Improving myself through continuous learning

Daily reading/podcast  routine:

  • Wall Street Journal – US, European, and Asian editions online

  • Google News - World, Technology, Business, Health, Sports

  • BBC News

  • Bloomberg’s

 

Weekly reading/podcast routine:

  • The Economist

  • Depending on events, additional internet sources

  • Select Harvard Business Review articles

  • … plus books on leadership, strategy, technology.

Some of my favorite books:

  • Jim Collins, "Good to Great"

  • Peter Drucker, "The Essential Drucker"

  • Michael Porter, "Competitive Strategy; Competitive Advantage

  • Geoffrey More, Crossing the Chasm"

  • C.K. Prahalad, "Core Competence"

  • Jack Welch, "Straight from the Gut"

  • Andy Grove, "Only the Paranoid Survive"

  • Alfred Sloan, "My Years With GM"

  • Lou Gerstner, "Who Says Elephants Can’t Dance"

  • Akio Morita, "Made in Japan (Sony)"

  • "Sumantra Ghoshal on Management"

Northwestern University Kellogg School
of Management Kellogg Management
Institute - Executive Ed (2003-2004)

Nine-month program for senior-level
executives​

  • Examine the essential concepts and the
    latest thinking for approaching
    functional areas of accounting, finance,
    marketing, operations, and information
    technology

  • Gain a foundation in strategic business
    management

  • Enhance skills in the critical areas of leading and managing people

  • Explore the sociopolitical and economic environments that shape strategies and performance in today's global business environment

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Finance for Executives, Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University

 

GE Advanced Leadership Program, Crotonville, NY
Crotonville is GEs famed corporate university where it hones its leaders

Transformative curriculum included:

  • Comprehensive P&L Management

  • Leadership

  • Business simulation

  • Exposure to GE’s top leadership

 

Center for Creative Leadership (North Carolina)

  • CCL is Ranked #3 worldwide for Executive Education

  • Leadership Development

 

MBA (Info Systems) – University of Toledo

 

BS Electrical Engineering – University of Toledo

 

Various courses in Financial Management, Marketing, Product Management, etc.