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Best Leadership Books of 2010

Leading Blog

The way forward will mean reviewing a lot of overly familiar ideas like, “self-awareness is critical to a good leader” because those are the things we forgot or were maybe never taught. While books about these ideas can seem boring they can, if we let them, take us to a higher level. Related Interest: Best Leadership Books of 2009.

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Employee Engagement: 2010 Research Insights

Michael Lee Stallard

In July, Hewitt released a report showing that for the quarter ending June 2010, 46 percent of the 900 organizations it tracks experienced declines in employee engagement versus 30 percent of the organizations that experienced improved employee engagement. Military Gamification in Everything? why is everyone smiling?

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Top 30 Leadership Blogs 2010 | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

You’ll note when reviewing the Top Leadership Blogs list below that I did not apply a numerical hierarchy to the rankings, but rather just disclosed my data points – I decided it would be a better list if I let you draw your own conclusions and render your own opinions. I know, I know - another list?

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Book Review: Halftime

Lead on Purpose

In his book HALFTIME: Moving from Success to Significance , author Bob Buford explores three stages of life: The first half: On average, the first 40 years of your life. In his book HALFTIME: Moving from Success to Significance , author Bob Buford explores three stages of life: The first half: On average, the first 40 years of your life.

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10 Book Reviews in 10 Days

CEO Blog

CEO Blog - Time Leadership Sunday, December 26, 2010 10 Book Reviews in 10 Days There is a nasty storm going on outside. I am way behind in my book reviews (not my reading - just my reviews). Stormy weather is a great time to stay in an "book report". I was so looking forward to seeing them.

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Book Review: Trust Agents

Lead on Purpose

Making connections and gaining people’s trust is the premise of the book Trust Agents: Using the Web to Build Influence, Improve Reputation, and Earn Trust. Making connections and gaining people’s trust is the premise of the book Trust Agents: Using the Web to Build Influence, Improve Reputation, and Earn Trust.

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Book Review: The Right Leader

Lead on Purpose

In his book The Right Leader: Selecting Executives Who Fit , author Nat Stoddard (with help from Claire Wyckoff) investigates the complex topic of assuring smooth executive transitions, with their primary focus at the CEO level. The first section of the book focuses on finding executives who “fit&# the organization.

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