persuasion and influence - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Dec 1998
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A Journey to Leadership: Luke O'Neill

life. As long as we can establish a track record of kids impressing employers in internships and going on to college, the money will be there." The bedrock of Shackleton's educational philosophy is leadership, View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg

01 Jan 2003
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James E. Burke, MBA 1949

Johnson II in the 1940s, the credo proclaimed that J&J's "first responsibility" was to its customers and then to employees, management, communities, and stockholders-in that order. By the mid-1970s, however,... View Details

01 Dec 2017
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Yoga Inc.

amenities. (Bloomberg/Getty Images) “Yoga is at the core of our identity and culture,” Yeung continues. “It has kept us grounded in who we are as a company. It influences our brand strategy, the product... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Halber

01 Oct 2002
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Sam Hayes

could do one thing, I would eliminate quarterly reports. While I think the best market is a well-informed market, I believe we've created a short-term numbers game that plays to the darker side of managerial action, and is a negative... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons

10 Aug 2017
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Skydeck Live: The Happiness Equation

that's the interesting part. It is those intentional activities. What can we do to influence our actions and thoughts every single day when we get out of bed to flip our brain into a positive mindset? View Details

12 Dec 2018
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Lesson Plan

school board and other local institutions is the product of decades of nepotism and poor practices, she says—it can’t be pinned on a few bad actors. Any criminal activity will continue to be investigated... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; photographed by Chris Sorensen

05 Apr 2018
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A Philanthropic Eye Reframes African American Abstract Art

many of the artists that Joyner and her husband, private equity investor Alfred Giuffrida, collect are enjoying increased visibility. Major museums in the United States (and beyond) are reevaluating the artists’ careers View Details

Keywords: Jill Radsken

12 Nov 2019
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Seismic Shift

transformation officer at the Carlyle Group, began work to put all those influencers together in what they called Culture Shifting Weekends, held annually in Silicon Valley and New York City. The idea was to... View Details

Keywords: Maureen Harmon

01 Dec 1997
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"Economists are puzzle solvers..."

father [Robert K. Merton, a National Medal of Science winner whose work in theoretical sociology at Columbia University has spanned fifty years] has been a strong influence in your life and your career. What... View Details

01 Jan 2003
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Greylock

1985." With six partners now based in San Mateo, Greylock maintains its strong influence west of the Mississippi. More recently, the firm has also helped young companies in Israel and Europe move their sales... View Details

13 Mar 2018
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Leadership Lessons from the “Lone Survivor” Mission

to have any influence at all in the events, then that's where the leader needs to be. And selecting that place, knowing where that place is, is really a critical skill that a leader needs to develop. View Details

01 Dec 2016
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Alumni Books of 2016

powerful, secretive corporation founded in 1975 that revolutionized the entertainment industry and, over the next several decades, spread its influence aggressively throughout the worlds of movies, television, music, advertising, View Details

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