Active Listening for Active Leading
![Dr. Karen Markel](https://www.thestriveproject.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/DEAN-KAREN-MARKEL-JRE-0044-BW.png)
I am the newly appointed Dean for the College of Business and Public Policy (CBPP) at the University of Alaska Anchorage (UAA), and this past year has been one of personal firsts: It was my first appointment as a university Dean, and the first time moving my family to live in Alaska.