Moore Impact: The Darla Moore School of Business Podcast

Season 2 Episode 35 Center for Sales Success Creating Student SuccessHostKasie Whitener, Clinical Assistant ProfessorGuest:Chris Pardi, Assistant Director, Center for Sales SuccessLecturerChristopher Pardi is a marketing alumnus of the Darla Moore School of Business. After 28 years of experience in marketing and sales, he returned to the Moore School as a lecturer and Assistant Director for the Center for Sales Success. During his career with Fisher-Price and Mattel, Pardi led both global brand marketing and national sales teams. He spent 22 years in marketing, driving growth for iconic brands such as Power Wheels and Imaginext, where he developed global strategies, managed multimillion-dollar budgets, and delivered record-breaking results. He later transitioned into sales, managing major national accounts and ultimately leading the Fisher-Price sales team responsible for Walmart. Pardi also holds an MBA from The Ohio State University Fisher College of Business.This is Chris Pardi’s first appearance on the Moore Impact Podcast. Topics include:Chris Pardi’s goal to come back to Darla Moore to teachSales Concentration’s 4 classesMore active learning activities in the classroomUsing headlines/ current events in the classroomTeaching students how to sell themselvesHighlighting hidden talents and accomplishmentsPositioning solutions to fit objectionsStudent participation in sales competitionsSymbiotic relationship between sales classes and corporate partnersTo learn more about the Center for Sales Success, click here.To learn more about Darla Moore School of Business, click here.Photo Courtesy: Center for Sales Success. Moore Impact is a product of the Darla Moore School of Business at the University of South Carolina. For episodes, notes, and links visit sc.edu/moore

Season 2 Episode 32Unpacking Darla Moore’s Visit to the Moore SchoolHostKasie Whitener, Clinical Assistant ProfessorGuest:Keven Cohen, Radio Talk Host and Owner at 100.7 Make The Point RadioThis week's episode features Kasie’s weekday morning radio cohost Kevin Cohen at Make the Point Radio recapping September 15th’s special visit to the Moore School from namesake, Ms. Darla Moore. Kasie is joined by her weekday morning cohost, Kevin Cohen, from Make the Point Radio, to recap a special September 15th visit to the Darla Moore School of Business by none other than its namesake, Darla Moore.During her visit on Monday, September 15, 2025, Ms. Moore participated in a fireside chat with students, faculty, and Ph.D. candidates, where she highlighted the transformative role of artificial intelligence and the importance of process-based learning in shaping the next generation of business leaders.Topics include:Need to be ready for AI driven worldGetting local business community involved with Moore SchoolImprovements to business efficiencyChoices about your business your own What does Darla Moore expect out of her business school? Reputation, relevance and financial factors of a successful business school Philanthropy for the sake of investment How do we learn to properly prompt AI? How do we keep classroom settings relevant? Consumption culture in preventing engagement Trifecta in foundation of a successful life To learn more about Darla Moore, click here.To learn more about the Darla Moore School of Business, click here.Visit MakethePointRadio.comPhoto Courtesy: LinkedIn Moore Impact is a product of the Darla Moore School of Business at the University of South Carolina. For episodes, notes, and links visit sc.edu/moore

Season 2 Episode 31 Translating Military Research into Corporate ImpactHostKasie Whitener, Clinical Assistant ProfessorGuest:Paul Bilese, Professor of Managementand Department ChairDr. Paul D. Bliese is the Jeff B. Bates Professor of Management and Chair of the Management Department at the Darla Moore School of Business. A former U.S. Army Colonel and research psychologist, he spent 22 years at the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, where he directed studies on stress, leadership, and soldier well-being, including oversight of the Army’s Mental Health Advisory Team program in Iraq and Afghanistan. His academic work bridges military and corporate contexts, advancing organizational research, leadership development, and statistical methods, and he currently serves as the incoming Editor-in-Chief of Organizational Research Methods.This is Paul’s first appearance on the Moore Impact Podcast. Topics include:Data transparency and speedy application in military settingFeedback decision making in militaryShould academic research be operating faster? Using research data sets for instructional method Understanding engagement data as early warning sign for turnover Parallels between military research and corporate research when looking at group dynamics How much of an individual's morale is influenced by a group? Toxic individuals effect in workplaceEmerging leaders versus intentional leaders in corporate setting Developing undergraduate leadership skills Social aspect of work performance To learn more about Paul Bilese, click here.To learn more about the Darla Moore School of Business, click here.Photo Courtesy: Babbel Moore Impact is a product of the Darla Moore School of Business at the University of South Carolina. For episodes, notes, and links visit sc.edu/moore

Season 2 Episode 29The Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and Recent International Business Changes Associated with itHostDr. Kasie Whitener, Clinical Assistant Professor, ManagementGuestDr. Chris Yenkey, Associate Professor, International BusinessChris Yenkey is an associate professor in the Sonoco International Business Department at the Univ. of South Carolina Darla Moore School of Business and a core faculty member of the Rule of Law Collaborative at the Univ. of South Carolina School of Law. Prior to joining the Moore School in 2016, Prof. Yenkey was an assistant professor of organizations and markets at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business from 2011-2016, where he was the John E. Jueck Faculty Fellow from 2015-2016 and held courtesy appointments in the departments of Sociology and African Studies. Chris appeared on Moore Impact Season 2 Episode 6 when we talked about government interference in markets and corruption in African nations. In this episode, Dr. Yenkey revisits some of the corruption symptoms but we start with neoliberalism and how the policies of Reagan and Thatcher shaped the globalism that blossomed in the 1990s and early 2000s. Some topics include:Global trade fueled by neoliberalismThe Corrupt Foreign Practices ActThe Blanche memo and how the Justice Department will now address the Corrupt Foreign Practices ActChallenges for businesses given the administration’s new stanceExpectations in international marketsConsequences of international businesses changing their behaviorThe World Bank and the International Monetary FundChina’s approach to international lending and how it has changed the global lending landscape.Learn more about Dr. Chris Yenkey hereLearn more about the Darla Moore School herePhoto Credit: Corporate Compliance Insights Moore Impact is a product of the Darla Moore School of Business at the University of South Carolina. For episodes, notes, and links visit sc.edu/moore

When last we had him on Moore Impact, Jason DeBacker helped us understand the On Big Beautiful Bill’s positives and negatives. He also talked about the impact of protectionist policies on trade. In this episode, we ask him to explain the Federal Reserve and its role in economic policy.

New Executive Director of the Faber Entrepreneurship Center Dr. Geoffrey Graybeal joins Moore Impact to talk about how the Entrepreneurship Center and management curriculum is exporting education. It’s the third episode in a series on tariffs and trade policy.

The news is full of economic policy these days as the One Big Beautiful Bill was signed into law on July 4th and tariffs received another delay shortly thereafter. In this episode from June 17, 2025, Dr. Bill Hauk discusses trade deficits, tariffs, and who is really benefitting from the economic shuffleboard happening right now.

Universities have relationships with corporate partners that span multiple disciplines and schools. Coordinating those relationships takes transparency and leadership. In his new role as Associate Dean of Corporate Relations, Dr. Pat Wright is representing the Moore School in a campus-wide effort to get on the same page with our corporate partners. In this episode of Moore Impact, we discuss the role, the responsibilities, and the opportunities presented by moving the Moore School forward.