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2005 Speakers: GSB Activities
Peter Georgescu Subscribes to The Management Style of 'We'
presented by: Center for Leadership Development and Research
In the new global economy, there is no longer room for the traditional autocratic CEO tycoon. Instead, the business world needs leaders who are supportive of creative endeavors, foster cooperation and teamwork, and aggressively advocate for the consumer. (October) Article
Jacques Dubois Discusses The High Price of Global Warming
presented by: Conradin von Gugelberg Memorial Lecture Series
Business school is not the usual venue for discussing global warming, but Jacques Dubois, chairman of reinsurance giant Swiss Re America Holding Corp., believes that it ought to be. Environmental catastrophe and economic catastrophe are closely linked, Dubois told Stanford Graduate School of Business students in early May during this year's von Gugelberg Memorial Lecture on the Environment. As a result, dramatic global climate changes are wreaking havoc not only on the environment but on financial institutions as well. (May) Article
Private Sector Development Panel
In this panel on Private Sector International Development, Jon Huggett '85 (Former Managing Director, Bannock Consulting), Jane Seto (Vice President, Bechtel Enterprises Holdings Inc.), and Brooke Partridge (Director of Market & Business Development, HP's Emerging Market Solutions Organization), share thoughts on how to alleviate poverty in the third world by creating jobs and wealth. (April)