Bret Crane
Executive Director, Covey Leadership Center, & Associate Professor
Department(s):- Marketing and Strategy
- Stephen R. Covey Leadership Center

Education
PhD, University of Virginia, Darden School of Business, Business Administration, Leadership and Organizational Behavior, 2013
MBA, Brigham Young University, 2004
BA, International Studies, Brigham Young University, 2000
Awards
Teacher of the Year - 2021
Biography
Bret Crane is an Associate Professor of Leadership at the Jon. M. Huntsman School of Business and the Executive Director of the Stephen R. Covey Leadership Center at Utah State University. Bret has a Ph.D. in Business Administration from the Darden School of Business at the University of Virginia and an MBA and a BA from Brigham Young University.
Bret’s research focuses on leadership mindsets. As a respected authority and researcher on topics related to leadership, management, and organizational behavior, Bret has published articles across a variety of journals including Harvard Business Review, Journal of Business Ethics, Journal of World Business, Business & Society, and Business Horizons.
He works with organizations to improve their leadership, teams, organizations, and culture. Bret has also consulted for clients including Coca-Cola, American Express, Honda, Lowe’s, General Mills, Blue Cross Blue Shield, Biogen, USAA, and others.
Journal Articles
Academic Journal
- Crane, B., Hartwell, C., (2019). Global Talent Management: a Life Cycle View of the Interaction between Human and Social Capital. . Journal of World Business, 54, 82-92.
- Crane, B., Albrecht, C., (2018). China’s Special Economic Zones: An Analysis of Policy to Reduce Regional Disparities.. Regional Studies, Regional Science
- Crane, B., (2018). Revisiting Who and What Matters: Stakeholder Connectedness and Trust.. Business & Society
- Crane, B., (2017). To Disclose or Not to Disclose: The Ironic Effect of Disclosure of Personal Information about Ethnically Distinct Newcomers to a Team.. Journal of Business Ethics
- Crane, B., Albrecht, C., (2017). Niger and UNICEF: A Partnership to End Child Marriage. Journal of International Business Education
Professional Journal
- Crane, B., (2017). The role of teacher openness and prosocial motivation: creating an environment where questions lead to engaged students.
Books
- Winn, B., Crane, B., Hammond, S., (2018). Fundamentals of Business Leadership: Knowing, Doing, Becoming. MyEducator *
Book Chapters
- Crane, B., (2014). Human Capital. . *
- Crane, B., (2013). Crisis Management in the Information Age. *
An asterisk (*) at the end of a publication indicates that it has not been peer-reviewed.
Teaching
MSLE 3800 - Leadership, Fall 2025
MSLE 3800 - Leadership, Fall 2025
MSLE 3800 - Leadership, Fall 2025
USU 1010 - University Connections, Fall 2025
BUS 2000 - Foundations for Global Learning Experiences, Spring 2025
MSLE 3800 - Leadership, Spring 2025
MSLE 3800 - Leadership, Spring 2025
MSLE 3800 - Leadership, Spring 2025
MSLE 3800 - Leadership, Fall 2024
MSLE 3800 - Leadership, Fall 2024
MSLE 3800 - Leadership, Fall 2024
USU 1010 - University Connections, Fall 2024
BUS 2000 - Foundations for Global Learning Experiences, Spring 2024
BUS 2000 - Foundations for Global Learning Experiences, Spring 2024
BUS 2000 - Foundations for Global Learning Experiences, Spring 2024
MSLE 3800 - Leadership, Spring 2024
MSLE 3800 - Leadership, Spring 2024
MSLE 3800 - Leadership, Spring 2024
, Fall 2023
