Brad Winn

Journal Articles

Academic Journal

• Winn, B., (2017). Leadership and Small Firm Performance: The Moderating Effects of Demographic Characteristics.. Creighton Journal of Interdisciplinary Leadership, 3:1, 2-19.
• Winn, B., (2014). Reconsidering Virtue: Differences of Perspective in Virtue Ethics and the Positive Social Sciences. Journal of Business Ethics, 119:4, 445-460.
• Spencer, M.H, Winn, B., (2005). Evaluating the Success of Strategic Change Against Kotter's Eight Steps. . Planning for Higher Education, 33:2, 15-22.
• Hoyt, J.E, Winn, B., (2004). Understanding Our College Student Bodies: Retention Among Drop-outs, Stop-outs, Opt-outs, and Transfer-outs. NASPA, 41:3, 395-417.
• Winn, B., Cameron, K.S, (1998). Organizational Quality: An Examination of the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Framework. Research in Higher Education, 39:5, 491-512.

Professional Journal

• Winn, B., (2025). A Culture of Vulnerability: 4 Levels of Psychological Safety That Can Spark Innovation. People + Strategy, 48:3 *
• Winn, B., (2025). Fast Work vs Slow Work: How Leaders Leverage AI to Unlock Human Potentia. People + Strategy, 48:2 *
• Winn, B., (2025). The Innovator’s Advantage: A Strategic Pathway to Leadership Success. People + Strategy, 48:1 *
• Winn, B., (2025). We Need Deep Theories of Virtues: Four Principles for Advancing Research on Virtues in Positive Social Science. International Journal of Applied Positive Psychology, 10 *
• Winn, B., (2024). How CHROs can be the drivers of ethical AI adoption and empowerment. People + Strategy, 47:4 *
• Winn, B., (2024). Artificial L&D: How AI will rewire employees’ critical thinking skills—for better or worse. People + Strategy, 47:3 *
• Winn, B., (2024). Embracing the GenAI revolution: A strategic blueprint for HR leaders. People + Strategy, 47:2 *
• Winn, B., (2024). Meet the New Boss: Should you add an AI-powered program to the leadership team?. People + Strategy, 47:1 *
• Winn, B., (2023). (Linking Theory + Practice: Leadership Transitions) Transition strategies to overcome the high cost of new-leader failure.. People + Strategy, 46:4 *
• Winn, B., (2023). Leadership for a Post-Pandemic World: Versatility and the Special Case of Empathy. People + Strategy, 46:3 *
• Winn, B., (2023). (Linking Theory + Practice: Smart Collaboration) The illusion of inclusion. People + Strategy, 46:2 *
• Winn, B., (2023). Corporate leaders: The new trusted drivers of social change?. People + Strategy, 46:1 *
• Winn, B., (2022). The Leadership Paradox: Problem-Solver vs Purpose-Builder. People + Strategy, 45:4 *
• Winn, B., (2022). Leading Resilient Organizations: From New Normal to Never Normal.. People + Strategy, 45:3 *
• Keller, J., Gardner, T., Winn, B., (2022). They’ve Got Leaving on Their Minds: Leading for Keeps Amid the Big Quit. People + Strategy, 45:2, 50-54. *
• Winn, B., (2022). (Linking Theory + Practice: CEO Selection) Selecting a new leader: Data nuggets vs. data noise. People + Strategy, 45:1 *
• Winn, B., (2021). (Linking Theory + Practice: Succession) Board signaling and preparedness for CEO succession.. People + Strategy, 44:4 *
• Winn, B., (2021). Worker voice & Choice: The democratization and uberfication of work. . People + Strategy, 44:3 *
• Winn, B., (2021). The Chief of Leadership Development: Preparing Today’s Leaders for Tomorrow’s Challenges. People + Strategy, 44:2, 52-56. *
• Winn, B., (2021). Leading Through Crisis: When Downsizing Results in a Standing Ovation. People + Strategy, 44:1, 54-58. *
• Winn, B., (2020). Org physics: Value-creation and the three leadership structures. People + Strategy, 43:3 *
• Winn, B., (2020). Designing organizations in turbulent times. People + Strategy, 43:3, 50-55. *
• Winn, B., (2020). How Leaders Measure Culture to Predict M&A Success. People + Strategy, 43:2 *
• Winn, B., (2020). Women in leadership and the stewardship of power. People + Strategy, 43:1, 56-59. *
• Winn, B., (2019). Leading in the gig economy: Engaging or ignoring our contingent workers. People + Strategy, 42:4 *
