Professor Michael Roberto is a Professor of management at Bryant University in Smithfield, Rhode Island. He joined the faculty at Bryant after six years as a faculty member at Harvard Business School and also spent time as a Visiting Professor at New York University's Stern School of Business. His research, teaching, and consulting focuses on strategic decision-making processes and senior management teams and his recent book, Why Great Leaders Don't Take Yes For an Answer offers practical insights for managers based on this research.