How Will You Measure Your Life? - Brossura

Clayton M. Christensen

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ISBN 10: 0062206192 ISBN 13: 9780062206190

Casa editrice: HarperBusiness, 2012

Riassunto

How do you lead a fulfilling life? That profound question animates this unconventional book of inspiration and insight from the world's leading strategist and bestselling author Clayton Christensen.

In 2010, the world-renowned innovation expert and bestselling author Clayton M. Christensen delivered a short but powerful speech to the Harvard Business School graduating class. He presented a set of personal guidelines that have helped him find meaning and happiness in his life - a challenge even the brightest and most motivated of students find daunting. The speech was particularly memorable, not only because it veered into intimate terrain usually reserved for therapists, family members, and religious advisors, but also because it came at a time of grave personal crisis for Christensen himself: in the period of three years, he'd survived cancer, a stroke, and a massive heart attack. As he faced down these life-altering events, this question-how do you measure your life? -never felt more urgent and persistent. Christensen was compelled to share his insights with others-family and friends, of course, but also with his students and eventually with a wider audience.

That speech, a subsequent, hugely popular article in the Harvard Business Review, and now this inspiring and groundbreaking book put forth a series of questions and models for success that have long been applied in the world of business, but also can be used to find cogent answers to pressing life questions: How can I be sure that I'll find satisfaction in my career? How can I be sure that my relationships with my spouse, my family and my close friends become enduring sources of happiness? How can I avoid compromising my integrity (and stay out of jail)?

How Will You Measure Your Life? is a highly original, surprising book from a singular business figure. It's a book sure to inspire and educate readers-companies and individuals, students of business, mid-career professionals, and even parents-the world over.

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Recensione:

“[A] highly engaging and intensely revealing work....Spiritual without being preachy, this work is especially relevant for young people embarking on their career, but also useful for anyone who wants to live a more meaningful life in accordance with their values.” (Publishers Weekly)

“The book encapsulates Christensen’s best advice to keep high achievers from being disrupted in their own lives....[P]rovocative but reassuring: Peter Drucker meets Mitch Albom.” (Bloomberg Businessweek)

“[M]ore genuinely a self-help book than the genre it disparages. Instead of force-feeding readers with orders on how to improve, it aims to give them the tools to set their own course” (Financial Times)

“[W]ell researched and thought through material. (Forbes)

“...a gripping personal story with lessons from business mixed in.” (Bloomberg BusinessWeek)

“...Clayton Christensen’s new book has the business world buzzing.” (Deseret News)

“Recommend the book to friends and family who have no connection to the business world. They will thank you for it.” (Harvard Business Review)

‘’A Business Student’s New Required Reading’’ (Huffington Post)

“[R]evealing and profound.” (Inc. Magazine)

“I wish this book was around when I started my carreer. I bought copies for my kids and other young adults I know. $16 is not a lot to spend to get them thinking about their future and how to live responsible, ethical and successful lives.” (Small Business Labs)

L'autore:

Clayton M. Christensen is consistently acknowledged as one of the world's leading thinkers on innovation and business strategy. He is widely sought after as a speaker, advisor and board member. His research has been applied to national economies, start-up and Fortune 50 companies, as well as to early and late stage investing.

His seminal book The Innovator's Dilemma received the Global Business Book Award for the Best Business Book of the Year in 1997, was a New York Times bestseller, has been translated into over 10 languages, and is sold in over 25 countries. A Rhodes Scholar, Christensen is also a four-time recipient of the McKinsey Award for the Harvard Business Reviews's best article and received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Tribeca Film Festival in 2010.

An advisor to numerous countries and companies, including the government of Singapore, he also applies his frameworks via management consultancy Innosight which he co-founded in 2000, and Rose Park Advisors, an investment firm he founded in 2007. Christensen has worked with heads of corporations, heads of state, and heads of households. He lives in Belmont, MA with his wife Christine. They have been married for 25 years and have 5 children and a dozen grandchildren.

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• Editore: HarperBusiness
• Data di pubblicazione: 2012
• ISBN 10: 0062206192
• ISBN 13: 9780062206190
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 208