Passion & purpose : stories from the best and brightest young business leaders /

Coleman, John, 1981-

Passion & purpose : stories from the best and brightest young business leaders / Passion and purpose John Coleman, Daniel Gulati, W. Oliver Segovia. - Boston, Mass. : Harvard Business Review Press, (c)2012. - 1 online resource (xiv, 296 pages) : illustrations.

Includes bibliographies and index.

Floating above the boxes : business, nonprofit, and the age of falling boundaries / Learning from Kibera : nonprofit lessons for business from East Africa's largest slum / Commerce and Culture : combining business and the arts / Iraq, Afghanistan, and the business of peace / Business in the world : how corporations can be change agents / Interview with David Gergen, adviser to four presidents, Director of Harvard's Center for Public Leadership, and senior political analyst for CNN -- Bridging two worlds : an India story / Qatar debate : education, civic engagement, and leadership in the Arabian Gulf / Emerging social enterprise : learning the business of agriculture in Tanzania / Global citizen year : learning from the world / The business of reconciliation : how cows and co-ops are paving the way for genuine reconciliation in Rwanda / Interview with Dominic Barton, Global Managing Director of McKinsey and Company -- Nonconforming culture : how to feel comfortable in who you are no matter where you are / Diversity Day : whole people, whole organizations, and a whole new approach to diversity / Women and the workplace / Joyful on the job : a generation pursuing happiness at work / People leadership from Baghdad to Boston / Interview with Deb Henretta, CEO, P&G Asia -- A sustainable career / From safety nets to trampolines / The value of community partnerships in addressing climate change / Interview with Carter Roberts, CEO, World Wildlife Fund -- Building an online marketplace / Technology and social good : loans, relays and the power of community / Mobile millennials / Interview with Joe Kennedy, CEO and President of Pandora -- The leadership boot camp : training the next generation of corporate leaders / The MBA of hard knocks : why fast failure is the best thing for business education / The new corporate classrooms : training's tectonic technological shift / Tackling financial illiteracy / The education of a millennial leader / Interview with Rich Lyons, Dean, Haas Business School, University of California-Berkeley -- Moving forward : Capstone interview with HBS Dean, Nitin Nohria. Umaimah Mendhro -- Rye Barcott -- Christina Wallace -- Jake Cusack -- Kelli Wolf Moles -- Sanyogita Aggarwal -- Andrew Goodman -- Katie Laidlaw -- Abigail Falik -- Chris Maloney -- Kimberly Carter -- Josh Bronstein -- Tasneem Dohadwala -- Benjamin Schumacher -- Seth Moulton -- Annie Fishman -- Valerie Bockstette -- Charley Cummings -- James Reinhart -- Shelby Clark -- Jason Gurwin -- Kishan Madamala -- Patrick Chun -- Michael B. Horn -- Alexa Leigh Marie Von Tobel -- Jonathan Doochin --

Provides an overview of the big issues in the business world today, with firsthand accounts from young leaders tasked with tackling these issues head on. From questions about globalization and sustainability to issues surrounding diversity, learning, and the convergence of the public and private sectors, tomorrow's leaders have a lot to think about. But these big issues aren't the only ones facing young leaders starting out in business today. What else are they focused on? And how do they prioritize the challenges and opportunities before them--while also making the world a better place? In Passion and Purpose, recent Harvard Business School MBAs share personal stories about assuming the mantle of leadership in ways unlike any previous generation. IN candid, often moving accounts of their successes and setbacks--from launching start-ups or taking on the family business to helping kids in the Arabian Gulf or harnessing new technology to develop clean energy--they reveal how their generation's ideas, aspirations, and practices are radically reshaping business and transforming leadership. Drawing on insights from a survey of five hundred students from top U.S. business schools, Passion and Purpose provides an overview of today's big hot-button issues, followed by firsthand accounts from the young leaders who are tackling these issues head-on. Their personal stories are rounded out with broader perspectives from established luminaries in business, academia, and the public sector, including Dominic Barton (Global Managing Director of McKinsey and Company), Deb Henretta (Group President of Proctor and Gamble Asia), Nitin Nohria (Dean of Harvard Business School), David Gergen (Director of the Center for Public Leadership at the Harvard Kennedy School, senior political analyst for CNN, and former presidential adviser), Carter Roberts (President and CEO of World Wildlife Fund), Joe Kennedy (CEO and President of Pandora), and RIch Lyons (Dean of Haas Business School, University of California-Berkley).



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Leadership.
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Success in business.
Organizational effectiveness.


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