Product Description
by J. Douglas Holladay (Author)
The founder and CEO of Path North, Georgetown University professor, and former White House advisor teaches you how to find meaning, balance, and purpose throughout your career while reaching the highest levels of professional achievement--how to do well without losing yourself.
Throughout his illustrious career, J. Douglas Holladay has taught generations of executives as well as students in his popular MBA course at Georgetown how to use a holistic approach to defining and reaching success in life and business.
Success does not come with an instruction manual. Too often "successful" people end up feeling empty, isolated, and depressed because they have lost focus on what is most important in their lives. Rethinking Success can help anyone, no matter their field, maintain the practices and values that keep them in tune with their most cherished beliefs throughout their careers. Drawn from the insights of his network of famous friends as well as his experiences as an investment banker, White House advisor, diplomat, longtime business professor, and non-profit consultant, the advice in Rethinking Success is centered around eight essential questions we must ask ourselves regularly to stay focused, connected, and joyful throughout our working lives.
Filled with essential wisdom, Rethinking Success is a powerful guide that allows us to do well while staying in tune with the values and beliefs that are most important to us.
Author Biography
J. Douglas Holladay is a cofounder of Park Avenue Equity Partners. While Mr. Holladay continues as an active investor, he focuses his time mainly on several not-for-profit efforts, including PathNorth, which helps business owners and CEOs define success more broadly. He holds the Heinz Christian Prechter Executive in Residence position at Georgetown University, where he teaches MBA students.
Holladay was formerly a senior officer with the international investment banking firm Goldman Sachs and Company. While with Goldman Sachs, he served as founding President of One to One Mentoring Partnership, an initiative of the New York financial community to bring imaginative solutions to some of our most pressing urban youth challenges.
Before joining Goldman Sachs, Holladay held senior positions in both the White House and the Department of State. After working under White House Chief of Staff James A. Baker III, Holladay was appointed by the President to the personal rank of Special Ambassador, charged to coordinate major aspects of the US public response to the challenges posed by South Africa prior to the dramatic release of Nelson Mandela.
Author social media/website info: pathnorth.com/doug-holladay/, linkedin.com/in/dougholladay
