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"A timeless classic . . . This is a book of head and heart, of wisdom and emotion . . . Tuesdays with Morrie meets What Color is Your Parachute?" -Mindy Grossman, CEO of HSNi With forty years at Harvard Business School, Howard Stevenson is renowned as an entrepreneur and business strategist, author, philanthropist, and professor. He has mentored more than ten thousand business founders, CEOs, professionals, and top business school faculty around the world. Written by his student and successful entrepreneur Eric Sinoway, Howard's Gift offers Stevenson's timeless lessons on life and career. Full of personal and professional insight, this guide presents savvy practical strategies that can be applied to professional decisions on any scale. Through warm and engaging conversations with Sinoway, Stevenson focuses not just on business success, but on deep personal satisfaction through self-defined benchmarks for development and accomplishment. Stevenson's lessons include: - Create a vision of your own legacy through a process called "business planning for life. - "Be entrepreneurial in driving your career ahead (even if you're not an entrepreneur). - Exploit the inflection points in your life-whether "friend," "foe," or "silent." - Cut risk in tough career and life decisions by shining the "light of predictability" on them. - Plan for the ripples, not just the splash from your actions and choices.

About the Author :
Eric Sinoway is the CEO of Pravi, a learning & development and strategic partnership company, and the author of Howard's Gift: Uncommon Wisdom to Inspire Your Life's Work. He is a highly accomplished executive, entrepreneur, advisor, and speaker whose career has entailed leadership positions with some of the world's most valuable brands, respected organizations, and influential people. Howard's Gift was inspired by Sinoway's relationship with "the father of entrepreneurship," iconic Harvard Business School professor Howard H. Stevenson. The book has been praised by readers worldwide and described as an invaluable resource by leaders at companies, NGOs, and universities including American Express, University of Houston, Major League Baseball, Teach for America, and State Farm Insurance. Howard's Gift has been translated into five languages and is sold worldwide. Sinoway's thought leadership has been featured by CNN, the New York Times and Harvard Business Review among many others. He lives in New Jersey with his wife, Jennifer, and two teenage children.

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"Filled with common-sense insights--on business and life--for future generations." --USA Today "Thought-provoking...engaging...Think of it as Tuesdays with Morrie for MBAs." --Fortune "The conversational tone is so casual that only after readers put the book down will they realize they just received a bucketload of valuable information and advice." --Publishers Weekly Review "This work offers wonderful wisdom for navigating the inflection points in our lives." --Mehmet Oz, MD Professor and Vice Chair, Surgery, New York Presbyterian/ Columbia University "This book is truly a gift for all those seeking fulfilling careers." --Wendy Kopp, Founder & CEO, Teach For America "Beautifully written. Compelling. The books should be read - and re-read - by women and men of all ages!" --Henry Rosovsky, Former Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Harvard University "This is a book of head and heart, of wisdom and emotion. It is Tuesday's with Morrie meets What Color is Your Parachute? Howard's Gift is a timeless classic." --Mindy Grossman, Chief Executive Officer, HSN, Inc. "Howard will go down in business history as the primary promoter of entrepreneurship. He is both wise and smart." --Arthur Rock, Venture Capitalist, Arthur Rock & Company "From a student interested in philosophy to the one pursuing pre-med, from the future attorney to the aspiring executive, Howard's Gift is a priceless guide for the incoming freshman charting his or her homework - of the graduating student contemplating professional options. Every freshman should buy it; every graduating student should read it." --Don Bishop, Chief Administrator for Undergraduate Admissions and Financial Aid Scholarships at the University of Notre Dame "Just as thousands of Harvard Business School students and countless others from around the world have benefitted from Howard Stevenson's wisdom, insight, and example, so will the readers of this very remarkable book." --John McArthur, Dean Emeritus & George F. Baker Professor of Business Administration, Harvard Business School


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9781250005106
  • Publisher: St Martin's Press
  • Publisher Imprint: St Martin's Press
  • Height: 213 mm
  • No of Pages: 288
  • Returnable: N
  • Spine Width: 20 mm
  • Width: 137 mm
  • ISBN-10: 1250005108
  • Publisher Date: 17 Dec 2013
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • Returnable: N
  • Weight: 421 gr


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