What You're Really Meant to Do - Kaplan, Robert S

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Résumé :
Provides a much needed roadmap for redefining success and reaching potential, helping readers to take control of their careers, understand themselves on a deeper level, and build capabilities in ways that fit their passions and aspirations.

Biographie:
Robert Steven Kaplan is Senior Associate Dean and the Martin Marshall Professor of Management Practice in Business Administration at Harvard Business School. He is also co-chairman of the Draper Richards Kaplan Foundation, a global venture philanthropy firm, as well as chairman and a founding partner of Indaba Capital Management. Before joining Harvard in 2005, Kaplan was vice chairman of the Goldman Sachs Group.

As seen on Fox Business, CNBC, Lou Dobbs, and MSNBC's Morning Joe. compelling and personal and contains individual exercises that provide interesting insights readers likely haven't considered before--whether how to manage your career or a complete career change. If you have ever asked yourself, in any work situation, at any stage of your career, Why doesn't someone just tell me what to do? this book is a worthwhile trip for you. -- CIO Digest ADVANCE PRAISE for What You're Really Meant to Do Rosabeth Moss Kanter, professor, Harvard Business School; author, Confidence and SuperCorp-- What You're Really Meant to Do is a wise, deeply personal, and always practical book by a leader of leaders. It is essential reading for all those who want to define success their own way. Paul Farmer, MD, PhD, professor, Harvard Medical School; co-founder, Partners In Health--As I have seen him do in classrooms in Haiti and at Harvard, Rob Kaplan provides a powerful and pragmatic prescription in What You're Really Meant to Do. Building on his widely praised work on leadership and efficacy, Kaplan offers compelling narratives of those he has coached and counseled--from executives to entrepreneurs to recent graduates--as a guide for anyone pursuing a purposeful professional life. Henry M. Paulson, Jr., seventy-fourth secretary of the US Department of the Treasury; Chairman and CEO, Goldman Sachs (1999-2006)--Rob Kaplan has spent years mentoring and coaching executives and young professionals, and there is no one any better. This book is a superb guide for helping people understand themselves and reach their unique potential. Bill George, professor, Harvard Business School; author, Authentic Leadership and True North--Rob Kaplan's brilliant new book inspires you to reach your full potential by taking responsibility for your development as a leader and as a human being. If you follow his thoughtful, pragm