Student Leadership

The Center for Leadership and Strategic Thinking at the University of Washington Foster School of Business helps accelerate the development of Foster students by offering resources, fully integrating with core curriculum,…


Leadership Think Tank

Some Recent Research Highlights: BOLDS (Baseline Officer Leadership Development Study): We have recently completed a 20-year longitudinal study of the 1998 Cadet Class of the UW West Point Military Academy….


Research

Integrating rigor and relevance in how leadership and strategic thinking is developed and studied is at the core of the Center for Leadership and Strategic Thinking (CLST). By advancing the…


Edward Fritzky

The Center for Leadership and Strategic Thinking is pleased to announce that the Leadership Fellows Program is permanently endowed by Edward Fritzky and his family. The program supports the development…


Leadership Fellows

Leadership Fellows are second-year, full-time MBA students in the Foster School of Business who support first-year MBA students to adjust to Foster and enhance their leadership and team capabilities. They…


Bruce Avolio

BRUCE J. AVOLIO, PH.D. MARK PIGOTT CHAIR IN BUSINESS STRATEGIC THINKING EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, CENTER FOR LEADERSHIP & STRATEGIC THINKING MICHAEL G. FOSTER SCHOOL OF BUSINESS, UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON Bruce has…


Advisory Board

The current members on the CLST Advisory Board include the following: CLST Advisory Board Fariba Alamdari, PhD, Consulting; former VP Marketing Strategy, VP Customer Leadership and Learning at Boeing Chee…