Burlingame, California, United States
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Articles by George
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In a divided nation, let's learn the new secrets of connection
In a divided nation, let's learn the new secrets of connection
By George Anders
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Inside LinkedIn's new rankings of 15 Top Midsize Companies
Inside LinkedIn's new rankings of 15 Top Midsize Companies
By George Anders
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Who's reviving civic journalism? These Indiana students aim high
Who's reviving civic journalism? These Indiana students aim high
By George Anders
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Activity
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WOOHOO!🏆 I’ve almost completed my first full week at LinkedIn! Here’s my greatest takeaway: ✨YOU ALL SHOULD START POSTING YOUR VIDEO CONTENT ON…
WOOHOO!🏆 I’ve almost completed my first full week at LinkedIn! Here’s my greatest takeaway: ✨YOU ALL SHOULD START POSTING YOUR VIDEO CONTENT ON…
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Licenses & Certifications
Publications
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Becoming a Rare Find
Penguin/Portfolio
A new e-book that shows how jagged resumes can lead to great careers. It spells out job hunting strategies that can help candidates stand out in a crowded and chaotic labor market.
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Perfect Enough: Carly Fiorina and the Reinvention of Hewlett-Packard
Penguin/Portfolio
An up-close look at Hewlett-Packard during one of its greatest periods of turbulence -- focusing on the struggles between CEO Carly Fiorina and the company's founding families about HP's destiny. This book became a New York Times bestseller.
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Health Against Wealth: HMOs and the Breakdown of Medical Trust
Houghton-Mifflin
This investigative book chronicled the problems and abuses associated with the rapid rise of managed care in the U.S. during the 1990s. The Journal of the American Medical Association called this book "a must read."
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Merchants of Debt: KKR and the Mortgaging of U.S. Business
Basic Books
This timeless look at the rise of private equity and LBOs in the American economy has become a minor business classic. The U.S. paperback edition is still in print, as are two updated Kindle editions and foreign-language versions in Spanish, Japanese, Indonesian and Chinese.
Honors & Awards
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Honorary doctorate
Washington & Jefferson College
I received this degree at W&J's 215th commencement, where I delivered a talk on "How to be your own mentor." A copy of that speech is here: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/you-ready-your-own-mentor-george-anders/
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Top Writer, Quora, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2013
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Pulitzer Prize for national reporting (shared with six other colleagues)
Columbia University
Organizations
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Z Space (Theatre)
Trustee and Vice President
-I served a trustee of this imaginative, iconoclastic San Francisco theater organization. Think of Z Space as the Bay Area's incubator for exciting new plays.
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Odyssey Middle School
Trustee, Treasurer and Member, Board of Governors
-Odyssey is an innovative middle school in San Mateo, Calif., focusing on gifted education and expeditionary learning. I joined the Odyssey board in 2009. This turned out to be an immensely busy period, in which the school handlled a leadership change, overhauled its budgeting process and built a 21st century marketing plan. I worked closely with other trustees on all these projects, particularly our head of school search. More recently, I've played an advisory role as member of the school's…
Odyssey is an innovative middle school in San Mateo, Calif., focusing on gifted education and expeditionary learning. I joined the Odyssey board in 2009. This turned out to be an immensely busy period, in which the school handlled a leadership change, overhauled its budgeting process and built a 21st century marketing plan. I worked closely with other trustees on all these projects, particularly our head of school search. More recently, I've played an advisory role as member of the school's Board of Governors.
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