change. 10/2023.
• Three Questions You Must Answer to Know If Your Strategy and Culture are Aligned. 10/2023.
• Culture Change in an Organization with Multiple Cultures. 10/2023.
• Talking and Acting in Culture Change. 10/2023.
• Is Your Organizational Culture in Tatters? 10/2023.
• Management Impact podcast, Tsinghua University, Beijing China--The Secret of Culture Change. 10/2023.