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View From The Top is a student-led program that aims to create a rich learning experience for current students and translate into lasting impressions for GSB alumni. Supported in part by the F. Kirk Brennan Speaker Series Fund, View From The Top, the Dean’s premier speaker series, brings well-respected leaders from a variety of business, government, and social sectors from around the world to share their personal reflections and insights on effective leadership with the Stanford GSB community. Speakers typically discuss their personal core values, share their lessons learned and their recipe for effective leadership, including reflection on career and life choices.
At the 2016-2017 Roanak Memorial View From The Top, Sheryl Sandberg, COO at Facebook, talked about finding a mentor, using your voice for good, and planning your career. Read more leadership insigh...
Mary Barra, Chairman and CEO of General Motors, discusses how she not only wants results, but results with integrity. Read more leadership insights from the Stanford GSB View From The Top talk on M...
Eric Schmidt, Executive Chairman of Alphabet Inc. on how to achieve success: Surround yourself with interesting, ambitious people, and always say “yes” to challenges. Read more leadership insights ...
Debra Lee, Chairman and CEO of Black Entertainment Television, talks about the challenges and successes of her role. Read more leadership insights from the Stanford GSB View From The Top talk on Fr...
On negotiation: Don’t give up on your end goals, but be flexible on the road you take to get there. Read more leadership insights that Mayor of Chicago Rahm Emanuel shared during his Stanford GSB V...
“Managing compassionately is about putting yourself in another person’s shoes and seeing the world through their lens and perspective,” shared LinkedIn CEO Jeff Weiner during his Stanford GSB View ...
On making career decisions: Look for the smartest people and do something you feel a little unprepared to do, advised Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer during her View From The Top talk at Stanford GSB on Th...
If you want to be successful as a venture capitalist, you need to be ruthlessly open-minded, constantly re-examining your assumptions, shared Andreessen Horowitz Cofounder and Partner Marc Andreess...
"Getting anything done requires working with others. It’s all about interpersonal relationships," shared Henry "Hank" Paulson, 74th Secretary of the Treasury and Founder & Chairman, Paulson Institu...
"Design is something you embed into a product that romances the consumers and draws them to the shelf," shared PepsiCo Chairman and CEO Indra Nooyi during her View From The Top talk at Stanford GSB...
"I feel increasingly that the thing we are most starved for in our lives is wisdom," shared Arianna Huffington. During her Stanford GSB View From The Top talk on April 12, 2016, she shared her pers...
We have to focus on improving the quality of our societies, or our societies will fall apart, shared cofounder of Apax Partners, Bridges Ventures & Social Finance Sir Ronald Cohen. During his Stanf...
Communication is critical to success in business and life. Concerned about an upcoming interview? Anxious about being asked to give your thoughts during a meeting? Fearful about needing to provide ...
Making Body Language Your Superpower - an instructional video on using body language effectively. Presented by Stanford graduate students Matt Levy, Colin Bailie, Jeong Joon Ha, and Jennifer Rosenf...
During a student-led interview at Stanford Graduate School of Business, Oprah Winfrey shares seminal moments of her career journey and the importance of listening to your instincts. Winfrey also of...
Part of 2010 Conference on Entrepreneurship. Description: A group of entrepreneurs talk about what they learned in the trenches that they never could have learned in a classroom. The panelists will...
Part of 2010 Conference on Entrepreneurship. What things typically trip up an entrepreneur in starting and running a company? Is it getting the right business partner? Is it having the killer techn...
During his View From The Top talk at Stanford GSB, MasterCard President and CEO Ajay Banga emphasized the importance of communication, taking risks, learning from everyone around you, and surroundi...
Carmine Gallo shares the three simple secrets all inspiring messages share, and how inspiring executives and entrepreneurs tell their brand or product story in a way that's understandable, memorabl...
Jack Ma, the founder of China's most profitable e-commerce company Alibaba Group, made his last public speech at Stanford University on May 4th, 2013 before stepping down as CEO. In his talk, Ma di...
Negotiation is problem solving. The goal is not to get a deal; the goal is to get a good deal. Four steps to achieving a successful negotiation: assess, prepare, ask, package. Women increase the ch...
Join Academic Directors Frank Flynn and Jesper Sørensen as they preview our new program to support emerging leaders as they prepare to navigate tomorrow's business challenges. Experience the sunsh...
Negotiation is an inevitable aspect of starting a business. Joel Peterson talks about how to conduct a successful negotiation. Recorded: January 31, 2007 Stanford Executive Education Influence an...
In his talk, Carmine Gallo demonstrates how extraordinary leaders such as Steve Jobs, Bill Gates, and others communicate the vision and the value behind their service, product, or brand.