Conversations on Success

What if you could sit down with some of today’s most successful thought leaders? Now you can.

Knowledge@Wharton has interviewed some of today’s leading thinkers about what success means to them. Conversations on Success: 6 Thought Leaders Redefine What It Means to Succeed, drawn from the archives of Knowledge@Wharton, includes interviews with:

Wharton professor Richard Shell on defining personal success

Barnard College president Debora Spar on women’s (impossible) quest for perfection

Bestselling author Malcolm Gladwell on the advantages of disadvantages

New York Times Corner Office columnist Adam Bryant on the 5 qualities of successful leaders

Wharton Work/Life Integration Project director Stewart Friedman on young people’s changing views on career and family success

Bestselling author Adam Grant on the surprising truth about who gets ahead

Conversations on Success is a must-read for those who are faced with defining success for themselves and those they lead. The ebook features interviews by Knowledge@Wharton executive director Mukul Pandya, Knowledge@Wharton editor Rachel Kipp, Wharton professor Adam Grant, Wharton Executive Education’s David Heckman, and Wharton Leadership Program executive director Jeffrey Klein.

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