First Friday Book Synopsis

FEBRUARY 7, 2011

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Building Personal Strength

MAY 5, 2013

Louise Carus Mahdi, et al (1996); and From Boys to Men: Spiritual Rites of Passage in an Indulgent Age , by Bret Stephenson (2006). I''ve been reading about traditional and modern rites of passage.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 7, 2016

As AT&T CEO and Chair Randall Stephenson, recently told the New York Times, “There is a need to retool yourself, and you should not expect to stop… People who do not spend five to 10 hours a week in online learning will obsolete themselves with the technology.”

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 18, 2018

Randall Stephenson, then CEO of AT&T, famously said , “I told people you weren’t betting on a device. Our analysis also showed that overconfident CEOs are more likely to develop relationships with key suppliers, and that these relationships with suppliers tend to last longer than average. Overconfident CEOs are better able to induce the development of specialty inputs requiring R&D that are specific to their company’s needs. OLI SCARFF/Getty Images.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 5, 2017

” Whether we hit the pause button while listening to a podcast or stop to reflect while reading a manual, we develop skills more effectively by thinking about our thinking. It’s when we don’t know something that why questions become more difficult — and create a way to develop an area of expertise. AT&T CEO Randall Stephenson says technology workers need to learn online for at least five hours per week to fend off obsolescence.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 16, 2015

Randall Stephenson of AT&T explained, “We had 270,000 people we employed around the globe. ” CEOs also worried about whether their high potential employees were being properly developed. CEOs have a lot to worry about, but what are their greatest concerns?

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 9, 2013

As Michael Stephenson , a key leader in global customer programs at Oracle puts it, his firm has various business units that focus on specific industries. We''ll develop joint multi-year marketing programs with the ''big brand'' customer that might include references, joint marketing, philanthropic events, etc," says Rhett Livengood , director of worldwide sales development at Intel.

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