The Commonwealth Institute

The Commonwealth Institute presents

Featuring:

Rosabeth Moss Kanter

Ernest L. Arbuckle Professor of Business Administration, Harvard Business School,

speaking about her new book,

Confidence: How Winning Streaks and Losing Streaks Begin and End

Listen to Professor Kanter talk about confidence in this
3- minute interview. Interview courtesy of Legal Insight Media, Inc.

Ellyn McColgan

President, Fidelity Brokerage Company,

offering her perspective on success in business, plus her own winning streaks, losing streaks, and lessons learned

Listen to Ms. McColgan talk about leadership and getting "big wins" on the board in this 3- minute interview. Interview courtesy of Legal Insight Media, Inc.

Monday, September 20, 2004
Registration and Networking: 7:30 - 8:00 am
Program: 8:00 - 9:30 am
Location: Sheraton Boston, 39 Dalton Street

Event sponsors

As an expert on leadership, innovation, transformation, and change, Harvard Business School Professor Rosabeth Moss Kanter has devoted her career to understanding cycles of advantage and disadvantage – the dynamic interplay of situation, behavior, attitude, system performance, and results. In Confidence, she sets out to explain the culture of success or failure, why winning streaks and losing streaks perpetuate themselves, and how to shift the dynamics of decline to a cycle of success. Based on hundreds of original interviews, first-hand observations, and unusual insider access to leaders of business, sports, and political organizations worldwide, Confidence takes a broad and deep look into many kinds of competitions to identify the most universal principles accounting for growth and success.

Kanter is the Ernest L. Arbuckle Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School. She has received 21 honorary doctoral degrees and over a dozen leadership awards, and has been named to lists of the “50 most influential business thinkers in the world” (ranked in the top 10), the “100 most important women in America” and the “50 most powerful women in the world.” Her public service activities span local and global interests. She has been a judge for the Ron Brown Award for Corporate Leadership given at the White House, a member of the Board of Overseers for the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award, is a Fellow of the World Economic Forum, served on the U.S. Secretary of Labor's Committee on Skills Gap of the 21st Century Work Force Council and the Massachusetts Governor's Economic Council (for which she was co-chaired the International Trade Task Force), led the effort to establish a Year 2000 Commission for legacy projects for Boston, and currently serves on the Massachusetts Convention Center Authority board. She has been a corporate and pension fund director and sits on many civic and non-profit boards, including City Year, the national urban youth service corps that was the model for Americorps and is now expanding internationally, to South Africa and other countries.

Ellyn McColgan knows that you can't lead from the middle. Shortly after starting her career in human resources, Ms. McColgan set her mind to getting out in front – by becoming the president of a large organization. After a journey that she describes as “a mini American dream,” and proving her mettle by developing expertise in customer service, operations, sales, technology, and more, she has done just that.

Today, as president of Fidelity Brokerage Company, Ms. McColgan leads the largest business unit at Fidelity Investments, with more than $1 trillion in assets and 9,000 employees. Over the years, she has developed a reputation as a passionate risk-taker, a master communicator, a driven saleswoman, and a strong advocate for women in leadership roles.

The daughter of a steamfitter and a homemaker, Ms. McColgan was the first child in her family to go to college, to go to graduate school, and to go into business. She received a Bachelor of Arts degree in psychology from Montclair State College in New Jersey , and an MBA from Harvard Business School . Ms. McColgan is a Trustee of Babson College and a member of the Board of Directors of the Securities Industry Association.

UNDERWRITER

Fidelity Investments

Co-Chairs

Paige Arnof-Fenn, Mavens & Moguls

Jennifer Brown, Fidelity Investments

Paul Guzzi, Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce

Richard Lord, Associated Industries of Massachusetts

Colette A. M. Phillips, Colette Phillips Communications Inc.

Supporter

Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP

Contributors

Harvard Pilgrim Health Care

New England Office Supply, Inc.

Friends

Babson College

Brigham and Women's Hospital -
Connors Center for Women's Health

Cresa Partners

The Feinberg Law Group, LLC

Holland & Knight LLP

Hollister Associates

Investers Financial Services Corporation

Lois L. Lindauer Searches

Massachusetts Convention Center Authority

Millennium Pharmaceuticals

North American Management Corp.

Posternak Blankstein & Lund LLP

Putnam Investments

Simmons College

Testa, Hurwitz & Thibeault, LLP

Host Committee

Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

Bob Burke, ATG, Inc.

Carol Goldberg, The Avcar Group / Irma Fisher Mann, IRMA Inc.

Bonnie Gorbaty, Inner Resources

Susan Hodgkinson, The Personal Brand Company

Beverly Kahn, New Dimensions in Technology

Melissa MacDonnell, Liberty Mutual Group

Barbara Marx, Marx+

Carrie McIndoe, Strategic Capital Resources

Mary McNamara, Angel Healthcare Investors, LLC

Jayne Rice, Marsh, Inc.

June and David Rokoff

Lois Silverman, The Commonwealth Institute

Shirley Singleton, Edgewater Technology, Inc.

Helene Solomon, Solomon McCown and Company

Susan Lewis Solomont, The Philanthropic Initiative

Phyllis S. Swersky, The Commonwealth Institute

Dorothy A. Terrell

Sharon P. Whiteley, ThirdAge, Inc.

