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Prof. Dava Newman

Introduction

  

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Thompson Island Ropes Course: Thompson Island, Boston Harbor

Augustine, Norman. "Twelve Qualities of a Leader." Based on a presentation at "The Colloquium on Leadership, Creativity, and Values" sponsored by The Center for Strategic and International Studies, Washington, DC, April 29, 1999.

Amazon logo Bennis, Warren, and Burt Nanus. "Mistaking Charge." In Leaders: Strategies for Taking Charge. New York, NY: Harper Business, 2003, pp. 1-12. ISBN: 0060559543.

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Mr. Partha Ghosh

Amazon logo Axelrod, Alan. "Queen of the Bottom Line: Doing Business Without Excuses." Chapter 9 in Elizabeth I, CEO: Strategic Lessons from the Leader who Built an Empire. Paramus, NJ: Prentice Hall Press, 2000. ISBN: 0735201897.

Koepp, Stephen. "To Our Readers: Probing the Mysteries of Mr. Lincoln"; Joshua Wolf Shenk, "The True Lincoln"; Walter Kirn, "The Saga of Mary Todd"; Doris Kearns Goodwin, "The Master of the Game"; John Stauffer, "Across the Great Divide"; Douglas L. Wilson, "They Said He Was A Lousy Speaker"; John Cloud, "It's Not Abe. Honest"; Barack Obama, "What I See in Lincoln's Eyes." Time, July 4, 2005, 6 and 39-74.

Amazon logo Drucker, Peter F. "The Discipline of Innovation." Chapter 7 in Leader to Leader: Enduring Insights on Leadership from the Drucker Foundation's Award Winning Journal. Edited by Frances Hesselbein and Paul M. Cohen. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass, 1999. ISBN: 0787947261.

Ghosh, Partha. "Committing to Re-Build Trust as a 'True Servant' of a Fractured Civilization: Towards a More Enlightened Leadership." (PDF) (Courtesy of Partha Ghosh. Used with permission.)

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Pres. Larry Bacow

  

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Prof. Dava Newman

Zaleznik, Abraham. "Managers and Leaders: Are They Different?" Harvard Business Review (January 2004).

Eagar, Thomas. "Leadership, Management, and Education at MIT." MIT Faculty Newsletter XVI, no. 5 (April / May 2004).

Amazon logo Bennis, and Nanus. "Leading Others, Managing Yourself." In Leaders: Strategies for Taking Charge. New York, NY: Harper Business, 2003, pp. 18-78. ISBN: 0060559543.

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Prof. Dava Newman

Mr. Partha Ghosh

Amazon logo Bennis, and Nanus. "Taking Charge: Leadership and Empowerrment." In Leaders: Strategies for Taking Charge. New York, NY: Harper Business, 2003, pp. 200-218. ISBN: 0060559543.

Meachem, John. "Rethinking Washington: A Powerful Book Brings America's Most Remote Founder Back to Vivid Life," and David McCullough. "1776: Washington's War." Newsweek, May 23, 2005, 38-46.

Elgin, Ben. "Carly's Challenge." BusinessWeek, December 13, 2004, 98-108.

Ewers, Justin. "The Real Lincoln." U.S. News and World Report, February 21, 2005, 68-73.

Evans, Harold. "The Spark of Genius." U.S. News and World Report, October 11, 2004, 44-54.

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Chancellor Phillip Clay

  

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Prof. Dava Newman

Elevator Speeches in Class

 

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