Jeff Weiner is the CEO of LinkedIn. He discusses three principles for being a conscious business leader: be real, be whole, and be innovative. For being real, he focuses on expanding access to information through education reform. For being whole, he emphasizes finding happiness through work and home life balance. For being innovative, he stresses the importance of managing compassionately by understanding its difference from empathy and striving for both compassion and wisdom.

1. Jeff Weiner
CEO of LinkedIn
Jessica Feng
April 2014
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2. Who is Jeff Weiner?
Road to CEO
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3. Be Real:
Conscious Business
Motivated by education reform
 Driven by the democratization of
access to information
Advancing that access over time
 To think about wisdom and
compassion
Focused on economic opportunity
 For people to better themselves
“My personal vision is to expand to
world’s collective wisdom and
compassion.”
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4. Be Whole:
Understand What Makes You Happy
“It's taken me over 40 years to
realize what makes me happy --
simply put, it's looking forward to
going to work in the morning, and
looking forward to coming home at
night.”
At Home
 Role in society built on the foundation on
what is built at home
 Credits wife Lisette for being the
foundation of their home
At Work
 Schedules blocks of time to think
strategically and to just catch his breath
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5. “There is one I aspire to live by
more than any other. I say "aspire"
because as much as I'd like to do it
consistently and without fail… I find
this particular principle harder to
practice consistently than others.
That principle is managing
compassionately. ”
Three Principles
 Meaning of compassion
 How compassion differs from empathy
 The importance of striving to achieve
both compassion and wisdom, and not
one without the other
Be Innovative:
Managing Compassionately
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6. Total Leadership:
Key Lessons Learned
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• Look for harmony and the right points of integration
• Surround yourself with amazing people
Be Real
• Take time figure out what it is you actually want to do
• Optimize for both passion and skill
Be Whole
• Always be learning
• Acknowledge that we are all in it together
Be Innovative