Remember who you are : life stories that inspire the heart and mind /
Remember who you are : life stories that inspire the heart and mind /
compiled] by Daisy Wademan ; in collaboration with professors of Harvard Business School.
- Boston : Harvard Business School Press, (c)2004.
- 1 online resource (xvi, 185 pages)
Includes bibliographies and index.
Gaining Perspective -- Fall Before Rising: Relax -- enjoy and celebrate your life / Stuffed Bird: Ignore the distractions, have confidence, and focus on the task at hand / Be Like Yourself: Draw a nuanced distinction between who you are and what you do / Matter of Black and White: Examine your own past, where your ideas come from / Managing Yourself -- Bad Meal, and the Truth: Stay grounded and accessible / Reunion: Reframe the way you think about risk / On the Fallacy of Perfection: Let a new image of yourself emerge / Katharine Hepburn and Me: Find a powerful leadership voice / Leading Others -- Sara's Story: Realize that no one is a number / In the Moment: Give the gift of high expectations / Why People Will Work for You: Sacrifice some measure of your own power / Mount Rushmore Question: Help people gain more positive perspectives on themselves / Building Values -- Race: Be tough, lucky, selfless, and fair / Oath: Begin to fix what has been broken / Remember Who You Are: Dream and hope and believe in yourself / Jai Jaikumar -- Jeffrey F. Rayport -- Richard S. Tedlow -- Thomas K. McCraw -- Stephen P. Kaufman -- David E. Bell -- Nancy F. Koehn -- Rosabeth Moss Kanter -- H. Kent Bowen -- Frances X. Frei -- Timothy Butler -- Thomas J. DeLong -- Henry B. Reiling -- Nitin Nohria -- Kim B. Clark.
This is a collection of lessons on balancing the personal and professional responsibilities of leadership. The author, a former investment banker and Harvard Business School alumna, was so affected by her distinguished professors' parting anecdotes and advice to graduating students that she wanted to share their informal speeches with a wider audience. Remember Who You Are imparts lessons learned not in business, but in life.
9781633690363
Success--Psychological aspects.
Character.
Success.
Leadership.
Achievement--Anecdotes.
Leadership--Anecdotes.
Character--Anecdotes.
Morals--Anecdotes.
Achievement
Leadership
Character
Morals
Electronic Books.
BF637 / .R464 2004
Includes bibliographies and index.
Gaining Perspective -- Fall Before Rising: Relax -- enjoy and celebrate your life / Stuffed Bird: Ignore the distractions, have confidence, and focus on the task at hand / Be Like Yourself: Draw a nuanced distinction between who you are and what you do / Matter of Black and White: Examine your own past, where your ideas come from / Managing Yourself -- Bad Meal, and the Truth: Stay grounded and accessible / Reunion: Reframe the way you think about risk / On the Fallacy of Perfection: Let a new image of yourself emerge / Katharine Hepburn and Me: Find a powerful leadership voice / Leading Others -- Sara's Story: Realize that no one is a number / In the Moment: Give the gift of high expectations / Why People Will Work for You: Sacrifice some measure of your own power / Mount Rushmore Question: Help people gain more positive perspectives on themselves / Building Values -- Race: Be tough, lucky, selfless, and fair / Oath: Begin to fix what has been broken / Remember Who You Are: Dream and hope and believe in yourself / Jai Jaikumar -- Jeffrey F. Rayport -- Richard S. Tedlow -- Thomas K. McCraw -- Stephen P. Kaufman -- David E. Bell -- Nancy F. Koehn -- Rosabeth Moss Kanter -- H. Kent Bowen -- Frances X. Frei -- Timothy Butler -- Thomas J. DeLong -- Henry B. Reiling -- Nitin Nohria -- Kim B. Clark.
This is a collection of lessons on balancing the personal and professional responsibilities of leadership. The author, a former investment banker and Harvard Business School alumna, was so affected by her distinguished professors' parting anecdotes and advice to graduating students that she wanted to share their informal speeches with a wider audience. Remember Who You Are imparts lessons learned not in business, but in life.
9781633690363
Success--Psychological aspects.
Character.
Success.
Leadership.
Achievement--Anecdotes.
Leadership--Anecdotes.
Character--Anecdotes.
Morals--Anecdotes.
Achievement
Leadership
Character
Morals
Electronic Books.
BF637 / .R464 2004