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How we lead matters : reflections on a life of leadership / Marilyn Carlson Nelson ; with Deborah Cundy.

Nelson, Marilyn Carlson. (Author). Cundy, Deborah. (Added Author).

Summary:

MANAGEMENT & MANAGEMENT TECHNIQUES. As a daughter, wife, mother, and grandmother, Marilyn has always put people first. When her grandson asked a simple question about her life, she decided to write it all down-her fondest memories and deepest insights-in "How We Lead Matters: Reflections on a Life of Leadership," This thoughtful book offers a surprisingly personal glimpse into a multi-faceted woman who happens to be one of the most successful CEOs in the world. She shares the difficulty of making choices and sacrifices to run her family's business, and the heartbreak of losing a child. Her insights are sprinkled with the timeless words of Mahatma Gandhi, Anne Frank, Oscar Wilde, Albert Einstein, Mark Twain, and others, as she talks about what it's like to be a woman in today's business world, while reflecting on an engaging array of subjects-from equal rights to corporate wrongs to motherhood. Most compelling of all, she reveals how a meaningful legacy is built one day at a time.

Record details

ISBN: 9780071600170
ISBN: 0071600175
Physical Description: xvi, 125 pages ; 21 cm
Publisher: New York : McGraw-Hill, [2008]
Copyright: ©2008

Content descriptions

Formatted Contents Note:

Star gazing -- The Sunday school lesson -- As a matter of fact -- Payback -- Wanting it all -- The signature -- The times they are a-changin' -- Laughter as legacy -- Imagine -- When I grow up -- Flying solo -- Security alarm -- I confess -- Gerbils for sale -- Power of one -- Packing light -- The dance -- It's time -- Open for business -- A super sale -- Going for gold -- Thanksgiving dinner -- Coming together -- The credo -- Love, honor, &? -- Pretending for real -- Reporting for duty -- A beer, a brat, & the KGB -- Lika & Tutu -- The long view -- Passing the test -- Car trouble -- Temptation -- Dear shareholders -- The pause -- Favorable odds -- Top prize -- Worth the risk -- A Christmas uprising -- Secret ingredient -- Something to prove -- Master carver -- Special delivery -- Doing my part -- Looking up -- One of a kind -- On the same day -- Taking a tumble -- Humility -- The temples -- In your dreams -- Waiting room blues -- In the afterlife -- Heavenly -- Tipping point -- Th prediction -- So honored -- Mom's favorite -- Gratitude -- Coming out of my shell -- Postscript.