Leadership & Management
Inside Sports Management
How executives make the tough calls in a demanding industry.
November 14, 2016
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Beth Rimbey
Four Stanford Graduate School of Business alumni discuss the risks and rewards of working in sports management, and what it has taught them about leadership.
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