Harvard Business Review
Brooke argues that employees see middle management as an organizational moral compass; they have the connections and experience to both inspire their teams and act as a moral safeguard.
In a collaboration for HBR, Brooke and Carter Cast discuss self-destructive behaviors common in company founders, as well as awareness strategies and mitigation tactics.
Brooke discusses how fiction can build young leaders’ capacity to untangle complex, yet common, leadership problems.
CNBC
For CNBC’s summer reading lists, Brooke recommends 7 influential works of fiction that offer leaders fresh and diverse perspectives.
Successful leaders read differently; Brooke describes how they cultivate critical skills and creatively solve problems through reading fiction.
Entrepreneur
Writing for Entrepreneur, Brooke and her Kellogg colleague David Schonthal reflect on what Uber founder and CEO Travis Kalanick’s “profound apology” to his employees means for other young leaders.
The Economist
In this article on how self-awareness can improve leaders’ effectiveness, Laura Montgomery of The Economist interviews Brooke about how leaders can discover how others perceive them.
The Washington Post
Is it OK to quit a job over text? Brooke offers her perspective in this Washington Post article.
Fast Company
Brooke describes how a Pulitzer Prize-winning play can teach business leaders to increase workplace stability and morale.
Business Insider
Brooke outlines how to recognize when you have a team engagement problem—and five proactive steps to reverse bad morale.
Fortune Education
Brooke’s MBA course, Moral Complexity in Leadership: An Exploration, is highlighted as an innovative approach to business education using literary fiction.
Crain’s Chicago
Brooke speaks with Crain’s Kristen Schorsch about entrepreneurial communication styles.
Brooke offers advice about what to consider before switching to non-profit work.
Kellogg Publications
At the outset of Covid-19 chaos, Brooke offers advice to business leaders on an underused resource: fiction.
In “Why Leaders Should Nurture Their Social Emotional Intelligence,” Brooke discusses family business as a perfect place to prove the benefits of self-awareness, self-management, and empathy.
For those new to high level leadership, Brooke offers tips on maintaining your authenticity to excel in your new role.
Based on Brooke’s popular webinar, Insight highlights her main points about the formula for executive presence and launches a podcast.
Brooke speaks to how leaders can develop “the strength and endurance to do the right thing.”
Drawing lessons from chaotic pandemic times, Brooke advises leaders on how to handle crisis to protect and preserve their companies, customers, and communities.
In “Difficult Conversations in Family Business: When Should You Have Them, and Why?” Brooke gives guidance on tackling some of our most awkward and sensitive conversations at work…when our coworkers are also our family.
Poets & Quants
Brooke is featured as a favorite professor for a top MBA program for her commitment to helping her students understand and live by their values.
Zell Fellow Chase Michalek, whose Hilltop Health was designated as one of “Kellogg’s Hottest MBA Start-ups,” describes how Brooke’s coaching supported him as a new entrepreneur.
Chief Learning Officer Magazine
In “Process Makes Perfect: It’s All About the Details,” Chief Learning Officer Magazine’s Frank Kalman interviews Brooke about the process of executive coaching.