APPLETON, WIS. — Former Baxter International chief executive officer Harry M. Jansen Kraemer Jr. discusses how “doing the right thing” can lead to success in the address “Becoming a Values-Based Leader” Thursday, Sept. 15 at Lawrence University.
Kraemer’s presentation, which opens Lawrence’s 2011-12 convocation series, is at 11:10 a.m. in the Lawrence Memorial Chapel, 510 E. College Ave., Appleton. The event is free and open to the public.
A 1977 Lawrence graduate, Kraemer joined Baxter in 1982 as director of corporate development. During a 23-year career at the $10 billion a year global healthcare company, he served in a variety of senior positions in both domestic and international operations before being named chief executive officer in January 1999. He assumed the additional responsibility of chairman of Baxter’s board of directors the following January.
The address will be based on his 2011 book “From Values to Action: The Four Principles of Values-Based Leadership,” in which he draws upon his own professional experiences. He provides a values-based framework for leaders to create and direct organizations that do the right thing, not just do things right. Leaders, according to Kraemer, should be guided by four critical principles: self-reflection, balance, true self-confidence and genuine humility.
A past chairman of Lawrence’s Board of Trustees, Kraemer currently is an executive partner at Madison Dearborn Partners, a private equity investment firm based in Chicago. He also serves as an adjunct professor of management and strategy at Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management, where he was recognized with the school’s 2008 “Professor of the Year” award.
Lawrence’s annual matriculation convocation is the traditional official start of the new academic year.
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Founded in 1847, Lawrence University uniquely integrates a college of liberal arts and sciences with a world-class conservatory of music, both devoted exclusively to undergraduate education. Ranked among America’s best colleges, it was selected for inclusion in the book “Colleges That Change Lives: 40 Schools That Will Change the Way You Think About College.” Individualized learning, the development of multiple interests and community engagement are central to the Lawrence experience. Lawrence draws its 1,520 students from 44 states and 56 countries.
