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10 DEVELOPING MANAGERS I The IMPM Program

Do not go where the path may lead; go instead where there is no path and leave a trail. —RALPH WALDO EMERSON

What should Vlade?na do? She has a good education—a bachelors degree in philosophy from a reputable Czech university and a masters in international affairs from a well-known American one. She has excellent experience, having worked for an international consulting firm and then an Internet startup before becoming a manager with a Czech telecom company. There she practices management using her experience and her wits. That is all she has, beside the mentoring of an experienced colleague. Vlade?na is smart and personable. She wants to go to business school.

What will it do to her? Increase ...

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