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KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — East Tennesseans can hear eight “grand strategists” of business leadership in an October teleconference hosted by the University of Tennessee.

 UT-Knoxville’s College of Business Administration is one of 100 hosts of “Worldwide Lessons in Leadership” set for Oct. 23-24 at the Hyatt Regency hotel. Fortune magazine sponsors the program.

 Scheduled participants include Ken Blanchard, Stephen Covey, Peter Drucker, Gary Hamel, Rosabeth Moss Kanter, Kenichi Ohmae, Tom Peters and Peter Senge.

 On the second day, the chief executive officers of Hewlett-Packard, Stanley Works and The Gillette Company will join Peters and Senge in the annual Fortune 500 Forum.

 “The college of business is honored to offer this outstanding program to the people of this area,” Anthony Morreale, customer relations manager in the college’s Management Development Center, said.

 “It’s not just for executives, managers or supervisors. Leadership is not a specialty. It is for everyone in the organization.”

 Registration information is available by calling 1-800-689-9771.

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 Contact: Anthony Morreale (423-974-5001)