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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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• Case | HBS Case Collection | 2012 (Revised from original 2012 version)

  Harvard Business School: Investing in Innovation

  Robert Steven Kaplan and Tracy L. Van Dorpe

  Dean Nitin Nohria wished to increase flexible funding available for innovation at HBS. Nohria prepared to address the need with alumni leaders of HBS's capital campaign. The case focuses on the School's priorities, its business model, and its fundraising structure. The case helps create a discussion around increasing the resources available to fund research and development at the School.

  Keywords: management education; flexible funding; unrestricted current use fundraising; business model; innovation; HBS; higher education; Education; Management; Innovation and Invention; Education Industry;

  Citation:

  Kaplan, Robert Steven, and Tracy L. Van Dorpe. "Harvard Business School: Investing in Innovation." Harvard Business School Case 413-057, November 2012. (Revised from original September 2012 version.)

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• Case | HBS Case Collection | 2012

  Terry Lundgren at Macy's

  Jose Alvarez, Robert Steven Kaplan and Natalie Kindred

  Keywords: Apparel and Accessories Industry; Consumer Products Industry;

  Citation:

  Alvarez, Jose, Robert Steven Kaplan, and Natalie Kindred. "Terry Lundgren at Macy's." Harvard Business School Case 412-033, February 2012.

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