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If you are unable to view this message, please click here.   NEWS AND RESEARCH HIGHLIGHTS JULY 2009   Leadership Is Responsibility, Not Power As he nears the end of his ten years as Dean of the Stanford Graduate School of Business, Robert L. Joss reflects upon the relationship between leadership, power, and people. Seeking Common Ground in Conversations Can Stifle Innovation and Reward the Wrong People The best baseball players don't always get elected All-Stars. And the Nobel Prize doesn't always go to the most deserving member of the scientific community. This, according to a pair of recent studies, is because recognition can depend upon how well-known an individual is rather than on merit alone. Moreover, because it's human nature for people to try to find common ground when talking to others, simple everyday conversations could have the unfortunate side effect of blocking many of the best and most innovative ideas from the collective social consciousness. How To Be a Good Boss in a Bad Economy When cutbacks are necessary, can a good boss do right by the company's finances and by its staff? Some pain is probably unavoidable, but Stanford Management Science and Engineering Professor and, by courtesy, Professor of Organizational Behavior Bob Sutton says that psychological and organizational theory research suggests clear ways to handle such situations with a minimum of harm to the people and company involved. He makes that case in this month's issue of Harvard Business Review. Yes I (Gulp) Can: Peter Henry's Obama Adventure One morning in early March 2008, Peter Henry stared at the email on his computer screen. "Do you want to lead presidential candidate Barack Obama's Economics, Globalization, and Trade Policy Group?" it asked. The Stanford Graduate School of Business economist took a breath, vacillating. "How could I say yes to this?" he recalls. "How could I say no?" Ethics and Nonprofits Two Stanford Law School scholars examine the ethical issues that arise specifically in the nonprofit sector and identify four crucial factors that influence ethical conduct: moral awareness, moral decision making, moral intent, and moral action.     UPCOMING EXECUTIVE EDUCATION PROGRAMS   Human Resources for Strategic Advantage September 13-18, 2009 Provides a strategic view of new practices in workforce management and delivers conceptual frameworks for aligning human resources with organizational strategy. Strategic Marketing Management August 9-19, 2009 Examines the core elements of marketing strategy and provides a road map for integrating these elelments into the strategic goals of an organization. Executive Program in International Management In collaboration with the National University of Singapore August 15-29, 2009 This program focuses on the strategic business issues faced by Asian businesses operating in a Pan-Asian or Global context. It explores the fundamentals of general management theory and practice from the United States, with the added benefit of an Asian-Pacific perspective. Finance and Accounting for the Nonfinancial Executive September 27-October 2, 2009 Explains and helps executives understand the core concepts of finance and accounting, including valuation methodologies, financial statement analysis, and accounting techniques. Please visit www.gsb.stanford.edu/exed/programs.html for a complete listing of our Executive Education offerings.   OTHER OPPORTUNITIES AT THE STANFORD GRADUATE SCHOOL OF BUSINESS Connecting Future Leaders with World-Class Organizations Whether you want to hire a student for a summer internship, full-time position or short-term project or recruit a GSB alum for your team, the Stanford Graduate School of Business Career Management Center (CMC) will help you connect with great talent. The entire CMC team will partner with you to develop a recruiting strategy that minimizes your resources and maximizes your success. Please contact the Career Management Center to see what might work for your organization. Stanford Sloan Master's Program The Stanford Sloan Master's Program is a truly exceptional program for some of the most promising young managers in your company.  It can be the perfect program for a select few who are clearly the rising stars in your organization. Recognizing certain people individually for a large investment in their careers can be a sensitive issue in any organization.  Nonetheless, there are always a few who are worth that investment. Examples are managers who are unique in some way, and may include the very highest potential women executives and/or highly specialized technical people who need a broader management perspective.  For those people, an investment in the Sloan Program can pay huge dividends in speeding up their readiness for critical management roles. Global corporations such as BP, Nike, Singapore Government, and Ternium have been sending their managers to the Stanford Sloan Program for the past 50 years.  Contact Marie Mookini, Director of Stanford Sloan Master's Program, to learn more about this unique opportunity.   EXTREME AFFORDABILTY PROJECT   BREAKFAST BRIEFINGS   EXTREME AFFORDABILITY JOURNAL: D.SCHOOL Fascinating Blog on the Process of a Real Life Innovative Design Project Hasso Plattner Institute of Design Entrepreneurial Design for Extreme Affordability is a Stanford class where students design comprehensive solutions to challenges faced by the world's poor. The course is hosted by the Stanford Institute of Design and involves graduate students from all seven schools at Stanford. This blog tells the story of teams' travails and successes. The Stanford Graduate School of Business and the Hasso Plattner Institute of Design are working together on the Customer-Focused Innovation program which exposes participants to the latest research in this area of innovation. The program features real-world field exercises that involve developing innovations to enhance user experiences in the B2C and B2B domains.   BREAKFAST BRIEFINGS: MONTHLY BUSINESS FORUMS Join with other Silicon Valley professionals as they gather at Stanford Breakfast Briefings each month for powerful takeaways on best business practice from the experts: CEOs, professors, and leading authors. Eat, network, and glean the best from the best. Visit https://breakfastbriefings.stanford.edu/       PAST PARTICIPANTS ON LINKED IN AND FACEBOOK     Be sure to sign up for official groups for past participants of Stanford Business School Executive Education programs on LinkedIn and Facebook. We recognize the value of these networks and would like you to be able to make the most of connections to your fellow Executive Education past participants. LinkedIn is an online network that exists to help you make better use of your professional network and help the people you trust in return.  To join the Executive Education group on LinkedIn, please search for the group "Stanford GSB Executive Education" or access this link: http://www.linkedin.com/groups?gid=1323637 and request to join. 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