Oprah Winfrey – A Prominent Leader Abstract This paper will entirely focus on Oprah Winfrey. Oprah Winfrey has shone and demonstrated more strength‚ character‚ and changed the way America looks at and views racial issues in America. This paper will analyze her start in the film industry‚ her leadership‚ personal wealth‚ Business Leadership Oprah Winfrey is a reputable‚ prominent world leader‚ businesswoman‚ actress‚ philanthropist‚ and talk show-host. It is said by some that she has
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umbrella. However‚ its brand extension strategy proved to be a successful growth strategy. Another example of the growth strategy is‚ The Oprah Magazine. Launched in 2000‚ the magazine is now one of the best sellers in the US. It had extended the ‘O’ brand from TV to print. The success of the magazine was due to the mass popularity of the talk show host‚ Oprah Winfrey herself (which is the parent brand). The examples clearly show successfully extending brands helps building the corporate image and
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Oprah Winfrey once said‚ “The biggest adventure you can take is to live the life of your dreams”(“Oprah Winfrey Quotes”). Shawn and Rudy both had to overcome obstacles to reach their goals of college and football. Shawn Grin was a football player who grew up in the appalachia area and struggled with money. Rudy Ruettiger was a football player who grew up in Joliet‚ Illinois and who also struggles with money. Rudy and Shawn both have issues with their personal lives and both have to overcome different
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that Oprah Winfrey has proved that statement to be true throughout her life. Although she was born into poverty‚ she has spent her life giving back to America in numerous ways including the use of her money and her talents. Oprah has used a form of therapy known as “Oprahfication” to influence people to publicly confess their issues by confessing her own private details about her life. The power of Oprah’s opinion and authorization to influence public opinion has become known as “The Oprah Effect
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November 2009‚ Oprah Winfrey delivered the shocking news that she will end her show in September 2011. The Oprah Winfrey Show is viewed by 42 million viewers weekly‚ it was the number one talk show for 23 successive seasons‚ and it received numerous awards throughout its history. Oprah’s decisions to take on the show‚ stay the course‚ and ultimately to end the show was motivated by psychoanalytic‚ humanistic‚ and diversity motivations. Freud’s psychoanalytic view suggests that Oprah and all people
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Oprah Winfrey’s Midas’ touch has turned the American company that offers various products and services to assist weight loss and maintenance - Weight Watchers’ fortunes to gold. With share prices more than tripling since October‚ when the talk show host and actress Oprah Winfrey joined the board and bought a 10 percent stake in the Weight Watchers company. Now‚ the Weight Watchers company will unleash a new Beyond the Scale campaign‚ a modified program based on a personal assessment that nabs information
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first installment of her highly acclaimed Harry Potter series. Similarly‚ Oprah Winfrey‚ who is now an an incredibly successful business
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Discovery can occur when new knowledge is learnt‚ thus developing a new perspective. It involves the revelation of the unknown or forgotten. Go Back To Where You Came From is a reality TV shows that follows six Australians as they journey into unknown areas‚ meet new people and ultimately get taken out of their comfort zones. Experiences on the show lead to the participants gaining new insights into the world which leads to them having a new perspective. Raye Colby is a retired social worker who
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through one man in particular‚ Adolf Hitler‚ these forces destroyed nearly two-thirds of the Jews on the planet. During the Holocaust‚ millions of lives were lost and millions more were affected in ways that we will never fully grasp. By watching the Oprah Special featuring the harrowing experience of Elie Wiesel‚ my perspective of the Holocaust was affected in more ways than by watching the movie
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"I am guided by the vision of what I believe this show can be"‚Explains Mrs. Winfrey (Winfrey). Oprah started her rise to fame on a local talk show in Baltimore‚ Maryland before moving to Chicago in 1984. After two months Oprah ’s show had a substantial rating lead on Phil Donahue‚ and her television talk show has been syndicated nationally since1986. Unchanging ‚ "The Oprah Winfrey Show" is self-improving‚ has compassionate and educational topics that deal with real life issues. Her
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