CEOs never graduated college and some never even bothered to apply. • Credibility statement/ material Forbes list of billionaires is based on an annual assessment of wealth and assets compiled and published by Forbes magazine on March 10‚ 2011. Bill Gates gets the second places of the Forbes list and 2 others CEO in the list. • Preview of main points/ central idea • Transition to body of speech Today I will explain these 5 CEOs made it to the top without a college degree and defied the idea that
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manera que crezcamos como mejores personas y mas aun como ciudadanos comprometidos con el país. For the first time in recent memory‚ Microsoft (MSFT) chairman Bill Gates has started making noises that he’s not pleased about how the company is going about its business. In an interview with CBS This Morning co-host Charlie Rose‚ Gates said that despite all the progress Microsoft has made breaking into the mobile world over the past year with Windows 8 and the Surface‚ that the pace of his company’s
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by accomplishments (although it definitely plays a role); they are defined by how they can learn and improve from failure. In truly successful leaders‚ I noticed that each had learned from past adversities or mistakes. Henry Ford‚ Fred Smith‚ and Bill Gates have all faced failure and used it to refine their own identities as leaders. Henry Ford Henry Ford is known by many names to praise his accomplishments‚ from “father of the assembly line”‚ to “wealthiest man of the age” (History‚n.d).To his workers
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1 ) Introduction : Analyzing an organization or enhancing the well being of an established organization requires healthy‚ ongoing leadership and management‚ planning‚ product and service development‚ marketing and financial management. To carry out these practices in an ideal manner‚ it is important to analyze an organization so as to bring out the pros and cons and henceforth rectify its path for betterment in future. The process of analyzing an organization can be done in different dimensions
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Great by Choice Reflection Paper Alexis Taylor Prairie View A&M University “It’s not that they thrive on chaos‚ but they can thrive in chaos and uncertainty.” -Jim Collins- Many times entrepreneurs ask themselves‚ “Why my competitors are able to succeed and go through catastrophe after catastrophe yet my business is crashing? What makes that person better than me? Am I‚ not the chosen one?” Jim Collins and Morten T. Hansen answer these common questions and many more in their educating
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Reaction Paper * Biography of Steve Jobs & Bill Gates * Brief description of Apple & Microsoft Company * Sypnosis of the story * Reaction * Moral Lesson Alyssa Flor F. Llait Mrs. J. Verzosa VIII – Einstein ICT - Biography of Steve Jobs Steven Paul Jobs was born on February 24‚ 1955 in
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life’s experiences (using case studies of well-known personalities).Also seeing the connection between one’s Success Vision and the career choices one makes. STEVE JOBS pg. 2- MARK ZUKERBERG pg. BILL GATES pg. Steve jobs Think Different... Born : February 24‚ 1955 Died : October 5‚ 2011(2011-10-05) (aged 56) Nationality : American Occupation : Co-founder‚ Chairman and CEO‚
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Resource policies‚ from the early 1980 until the 2001. Bill Gates believed that in order to develop outstanding software‚ attracting the right people was crucial. The focus of their HR policy was to attract intelligent technical people. These technical people were the foundation of Microsoft’s great success. However (senior) management functions were also given to these technical employees‚ of which some had little management skills. Furthermore Bill Gates created a competitive work environment in which
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Chooses to Go off Line.” It was a question taken very seriously by Gates and Ballmer who understood that company’s enormous success was largely due to its ability to recruit‚ motivate‚ and retain extraordinary talent. This article explores the HR philosophies‚ policies‚ and practice in 1980s and examines how the policies were managed in 1990s. Microsoft through the 1990s * Recruiting: Attracting the Best and Brightest * Bill Gates preference: intelligent‚ not necessarily experienced‚ new college
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Famous Thinkers Bill Gates is one of the most famous and popular thinkers in the world‚ by his creation of Microsoft. Bill gates is also number two richest man in the world‚ number one in the United States‚ and number four most powerful man in the world (Forbes‚ 2013). Bill Gates founded Microsoft in 1975 and by the 1980s he became the leading computer software manufacturer (Oxford‚ 2012). Microsoft
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