Passion and Purpose

• Format Hardback | 320 pages
• Dimensions 156 x 235 x 27.69mm | 553g
• Publication date 14 Dec 2011

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….