MBA Alumni Spotlight: Nike Co-Founder Phil Knight – Stanford Graduate School of Business
Phil Knight, a graduate of the Stanford Graduate School of Business, didn’t become one of “the most powerful person in sports” overnight. The co-founder and chairman of Nike, Inc., the world’s most successful sports apparel manufacturing company, saw a lengthy and uncertain career filled with hurdles before amassing tantamount success. Continue reading…
Alumni Spotlight: Michael Quinlan, MBA ‘70
Whenever we do an alumni spotlight here at MetroMBA, we make sure to pick a prominent alumni to profile. In this instance the alumni is so prominent, that the graduate school he attended ultimately ended up re-naming their school after him. Sure, Michael Quinlan donated $40 million to Loyola University which undoubtedly played a part, but Quinlan’s impact on the school and each company he worked for revolves around more than just dollars and cents.
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LBS Scholar Says Scottish Referendum Has Salutary lessons for Leaders
In the wake of the Scottish referendum, a London Business School leadership thinker and author has cautioned against exiting or exiling leaders we deem surplus to our new needs.
Richard Hytner – Deputy Chairman of Saatchi & Saatchi Worldwide, author of Consiglieri: Leading from the Shadows, and LBS Adjunct Associate Professor of Marketing – has spoken of Gordon Brown’s contribution to the ‘No’ campaign and argued that we are too quick to dismiss those who vacate the top dog’s office as past their sell-by date.
Writing on Huffington Post UK, Hytner said: “Gratitude to Gordon should endure beyond his referendum renaissance. His stellar performance has further exposed our nation’s futile obsession with failure.
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