Strategic Planning and Execution

Jared Harris is a faculty member at the University of Virginia’s Darden School of Business and serves as a Senior Fellow at the Olsson Center for Applied Ethics. He teaches strategic management and ethics to MBA students, military officers, and business executives. His research focuses on the intersection of ethics and strategy, particularly in corporate governance and interorganizational trust. Harris has published extensively in top journals and has authored several influential books, including Public Trust in Business (2014) and The Strategist’s Toolkit (2013). His work has garnered recognition in major media outlets, and he has received multiple awards for teaching excellence.

Michael Lenox is the Senior Associate Dean and Chief Strategy Officer at the University of Virginia's Darden School of Business, where he is also a Professor of Business Administration. He holds a B.S. and M.S. from the University of Virginia and a Ph.D. in Technology Management and Policy from MIT. Lenox has extensive experience in teaching and researching business strategy, particularly focusing on technology strategy, innovation, and corporate sustainability. He previously served as Associate Dean and Academic Director of Darden's Batten Institute for Entrepreneurship and Innovation and has held faculty positions at Duke University and NYU. His research has been published in over twenty-five academic journals, and he has been recognized as a Faculty Pioneer by the Aspen Institute. Lenox teaches several courses, including Foundations of Business Strategy and Advanced Business Strategy, as part of the Business Strategy Specialization on Coursera, which aims to equip students with essential strategic management skills for today's business environment.

Scott Snell is the E. Thayer Bigelow Research Professor in Business Administration and the Senior Associate Dean for Executive Education at the Darden School of Business, University of Virginia. He specializes in human resources and organizational capability, focusing on how organizations generate, transfer, and integrate new knowledge to gain competitive advantage. Snell teaches courses in Leadership, Developing Organizational Capability, and Human Capital Consulting, and has co-authored several influential books including Managing People and Knowledge in Professional Service Firms and Management: Leading and Collaborating in a Competitive World.His research has been widely published in leading journals such as the Academy of Management Journal, Strategic Management Journal, and the Journal of Management. Recognized as one of the top 100 most-cited authors in management, Snell has also served on various editorial boards and worked with major corporations like AstraZeneca and Deutsche Telekom to align strategy with talent management. Prior to his tenure at Darden, he was a professor at Cornell University and Pennsylvania State University. Snell holds a B.A. from Miami University and both an M.B.A. and Ph.D. from Michigan State University, bringing extensive academic and practical experience to his role in shaping