• Winn, B., (2019). Developing NextGen leaders: Voicing values and getting results.. People + Strategy, 43:3, 56-59. *
• Winn, B., (2019). Driving stability and disruption: How stablerupting leaders unleash innovation. . People + Strategy, 42:2, 50-52. *
• Winn, B., (2019). EBM: What it is and why leaders struggle using it. . People + Strategy, 42:1, 52-56. *
• Winn, B., (2018). Leadership & Deep Change: The Business Case for Organizational Virtuousness. . People + Strategy, 41:4, 68-71. *
• Winn, B., (2018). Leadership and the Creative Act of Imagining Novel Strategy. People + Strategy, 41:3, 50-52. *
• Winn, B., (2018). Challenges for Top Management Teams: Fractures, Retention, and Strategy Execution. People + Strategy, 41:2, 66. *
• Winn, B., (2018). When the CEO Exits: A HiPo Strategy for Leadership Succession. People + Strategy, 41:1, 50. *
• Winn, B., (2017). When leaders fail to implement strategy: Insights from marketing research. People + Strategy, 40:4, 52. *
• Winn, B., (2017). Leadership and the Internet of People. People + Strategy, 40:3 *
• Winn, B., (2017). Change Champs and Change Chumps: A Story of Leaders, Burning Ambitions and Alignment. People + Strategy, 40:2, 58-63. *
• Winn, B., (2017). When Great Leaders Leave, Do Our Best Employees Stay?. People + Strategy, 40:1, 50. *
• Winn, B., (2016). To Sit at the Table, You have to Know the Language: Important Financial Metrics for HR Directors.. Strategic HR Review, 15:3
• Winn, B., (2016). Your Body At Work: Physiology, Neuroscience, and Leadership. People + Strategy, 39:2, 58. *
• Winn, B., (2016). Risky Leadership Networks: When Leaders Leak Strategic Knowledge. People + Strategy, 39:1, 56. *
• Winn, B., (2015). B-Schools and emerging HR leaders: A match made in heaven?. People + Strategy, 38:4, 20. *
• Winn, B., (2015). Rethinking Governance: A New Agenda for Organizational Leadership. People + Strategy, 38:2 *
• Winn, B., (2015). Do sweat the small stuff: How leaders can positively affect human wellbeing in a big way. . People + Strategy, 38:1, 14. *
• Winn, B., (2014). Expanding globally: Where in the world should we go next?. People + Strategy, 37:3, 14. *
• Winn, B., (2014). Leadership and Neuroscience: Managing the Brain and Human Behavior. People + Strategy, 37:2, 14. *
• Winn, B., (2014). Forcing change: When coercive strategies trump participative efforts in creating long-lasting cultural changes. . People + Strategy, 37:1, 9. *
• Winn, B., (2013). Powerful leaders and punishment in the workplace: Does might make right?. People + Strategy, 36:4, 9-11. *
• Winn, B., (2013). Learning to lead with cultural intelligence: When do global leaders learn best?. People + Strategy, 36:3, 10. *
• Winn, B., (2013). Leading big change and employer rebranding: "Is this still a great place to work?". People + Strategy, 36:2, 20. *
• Winn, B., (2012). Sustaining Purpose for Impact. People + Strategy, 35:4, 3. *
• Winn, B., (2012). Thought Leaders (Ideological Capital): An Interview with Kim Cameron. People + Strategy, 35:4, 12-14. *
• Winn, B., Buttars, E., Holland, D., Albrecht, C., (2012). Developing Organizational Trust as a Foundation for Success. Corporate Finance Review, 16:5, 5-9.

Books

• Winn, B., (2023). Negotiation: Creating Agreements in Business and Life. Sage Publishing *
• Winn, B., Crane, B., Hammond, S., (2018). Fundamentals of Business Leadership: Knowing, Doing, Becoming. MyEducator *

Book Chapters

• Winn, B., (2013). Common and Customized Competencies: Similarities and Differences Around the Worl: Global HR Competencies: Mastering Competitive Value from the Outside In. McGraw-Hill *
• Glen, L.M, Johnson, D.W, Winn, B., (2004). Strategic Management Case Study: Strategic Management. Prentice-Hall
• Winn, B., (1996). Quality Leadership: An Empirical Test of the Baldrige Framework: High Performing Colleges. The Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award as a Framework for Improving Higher Education. Volume II: Case and Practice.. Prescott Publishing Co. *

An asterisk (*) at the end of a publication indicates that it has not been peer-reviewed.