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By Greg Farrell





B-SCHOOL BROWNOUT





Last November, Shelly Lazarus slipped out of a worldwide management meeting of Ogilvy & Mather and dashed 60 blocks north to make an unusual new-business pitch. Nearly breathless, she arrived in the middle of a presentation by colleagues from O&M’s holding company parent, the WPP Group.





She took the floor before the assembled audience, and filled the room with the story of her remarkable rise from secretary to chairman and chief executive officer of Ogilvy & Mather.



















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