May 2019
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288 pages
8h 29m
English
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The Power of Mandate: How Visionary Leaders Keep Their Organization Focused on What Matters Most
by Scott Stawski, Jimmy Brown
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CHAPTER 1
1. Alan Weber, “Consensus, Continuity, and Common Sense: An Interview with Compaq’s Rod Canion,” Harvard Business Review, July 1990.
2. Peter Drucker, Management (London: Collins, 2009).
3. Andrea Chang, “American Apparel’s In-House Guru Shows a Lighter Side,” Los Angeles Times, August 30, 2011.
4. William Cohen, The Stuff of Heroes: The Eight Universal Laws of Leadership (Atlanta: Longstreet Press, 2001).
5. Author interview with Mike Lawrie, May 21, 2018.
CHAPTER 2
1. Text of the Commencement address delivered by Steve Jobs, CEO of Apple Computer and of Pixar Animation Studios, on June 12, 2005, Stanford News ...
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