Globalization. Sustainability. Technology. Diversity. Learning.
Convergence of the public and private sectors. These are the big issues
on the minds of young leaders today--the challenges they most want to,
and must, pursue.
In Passion and Purpose, dozens of recent Harvard Business School MBAs
share personal stories on assuming the mantle of leadership in ways
unlike any previous generation. In candid accounts of their successes
and setbacks--from launching start-ups to taking on the family business
to helping kids in the Arabian Gulf to harnessing new technology and
developing clean energy--they reveal how the next generation of ideas,
aspirations, and practices are shaping business and redefining
leadership around the world.
Drawing on insights from a survey of 500 students from top U.S. business
schools, Passion and Purpose provides an overview of big, hot-button
issues, followed by firsthand accounts from young leaders who are
tackling these issues head-on. Their personal stories are rounded out
with broader perspectives from established luminaries in business,
academia, and the public sector, including Dominic Barton (Managing
Director of McKinsey & Company), Nitin Nohria (dean of Harvard Business
School), David Gergen (CNN analyst, presidential advisor and director of
Harvard's Center for Public Leadership), Carter Roberts (CEO of World
Wildlife Fund), and many others.
Passion and Purpose offers profound insight into the values and vision
of tomorrow's leaders, and inspiration and ideas for all aspiring
leaders who hope to lead change in the world.
