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Fred Kaufman's Lecture Notes

Jul 22, 2024

Notes on Fred Kaufman's Lecture

Introduction

  • Fred Kaufman: Leadership development advisor at Google
    • Former roles: VP of Executive Development at LinkedIn, President of Conscious Business Center International, Director of Conscious Leadership Center at TEC
    • Author of multiple books on leadership and conscious business
    • Ph.D. in Economics from UC Berkeley
    • Expertise: Leadership programs, personal mastery, team learning, organizational effectiveness, coaching
    • Taught at Sloan School of Management (MIT), Senior Researcher at Center for Organizational Learning
    • Designed programs for Google, LinkedIn, Facebook, Microsoft, among others
    • Published in several academic journals
    • Lives on a sailboat, travels for executive development in Silicon Valley & Latin America

Universities and Career Preparation

  • Critique of university education: Fails to prepare students for the real job
  • Key question students cannot answer: