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MARILYN CARLSON NELSON- How We Lead Matters

Tuesday, September 30th, 2008

Considered one of the most powerful women in the world (and certainly in business), Marilyn is CEO of Carlson Companies, and has grown the company from $12 billion to $40 billion during her tenure. She recently wrote a book showing the more human side of how business is just one aspect of life. Here are my notes from her Inc. 5000 speech:

What deeply cared for, fight for, of what personally mattered to her

Sunday School Story – if you don’t like it, fix it -> her Dad

Financial Collapse- Similar to performance enhancing drug for athletes. Performance was pushed (artificially) over stewardship. We are all suffering from this financial economic collapse.