Rules of Thumb: 52 Principles for Winning at Business Without Losing Your Self

  • Alan Webber | Alan Webber

In a long and varied career in the political, corporate and entrepreneurial fields, Webber accumulated “lessons learned” and addresses them here:

  • How can I find work that inspires me?
  • How can I manage my boss?
  • How can I take an idea and make it into an entrepreneurial venture?
  • How can I turn a problem into an opportunity?
  • What kind of leader should I be?
  • How to hire, fire and mentor?

In always timely and sometimes counterintuitive advice, Webber wants to begin a dialogue about how we can share advice and “lessons learned” for more fulfilling and productive work lives.

Speaker Details

Alan Webber currently writes a regular column for USA Today and was the co-founder and former editor of Fast Company magazine. Before founding Fast Company, Alan was the managing editor of the Harvard Business Review and has written numerous articles for national publications including the New York Times, the Washington Post and the Los Angeles Times. Webber is also a former fellow of the U.S/Japan Leadership Program and worked in the public sector as a special assistant to the U.S. Secretary of Transportation.The full schedule of upcoming talks in the Microsoft Research Visiting Speaker Series is available here: http://sharepoint/sites/visitingspeaker/default.aspx

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