When Sandberg recounted an experience about herself and two other students attending a college history course that highlighted the confidence gap between female overachievers and male achievers, she demonstrated the skill of:

 
 
 
 
 
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By growing the Women of Silicon Valley gatherings into a community of friends, tech executives, venture capitalists, other mothers, book club friends, former colleagues, and family members, Sandberg…

Selecting a one-hour time slot in which you will not use any technology—no internet, no smartphone, no electronic connectivity—and then considering how both you and others were affected by this…

By implementing creative strategies to pursue harmony between work and the rest of life, Sandberg demonstrates the skill of:

Creating visual images of the connections among different strands of an idea in ways that allow you to look at a large amount of information about a subject on one page in a holistic way in order to…

Springsteen’s pursuit of self-knowledge through counseling—and his public sharing about his journey—destigmatized counseling and opened doors for people, especially men, who might not otherwise seek…

When Greitens took what he gained in different parts of his life (the attitude and skills he had acquired as a boxer, the knowledge and insight gleaned from his time as a humanitarian worker, the…

Identifying three or four significant events in your life that taught you something about yourself or shaped the person you are, identifying the tension in each experience and how you dealt with it…

By finding ways to move ever closer to achieving simultaneous four-way wins—actions that benefit work, home, community, and self, all at once—such as volunteering for the United Way early in his…

When Obama stated in an interview, “What I do in my life defines me. A career is one of the many things I do in my life. I am a mother first,” and then followed this up by making public choices in…

Thinking expansively about how a task you do contributes to the well-being of others, reflecting on the meaning of what you do, and recognizing how even mundane tasks hold meaning can inspire you to…

When Tom Tierney, at the peak of his powers as CEO, chose to leave in the prime of his career and launch a small non-profit start-up he demonstrated the skill of:

Transferring skills or talents from one area of your life to another by first identifying your talents and then applying them in new areas, thereby enhancing the initial competency and enabling you to…

Why were Tom Tierney, Sheryl Sandberg, Eric Greitens, Michelle Obama, Julie Foudy, and Bruce Springsteen selected as the six exemplars for this course?

In the aftermath of 9/11, Springsteen struggled to come to terms with what had occurred. He produced songs to express the grief and hope he found in himself, his family, and his community. Not only…

When Springsteen set limits on the scope of what he deemed acceptable behavior by requiring his band members to sign nondisclosure agreements that included language about guarding his family’s…