William G. Pietersen
South African academic
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William G. Pietersen's Degrees
- Bachelors Chemistry University of Cape Town
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(Suggest an Edit or Addition)According to Wikipedia, Willie Pietersen is an international businessman, author, and professor at Columbia University. William Gerard Pietersen was born in East London, South Africa, on Sept. 24, 1937 to Willem Gerhardus DuPlessis Pietersen and Hester Jacomina Francina . He is six feet, four inches tall and of Dutch, German and French ancestry. Pietersen attended Rhodes University in Grahamstown, South Africa, where he earned a BA in law and economics and an LLB in law and was chairman of the Students Representative Council. He was awarded a Rhodes Scholarship to Oxford University in England where he received an MA in jurisprudence. After practicing law, he embarked on an international business career. By 1974, at age 36, Pietersen had become one of the youngest Managing Directors in the history of Unilever. Over a period of twenty years he served as the CEO of multibillion-dollar businesses such as Lever Foods, Seagram USA, Tropicana and Sterling Winthrop's Consumer Health Group.
William G. Pietersen's Published Works
Published Works
- Reinventing Strategy: Using Strategic Learning to Create and Sustain Breakthrough Performance (2002) (72)
- THE MARK TWAIN DILEMMA: THE THEORY AND PRACTICE OF CHANGE LEADERSHIP (2002) (31)
- Strategic Learning: How to Be Smarter Than Your Competition and Turn Key Insights into Competitive Advantage (2010) (28)
- Overcoming Resistance to Change and Driving Momentum (2011) (20)
- Leading through a Crisis (2011) (4)
- Defining Competitive Advantage: How Much More Value Do You Deliver Than Your Competitors? (2011) (4)
- WHAT NELSON MANDELA TAUGHT THE WORLD ABOUT LEADERSHIP (2015) (3)
- The value of social networks to community volunteers from high risk communities (2017) (1)
- Becoming an Integrated Leader (2011) (1)
- Building Networks of Care: Volunteers Partnering with Teachers in Supporting Vulnerable Children ☆ (2013) (1)
- Conclusion: The Five Cs: Choices, Clarity, Change, Courage, and Compassion (2011) (0)
- Comment: Ministerial insight - An Academy for the primary physicians (1980) (0)
- Comment - Communication/ Jogging Doctors (1980) (0)
- Comment: Tax concessions for post-graduate study - The Academy gets off the ground (1980) (0)
- Execute: Implementing and Experimenting in the Strategic Learning Cycle (2011) (0)
- Focus: Clarifying Your Winning Proposition and Identifying Your Key Priorities (2011) (0)
- ["Quo vadis" the GP]. (1978) (0)
- Strategy in Search of a Method (2003) (0)
- Use of Cement-Stabilised Soil.for Native Housing. (1947) (0)
- OUTSIDE-IN THINKING: CRUCIAL BUT UNNATURAL (2016) (0)
- The Real Job of Strategy (2011) (0)
- Learn: Using a Situation Analysis to Generate Superior Insights about Your External Environment and Your Own Realities (2011) (0)
- Comment: In - of uitkontraktering 1980 - 'Freedom' for the 'Doctor' (1980) (0)
- Translating Your Strategy into a Compelling Leadership Message (2011) (0)
- [Letter: House calls]. (1974) (0)
- Strategic Learning: Four Key Steps, One Cycle (2011) (0)
- Comment: Geneeskundige Raad Verskiesing - Call for innovative training (1980) (0)
- Comment: Skills - Etiquette (1980) (0)
- Comment: The importance of the "Association" - Litigation (1980) (0)
- Align: Mobilizing Your Entire Organization behind Your Strategy (2011) (0)
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