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Spanx's Sara Blakely shapes up women (and an industry) / Ronald H. Humphrey.

By: Material type: TextSeries: Publisher: [London] : SAGE, 2016Description: 1 online resource : illustrations (black and white, and colour)Content type:
  • text
  • still image
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781506324616 (ebook) :
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 658.4092 23
Online resources: Sara Blakely, founder of Spanx, is an excellent example of a young leader who used her original and innovative ideas to build a successful business. This case illustrates the various components of Blakely's leadership style gained throughout her personal history and asks which of these skills contributed most to her success.
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Originally Published in: Humphrey, R. H. (2013). Spanx's Sara Blakely Shapes Up Women (and an Industry). In Effective leadership: Theory, cases and applications (pp. 422-425). Los Angeles: SAGE Publications, Inc. ISBN: 9781412963558.

Sara Blakely, founder of Spanx, is an excellent example of a young leader who used her original and innovative ideas to build a successful business. This case illustrates the various components of Blakely's leadership style gained throughout her personal history and asks which of these skills contributed most to her success.

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