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judges HBS by how well it prepares students
for the “real world,” it seems to
be doing an excellent job. After all, Don
Chen will graduate into a business culture
in which verbal fluency and sociability
are the two most important predictors
of success, according to a Stanford
Business School study. It’s a world
in which a middle manager at GE once
told me that “people here don’t even
want to meet with you if you don’t
have a PowerPoint and a ‘pitch’ for
them. Even if you’re just making a recommendation
to your colleague, you
can’t sit down in someone’s office and
tell them what you think. You have to
make a presentation, with pros and
cons and a ‘takeaway box.’ ”
Unless they’re self-employed or able
to telecommute, many adults work in
offices where they must take care to
glide down the corridors greeting their
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