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72 BizEd MARCH | APRIL 2015 word for word "For anyone looking to grow as a leader, I encourage you to say yes to opportunities that come your way. Don't pigeonhole yourself in one way or another. You aren't just a scientist or just a business leader. Challenge yourself to take a role that enables you to learn something new." —SONDRA BARBOUR, EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT, INFORMATION SYSTEMS AND GLOBAL SOLUTIONS, LOCKHEED MARTIN "I studied political science to understand why institutions are the way they are: Why is the economy the way it is? Why are institutions the way they are? None of these things were cast in stone. But it's rare to find courses that ask these basic philosophical questions. If business schools did more to encourage students to ask why things are the way they are, they would create better businesspeople." —ALEX OSTERWALDER, CREATOR OF THE BUSINESS MODEL CANVAS "The people in the C-suite may not have an unvarnished view of how their company is viewed by the public, or whether sourcing cocoa from the Ivory Coast will tarnish their reputation, but their recently hired MBAs coming back from a recruiting visit know." —GERALD F. DAVIS AND CHRISTOPHER J. WHITE, CHANGING YOUR COMPANY FROM THE INSIDE OUT "In corporate culture there is a language of gender bias that we are unaware of: It's called 'benevolent sexism.' An example of this is when a male colleague or supervisor refers to a highly trained, qualified female engineer as 'honey' or 'meisje.' Everyone acts as if it's okay. It's not." —DIANNE BEVELANDER, PROFESSOR OF MANAGEMENT EDUCATION AND EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE ERASMUS CENTRE FOR WOMEN AND ORGANISATIONS AT THE ROTTERDAM SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT, AS QUOTED IN RSM OUTLOOK "How you deal with uncertainty as you move ahead puts you in one of two worlds. The first is the legacy world of core competencies, incremental gains, and defensiveness. The second is…the world of large-scale entrepreneurs who create a new need, scale it up quickly, and put a bend in the road for the traditional players." —RAM CHARAN, THE ATTACKER'S ADVANTAGE

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