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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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