Kate Wilson, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts

Media Sponsor

The Boston Business Journal


		Event Detail businessrhythms The Commonwealth Institute presents See Photos! Featuring: Rosabeth Moss Kanter Ernest L. Arbuckle Professor of Business Administration, Harvard Business School, speaking about her new book, Confidence: How Winning Streaks and Losing Streaks Begin and End Listen to Professor Kanter talk about confidence in this 3- minute interview. Interview courtesy of Legal Insight Media, Inc. Ellyn McColgan President, Fidelity Brokerage Company, offering her perspective on success in business, plus her own winning streaks, losing streaks, and lessons learned Listen to Ms. McColgan talk about leadership and getting "big wins" on the board in this 3- minute interview. Interview courtesy of Legal Insight Media, Inc. Monday, September 20, 2004 Registration and Networking: 7:30 - 8:00 am Program: 8:00 - 9:30 am Location: Sheraton Boston, 39 Dalton Street Event sponsors As an expert on leadership, innovation, transformation, and change, Harvard Business School Professor *Rosabeth Moss Kanter* has devoted her career to understanding cycles of advantage and disadvantage – the dynamic interplay of situation, behavior, attitude, system performance, and results. In Confidence, she sets out to explain the culture of success or failure, why winning streaks and losing streaks perpetuate themselves, and how to shift the dynamics of decline to a cycle of success. Based on hundreds of original interviews, first-hand observations, and unusual insider access to leaders of business, sports, and political organizations worldwide, Confidence takes a broad and deep look into many kinds of competitions to identify the most universal principles accounting for growth and success. Kanter is the Ernest L. Arbuckle Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School. She has received 21 honorary doctoral degrees and over a dozen leadership awards, and has been named to lists of the “50 most influential business thinkers in the world” (ranked in the top 10), the “100 most important women in America” and the “50 most powerful women in the world.” Her public service activities span local and global interests. She has been a judge for the Ron Brown Award for Corporate Leadership given at the White House, a member of the Board of Overseers for the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award, is a Fellow of the World Economic Forum, served on the U.S. Secretary of Labor's Committee on Skills Gap of the 21st Century Work Force Council and the Massachusetts Governor's Economic Council (for which she was co-chaired the International Trade Task Force), led the effort to establish a Year 2000 Commission for legacy projects for Boston, and currently serves on the Massachusetts Convention Center Authority board. She has been a corporate and pension fund director and sits on many civic and non-profit boards, including City Year, the national urban youth service corps that was the model for Americorps and is now expanding internationally, to South Africa and other countries. Ellyn McColgan knows that you can't lead from the middle. Shortly after starting her career in human resources, Ms. McColgan set her mind to getting out in front – by becoming the president of a large organization. After a journey that she describes as “a mini American dream,” and proving her mettle by developing expertise in customer service, operations, sales, technology, and more, she has done just that. Today, as president of Fidelity Brokerage Company, Ms. McColgan leads the largest business unit at Fidelity Investments, with more than $1 trillion in assets and 9,000 employees. Over the years, she has developed a reputation as a passionate risk-taker, a master communicator, a driven saleswoman, and a strong advocate for women in leadership roles. The daughter of a steamfitter and a homemaker, Ms. McColgan was the first child in her family to go to college, to go to graduate school, and to go into business. She received a Bachelor of Arts degree in psychology from Montclair State College in New Jersey , and an MBA from Harvard Business School . Ms. McColgan is a Trustee of Babson College and a member of the Board of Directors of the Securities Industry Association. UNDERWRITER Fidelity Investments *Co-Chairs* Paige Arnof-Fenn, Mavens & Moguls Jennifer Brown, Fidelity Investments Paul Guzzi, Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce Richard Lord, Associated Industries of Massachusetts Colette A. M. Phillips, Colette Phillips Communications Inc. Supporter Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP *Contributors* Harvard Pilgrim Health Care New England Office Supply, Inc. *Friends* Babson College Brigham and Women's Hospital - Connors Center for Women's Health Cresa Partners The Feinberg Law Group, LLC Holland & Knight LLP Hollister Associates Investers Financial Services Corporation Lois L. Lindauer Searches Massachusetts Convention Center Authority Millennium Pharmaceuticals North American Management Corp. Posternak Blankstein & Lund LLP Putnam Investments Simmons College Testa, Hurwitz & Thibeault, LLP *Host Committee* Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Bob Burke, ATG, Inc. Carol Goldberg, The Avcar Group / Irma Fisher Mann, IRMA Inc. Bonnie Gorbaty, Inner Resources Susan Hodgkinson, The Personal Brand Company Beverly Kahn, New Dimensions in Technology Melissa MacDonnell, Liberty Mutual Group Barbara Marx, Marx+ Carrie McIndoe, Strategic Capital Resources Mary McNamara, Angel Healthcare Investors, LLC Jayne Rice, Marsh, Inc. June and David Rokoff Lois Silverman, The Commonwealth Institute Shirley Singleton, Edgewater Technology, Inc. Helene Solomon, Solomon McCown and Company Susan Lewis Solomont, The Philanthropic Initiative Phyllis S. Swersky, The Commonwealth Institute Dorothy A. Terrell Sharon P. Whiteley, ThirdAge, Inc. Kate Wilson, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts Media Sponsor The Boston Business Journal