“Sporting culture is needed where marks are given to students for sports in schools, jobs are assured for sportsperson, and sponsors are willing to support them through rough times.” SchoolJobsCultureGivenSportsSupportStudentsWillingNeededMarkRoughAssuredRough TimesSponsors Author:Gagan Narang
“Leadership does take work. And it should. If you aspire to be a leader, you ought to treat leadership as a craft, you ought to become a student of it, and you ought to work at it. And if you're not willing to work at it, well, you get what you give.” IfsGivingShouldWellsDoeLeaderStudentsWillingOughtTreatsCraftsAspire Author:Douglas Conant
“As a student of American culture, I am willing to argue that the Twist is a valid manifestation of the Age of Anxiety.” AgeCultureStudentsWillingAnxietyArguingManifestationTwistsAmerican Culture Author:Marshall Fishwick
“I see top business schools working to bridge this gap [between academic research and business application] by respecting executive education, by having more mature students who proactively draw from faculty what they know they need, and by having faculty who are willing to leave their ivory towers for the murky world of business reality. Unfortunately, at other times, business professors have little or not interest or savvy about business issues.” KnowsWorldNeedsLittlesRealitySchoolInterestIssuesStudentsWillingDrawsResearchBridgesExecutivesFacultyMatureGapsProfessorsApplicationAcademicTowersIvorySavvyBusiness SchoolIvory TowerAcademic Research Author:Dave Ulrich
“We must be willing to pay inspiring math and science teachers, who have high paying alternatives in industry, more to teach and reward students who take more challenging courses in high school.” SchoolCoursesChallengesInspiringPayTeachTeacherStudentsWillingIndustryHigh SchoolRewardsMathAlternativesMath And ScienceScience Teacher Author:Mark Kennedy
“Coming up with lectures is a huge amount of work. I was willing to do one lecture for Gresham because I was honored to have been invited, but to create lectures for a class would probably require that I shut down everything else and concentrate on lectures for a couple of years. Then there would be many, many other skills that I'd have to learn, such as how to sit through a faculty meeting, how to deal with students, etc. It is really not in the cards for me. It's not who I am or what I do. I'm a novelist.” YearsHas BeensWould BeDealsClassStudentsWillingHugeAmountCoupleSkillsMeetingsWho I AmCardsNovelistsEtcFacultyHonoredInvitedLectures Author:Neal Stephenson