MSLE 3800 - Leadership, Fall 2023
MSLE 3800 - Leadership, Fall 2023
MSLE 3800 - Leadership, Fall 2023
USU 1010 - University Connections, Fall 2023
, Spring 2023
BUS 2000 - Foundations for Global Learning Experiences, Spring 2023
BUS 2000 - Foundations for Global Learning Experiences, Spring 2023
MSLE 3800 - Leadership, Spring 2023
MSLE 3800 - Leadership, Spring 2023
MSLE 3800 - Leadership, Spring 2023
MSLE 2700 - The Seven Habits Journey, Spring 2023
, Fall 2022
MSLE 3800 - Leadership, Fall 2022
MSLE 3800 - Leadership, Fall 2022
MSLE 3800 - Leadership, Fall 2022
MSLE 2700 - The Seven Habits Journey, Fall 2022
USU 1010 - University Connections, Fall 2022
BUS 2000 - Foundations for Global Learning Experiences, Summer 2022
, Spring 2022
BUS 2000 - Foundations for Global Learning Experiences, Spring 2022
MSLE 3800 - Leadership, Spring 2022
MSLE 3800 - Leadership, Spring 2022
MSLE 3800 - Leadership, Spring 2022
MSLE 3800 - Leadership, Spring 2022
MSLE 3800 - Leadership, Spring 2022
MSLE 3710 -
Leading Teams, Spring 2022
MSLE 2700 - The Seven Habits Journey, Spring 2022
MSLE 2700 - The Seven Habits Journey, Spring 2022
MSLE 2700 - The Seven Habits Journey, Spring 2022
MSLE 2700 - The Seven Habits Journey, Spring 2022
MSLE 2700 - The Seven Habits Journey, Spring 2022
MSLE 2700 - The Seven Habits Journey, Spring 2022
, Fall 2021
MSLE 2700 - The Seven Habits Journey, Fall 2021
USU 1010 - University Connections, Fall 2021
MSLE 4800 - Independent Research and Readings, Spring 2021
MSLE 4800 - Independent Research and Readings, Spring 2021
MSLE 4800 - Independent Research and Readings, Spring 2021
MSLE 3800 - Leadership, Spring 2021
MSLE 3800 - Leadership, Spring 2021
MSLE 3800 - Leadership, Spring 2021
MSLE 4800 - Independent Research and Readings, Fall 2020
MSLE 4800 - Independent Research and Readings, Fall 2020
MSLE 4800 - Independent Research and Readings, Fall 2020
MSLE 3800 - Leadership, Fall 2020
MSLE 3800 - Leadership, Fall 2020
MSLE 3800 - Leadership, Fall 2020
BUS 2000 - Foundations for Global Learning Experiences, Spring 2020
MSLE 3800 - Leadership, Spring 2020
MSLE 3800 - Leadership, Spring 2020
MSLE 3800 - Leadership, Spring 2020
MSLE 3800 - Leadership, Fall 2019
MSLE 3800 - Leadership, Fall 2019
MSLE 3800 - Leadership, Fall 2019
MSLE 3800 - Leadership, Fall 2019
BUS 2000 - Foundations for Global Learning Experiences, Spring 2019
BUS 1500 - Huntsman Leadership Lab, Spring 2019
MSLE 3800 - Leadership, Spring 2019
MSLE 3800 - Leadership, Spring 2019
MSLE 3800 - Leadership, Spring 2019
, Fall 2018
BUS 1500 - Huntsman Leadership Lab, Fall 2018
MGT 3800 - Leadership, Fall 2018
MGT 3800 - Leadership, Fall 2018
MGT 3800 - Leadership, Fall 2018
BUS 2000 - Foundations for Global Learning Experiences, Spring 2018
BUS 1500 - Huntsman Leadership Lab, Spring 2018
MGT 3800 - Leadership, Spring 2018
MGT 3800 - Leadership, Spring 2018
MGT 3800 - Leadership, Spring 2018
BUS 1500 - Huntsman Leadership Lab, Fall 2017
MGT 3800 - Leadership, Fall 2017
MGT 3800 - Leadership, Fall 2017
MGT 3800 - Leadership, Fall 2017
MGT 3800 - Leadership, Spring 2017
MGT 3800 - Leadership, Spring 2017
MGT 3800 - Leadership, Spring 2017
MGT 3800 - Leadership, Fall 2016
MGT 3800 - Leadership, Fall 2016
MGT 3800 - Leadership, Fall 2016
MGT 3800 - Leadership, Spring 2016
MGT 3800 - Leadership, Spring 2016
MGT 3800 - Leadership, Spring 2016
MGT 3800 - Leadership, Fall 2015
MGT 3800 - Leadership, Fall 2015
MGT 3800 - Leadership, Fall 2015
