Life Entrepreneurs : Ordinary People Creating Extraordinary Lives Hardback
by Christopher Gergen, Gregg Vanourek
Part of the J-B Warren Bennis Series series
Hardback
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"An inspirational and practical guide for anyone who wants to incorporate the dynamic skills of entrepreneurs into their own lives and work. A new generation of "life entrepreneurs" is emerging: people who apply their vision, talents, creativity, and energy not only to their work but to their entire lives, changing the world for themselves and those around them.
In this book, successful entrepreneurs Christopher Gergen and Gregg Vanourek draw on numerous interviews with fifty-five leading entrepreneurs worldwide as well as the wisdom of multiple thought leaders to provide vivid examples, moving vignettes, concrete frameworks, and practical strategies for revving up our work and play through entrepreneurial leadership.
This book starts by providing strategies for integrating life, work, and purpose and ends by capturing the implications of the current entrepreneurial boom for our workplaces, learning institutions, communities, and families. Christopher Gergen (Washington, D.C.) is a founding partner of New Mountain Ventures, co-founder and chairman of SMARTHINKING, Adjunct Professor and Director of the Entrepreneurial Leadership Initiative at Duke University, and a life-long entrepreneur, Gregg Vanourek (Thornton, CO) is a founding partner of New Mountain Ventures, former CEO of Vanourek Consulting Solutions, and former Senior Vice President of School Development for K12 Inc."
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- Publisher:John Wiley & Sons Inc
- Publication Date:28/03/2008
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- ISBN:9780787988623
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Available to Order - This title is available to order, with delivery expected within 2 weeks
- Format:Hardback
- Pages:256 pages, Charts: 10 B&W, 0 Color; Photos: 1 B&W, 0 Color; Tables: 0 B&W, 0 Color; Exhibits: 0 B&W,
- Publisher:John Wiley & Sons Inc
- Publication Date:28/03/2008
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- ISBN:9780787988623
