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• Book | 2013

  What You're Really Meant To Do: A Road Map for Reaching Your Unique Potential

  Robert Steven Kaplan

  How do you create your own definition of success—and reach your unique potential? Building a fulfilling life and career can be a daunting challenge. It takes courage and hard work. Too often, we charge down a path leading to "success" as defined by those around us—and ultimately, are left feeling dissatisfied. Each of us is unique and brings distinctive skills and qualities to any situation. So why is it that most of us fail to spend sufficient time learning to understand ourselves and creating our own definition of success? The truth is, it can seem so natural and so much easier to just do what everyone else is doing—for now—leaving it for later to develop our best selves and figure out our own unique path. Is there a road map that will enable you to defy conventional wisdom, resist peer pressure, and carve out a path that fits your unique skills and passions? Harvard Business School's Robert Steven Kaplan, leadership expert and author of the highly successful book What to Ask the Person in the Mirror, regularly advises executives and students on how to tackle these questions. In this indispensable new book, Kaplan shares a specific and actionable approach to defining your own success and reaching your potential. Drawing on his years of experience, Kaplan proposes an integrated plan for identifying and achieving your goals. He outlines specific steps and exercises to help you understand yourself more deeply, take control of your career, and build your capabilities in a way that fits your passions and aspirations. Are you doing what you're really meant to do? If you're ready to face this question, this book can help you change your life.

  Keywords: career planning; vocational guidance; Job satisfaction;

  Citation:

  Kaplan, Robert Steven. What You're Really Meant To Do: A Road Map for Reaching Your Unique Potential. Boston, MA, USA: Harvard Business Review Press, 2013.

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• Teaching Note | HBS Case Collection | 2013

  New Resource Bank: In Pursuit of Green (TN)

  Christopher Marquis and Juan Almandoz

  This case involves the founding and early life of a new bank enterprise in San Francisco with a commitment to the cause of sustainability. It illustrates the opportunities and challenges of banking on values and of specifying and making explicit the practical implications of such commitment.

  Keywords: business and society; entrepreneurial management; growth strategy; leadership; social enterprise; Banking Industry; San Francisco;

  Citation:

  Marquis, Christopher, and Juan Almandoz. "New Resource Bank: In Pursuit of Green (TN)." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 413-114, April 2013.

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• Teaching Note | HBS Case Collection | 2013 (Revised from original 2010 version)

  B Lab: Building a New Sector of the Economy (TN)

  Christopher Marquis and Bobbi Thomason

  Teaching Note for 411047.

  Keywords: Change; Problems and Challenges; Welfare or Wellbeing; Value; Emerging Markets; Management Practices and Processes; Balance and Stability; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact;

  Citation:

  Marquis, Christopher, and Bobbi Thomason. "B Lab: Building a New Sector of the Economy (TN)." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 411-073, March 2013. (Revised from original November 2010 version.)

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