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Dave Ulrich on calculating the market value of leadership: An interview by Bob Morris

First Friday Book Synopsis

Dave Ulrich is the Rensis Likert Collegiate Professor of Business Administration at the Ross School of Business, University of Michigan, and a partner at the RBL Group a consulting firm focused on helping organizations and leaders deliver value.

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Best Leadership Books of 2010

Leading Blog

The Why of Work : How Great Leaders Build Abundant Organizations That Win by David Ulrich and Wendy Ulrich. Bury My Heart at Conference Room B : The Unbeatable Impact of Truly Committed Managers by Stan Slap. Related Interest: Best Leadership Books of 2009. Colonel Roosevelt by Edmund Morris.

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Demonstrating the Entrepreneurial Spirit

Marshall Goldsmith

My friends, David Ulrich and Norm Smallwood have discussed how this same process can be applied to corporate managers who develop their own brands as leaders (BusinessWeek.com, 10/2/07). In 2009 Marshall's friend the late CK Prahalad was ranked #1 and Marshall was ranked #14. Life is good.

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Top 16 Books for Human Resource and Talent Management Executives

Chart Your Course

Every HR, OD professional, and management consultant should at the very least be aware of their existence, if not well-versed in their ideas and theories. In one of the defining management studies carried out in the 90s, Collins and his team complied a list of 1,435 companies in search of those special few that could truly be called “great.”

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What All Great Leaders Have In Common | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

Here's whats currently on my Kindle Living Organized by Felton When God Breaks your Heart by Underwood What Got you Here won't get you there by Goldsmith Hard Facts, Dangerous Half-Truths And Total Nonsense … – Pfeffer & Sutton The Voice New Testament Lead Your Boss by Baldoni StrengthsFinder 2.0

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Why Doesn't HR Lead Change?

Harvard Business Review

In 2009 Tony Scibelli, Vice President of Human Resources and Operations at Faxton-St. In most organizations talent management is left to direct supervisors. The problem for continuous improvement is that managers tend to hire for expertise, not for behaviors such as improvement. Others say that HR is under-utilized.

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Leadership Basics | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

Keep in mind that your credibility as a leader depends greatly on your actions: your interaction with your family, friends, and co-workers; your way of managing your personal and organizational responsibilities; and even the way you talk with a casual acquaintance in the elevator. Leaders are always in the limelight.

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