New York Times Bestselling Author, former Harvard Business School Professor to Speak at Robinson College
September 7, 2006 (ATLANTA) – Mark S. Albion, New York Times Bestselling Author and former Harvard Business School Professor will speak at the J. Mack Robinson College of Business at Georgia State University on Monday, September 18th at 6 p.m. at the Commerce Club. Albion will discuss values-based management which is the focus of his new book, "True to Yourself."
Mark Albion, a twenty-year veteran at Harvard University and its Business School, is the founder of You & Company a career management firm, and helped launch Net Impact (formerly called Students for Responsible Business), an international not-for-profit network of MBAs committed to a better world. He is the author of the New York Times bestseller, Making a Life, Making a Living.® and publishes a newsletter, Making a Life, which is read by more than a million business executives in 87 countries. His work has been recognized by Ronald Reagan, Mother Teresa, and other world leaders, prompting Business Week to name him the "savior of B-school souls."
The event is sponsored by the Robinson chapter of Net Impact.
Net Impact's mission is to improve the world by growing and strengthening a network of new leaders who are using the power of business to make a positive net social, environmental, and economic impact. Net Impact supports more than 120 student and professional chapters on five continents in 90 cities and 70 graduate schools. Their network of more than 10,000 includes MBAs, graduate students, and professionals who are committed to changing the world through business.
The J. Mack Robinson College of Business is one of the top-ranked business schools. The College's Flex (part-time) MBA program has been listed in the top ten by U.S. News for the past eleven consecutive years and its undergraduate business program is ranked among the top 50 in the nation. Robinson's Executive MBA program is listed among the world's best by The Financial Times. Georgia State University's Robinson College of Business has an enrollment of approximately 7000 students and has classroom facilities in downtown Atlanta, Alpharetta, Brookhaven and Henry County. www.robinson.gsu.edu
