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OrganizationalOrganizational BehaviorBehavior
INSPIRATIONALINSPIRATIONAL STORYSTORY--------Oprah
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CONTENTS
Introduction
Early Life
Career Journey
Controversies
Lifetime Achievements
Lessons Learnt
Conclusion
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INTRODUCTION
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INTRODUCTION
Briefly.
Most successful, respected and wealthiest women in the
world today & has more credibility than the president(Columnist Maureen Dowd)
Has more influence on the culture than any university
president, politician, or religious leader, except perhaps the
Pope (Vanity Fair )
2005; was named the greatest person in American history;
Public Poll The Greatest American
Who?.....GuessWho?.....Guess
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EARLY LIFE
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LIVED WITH HER GRANDMOTHER
After her birth, Oprah spent her first six years living inAfter her birth, Oprah spent her first six years living in
rural poverty with her grandmother, who was so poor thatrural poverty with her grandmother, who was so poor that
Winfrey often wore dresses made of potato sacks.Winfrey often wore dresses made of potato sacks.
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LIVED WITH HER MOTHER
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LIVED WITH HER FATHER
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CAREER JOURNEY
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CAREER JOURNEY
She had already captured the nation's
attention with her poignant portrayal of Sofia
in Steven Spielberg's 1985 adaptation of Alice
Walker's novel, The Color Purple.
Oprah's performance earned her nominations
for an Oscar and a Golden Globe Award as
Best Supporting Actress.
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CAREER JOURNEY
Form her own production company,
Harpo Productions, Inc., in 1986.
1988, Harpo Productions, Inc. acquired
ownership and all productionresponsibilities for The Oprah Winfrey
Show from Capitol Cities/ABC. Making
Oprah Winfrey the first woman in
history to own and produce her own
talk show.
Since the 1990s, Oprah began to
emphasize spiritual values, healthy
living and self-help, and her program
became more popular than ever.
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TALK SHOW
1990s
TabloidTalk
Show genre
The Jenny Jones
Show, Ricki Lake,
The Jerry
Springer Show
Normalbehavior
orDeviant
behavior?
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WAR IN IRAQ
2002
Oprah aired several
episodes ofprograms
that showed negative
implications ofpotential
U.S.-ledwarin Iraq
AccusedofAnti-warbias andUn-American
Goback to Africa hate
mails
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WAR IN IRAQ
2003
Liberalfilmmaker,
Michael Moore came
to Oprahs defense
In February, Oprah
showedThe World
Speaks Out On Iraq
President Bush and
Collin PowellPress
Conference
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DEMOCRATS VS REPLUBLICANS
2008
Suggestion to
have Sarah
Palin on the
show
Oprah SaidNo
Republicans
saidHypocrite!
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DEMOCRATSVS REPLUBLICANS
2008
Gossip columns and
reputable news
organizations claimed
Politicalbias!
In 2006, Obama had
appearedon theshow
Finally,Palin
appearedon Oprahs
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HERMS
2005
Hermes luxury store
in Paris denied Oprah
entrance to the store
News sources: Oprah
arrivedafter the store
hadclosed
Oprah: Not chic
enough or thin enough
or the right class or the right color
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HERMS
2005
Oprahs fans
boycottedHermes
Hermes President,
Robert Chavez
appearedon the
show to publiclyapologize
Chavez: One very,very
rigid staffmember
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Angel Network encouraged
people to make charitable
contributions andvolunteerwork
Relieffunds for the disaster
stricken areas
The Oprah Winfrey Foundation
Oprah Book Club
Co-authored the book "A JournalofDailyRenewal: The Companion to Make the
Connection" with BobGreene and
Uncommon Wisdom ofOprah Winfrey: A
Portrait in Her Own Words" with Bill Adler
THE ACHIEVEMENTS
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Oprah won herfirst Emmy awardforbest
talk/service show host andbest show (1987)
Received the National Association for the
Advancement ofColoredPeoples Entertainerofthe yearaward (1989)
First woman and the only African American on
Forbes list of400 richest Americans (1995)
1996, Oprah received the prestigious George
FosterPeabodys Individual Achievement
Award
THE ACHIEVEMENTS
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1998, Oprah receiveda Lifetime Achievement
Awardfrom the Daytime Emmy Awards andan
awardfor top talk show host
2002, received the BobHope HumanitarianAwardat the 2002 Emmy Awards for her
services to television andfilm
2005, namedby Time magazine as one ofthe
100 most influential people ofthe year
Oprah Winfrey was also the first black person
listedby Business Weekas one ofAmericas
top 50 most generous philanthropists.
THE ACHIEVEMENTS
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LESSONS LEARNT
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LESSONSLEARNT
Inspiringpro-social behavior
brief exposure to other individuals' pro-social behavior
motivates altruism
potentially providing an avenue for increasing the
general level of pro-sociality in society
Uses herfame andlistening
audience to help the less fortunate,including animals
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LESSONSLEARNT
Spiritual/ Courage
She brings people together and provide common ground &far ahead of most people in human relations
Be thankful for what you have; you'll end up
having more. If you concentrate on what you
don't have, you will never, ever have
enough.
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LESSONS LEARNT
Persistent/ Never Give up
believe that everything in life
happens for a reason; worst
thing!
The question is what the reason
we want to give ourselves?
Philosophy is that not only are you responsible
for your life, but doing the best at this moment
puts you in the best place for the next moment.
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LESSONS LEARNT
Leadership
Successful people they all believe
one thing, its not what happens to
us that defines who we become;Its what we choose to do about
it.
Ability to influence people
toward achieving something!
Whatever happens to us,
it happened for a reason
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