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    Bob Fifer attended Harvard College and Harvard Business School, launching two startups during his time at HBS, before joining Strategic Planning Associates and later Kaiser Associates, where he eventually became CEO and Chairman; a family tragedy and feelings of exhaustion led Fifer to reassess his career and withdraw from Kaiser to focus on family and introspection, seeking a role with more societal impact and autonomy after years of professional success and unprecedented challenges leading a large company.

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    Bob Fifer attended Harvard College and Harvard Business School, launching two startups during his time at HBS, before joining Strategic Planning Associates and later Kaiser Associates, where he eventually became CEO and Chairman; a family tragedy and feelings of exhaustion led Fifer to reassess his career and withdraw from Kaiser to focus on family and introspection, seeking a role with more societal impact and autonomy after years of professional success and unprecedented challenges leading a large company.

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    Bob Fifer

    Map the Phases of Fifer’s career. What are


    the key choice points?
    • One of you outline Fifer’s career phases.
    Family’s motivation & inherent push (moral
    persuasion)
    School & Harvard College
    Harvard Business School (two businesses) Crisis and events in college
    SPA
    Kaiser Associates Willingness to take challenges (lack of
    Becoming of the CEO & Chairman of Kaiser challenge)
    Reassessment & Detachment (focus on Unknown & unprecedented challenges
    core) (office politicking)

    Introspection (cut down on work)


    What was he striving for in each career phase? How have his needs and goals
    changed during the course of his career?
    Phases Drivers Environment

    Harvard Parents’ motivation, academic excellence Socially advanced people


    Change in attitude towards life
    Shaken his confidence level
    HBS Prepared him for future life (allowed him to get the taste Rejection from companies
    of finances [tart-ups) Quick decisions with limited data
    SPA Found a route to financial success Experimented with his presentation
    High status (appealing closely high performers) skills and succeeded. Prepared himself
    to grow ahead
    Kaiser Ownership/control on oneself New attitude gets validated
    Freedom & free from bosses
    CEO/Kaiser Unexpected opportunity Push the limits
    Make enough money
    Withdrawal from ‘Killed’ himself (exhausted) Ding to focus on family
    Kaiser Disillusioned Introspection
    Trapped in success
    Family tragedy
    How have his relationships and environments
    propelled those changes or held him back?
    • Son

    • Miscarriage

    • Mortality (life & death)

    • How would money help the life anyway?

    • Not so challenging.

    • Looking for something new in life (societal impact)

    • Meritocracy to socially relevant individual


    A reflection of those changes

    Choice Points Themes: Pursuit of…

    Approval Money Control & Autonomy

    Harvard *

    HBS

    SPA

    Kaiser

    CEO/Kaiser

    Withdrawal
    Based on your infographics (task 1), Map
    your career choices in line with slide no.5
    What pattern do you recognise in the
    evolution of your choice making?

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