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When Marilyn Carlson Nelson got her first job as a securities analyst, her boss asked her to sign her name “M.C. Nelson” to disguise her gender. Women have come a long way since then. Nelson talks Oct. 30, 2008, about her personal journey and her philosophy as chairman and former CEO of Carlson Companies.
Full length: How we lead matters (28:24)
Condensed: Fighting gender barriers (2:30)
Consultant Eric Pillmore, who helped engineer Tyco’s turnaround as the company’s senior vice president of corporate governance, shares lessons learned from the Wall Street scanals of 2002. Pillmore spoke Oct. 28, 2008, at Thunderbird School of Global Management.
Full length: Lessons from Tyco for today’s financial crisis (16:25)
Condensed: Are you willing to lose your job? (4:40)
Bob Cremin, chairman, president and CEO of defense contractor Esterline Technologies, talks Sept. 25, 2008, at Thunderbird School of Global Management about streamlining operations, boosting stock values, empowering employees and “doing the right thing.”
Full length: Accelerating growth in a high-tech company (29:37)
Condensed: Empowering employees (4:57)
Some business leaders excel when their companies send them overseas to do business in foreign environments. Others flop. Thunderbird Professor Mansour Javidan, Ph.D., decided to find out why. The result was the Global Mindset Inventory, a scientific instrument that measures a person’s capacity to influence people from different cultural backgrounds.
Audio: What makes a global leader special? (2:17)
Thunderbird commencement speaker Steve Forbes outlines five keys for stimulating innovation and economic growth. These include: 1. Applying the rule of law, 2. Stabilizing money, 3. Lowering taxes, 4. Removing barriers that hinder enterprise, and 5. Developing a hobby. Forbes delivers the keynote address May 2 in Glendale, Ariz.
Audio: Steve Forbes gives advice to graduates (18:54)
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