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Featured Instigator: Kevin Eikenberry

Lead Change Blog

” Editor’s Note: I took the liberty of researching some of Kevin’s previous writings on favorite books and came upon this 2011 post , which lists several recommended books as well as introducing Kevin’s own From Bud to Boss ! ~ When asked “if money were no object, what would you do all day?” 12/2015: John Stoker.

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Leadership Is a Contact Sport: Ask

Marshall Goldsmith

It will just sound like denial, rationalization, and objection. Marshall Goldsmith was selected as one of the 10 Most Influential Management Thinkers in the World by Thinkers50 in both 2011 and 2013. He was also selected as the World’s Most Influential Leadership Thinker in 2011. Just act on advice that makes sense to you.

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Be More Productive Now: Mindful Strategies for Increasing Performance

Strategy Driven

The consequence is we tend to focus on short term outcomes and lose sight of larger goals and objectives. Instead, by applying the core tenets of mindfulness to everyday tasks, business professionals at all levels can more effectively focus on high-priority objectives – the type that lead to immediate results. About the Authors.

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The Success Delusion

Marshall Goldsmith

It’s not quite like a carnival magic act where the mentalist moves objects on a table with her mind. Marshall Goldsmith was selected as one of the 10 Most Influential Management Thinkers in the World by Thinkers50 in both 2011 and 2013. He was also selected as the World’s Most Influential Leadership Thinker in 2011.

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Using Deming’s System of Profound Knowledge to Gain Insight into Data Collection

Deming Institute

Unfortunately, there is no such thing as (truly) objective data. In April 2015, she and Suzanne Anthony published “When Measurement Becomes the Mission, Don’t Trust the Measurement” in The Journal for Quality & Participation. All data are subjective!

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Outsider CEOs Are on the Rise at the World’s Biggest Companies

Harvard Business Review

.” There are several reasons why the top job is increasingly going to outsiders when boards have time to plan for succession, which was the case for nearly three-quarters of CEO hires from 2012 to 2015. of “inside-outsiders,” internal hires who maintain a strong objectivity streak.). and Canadian CEOs in the study.)

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Augmented Reality Is Already Improving Worker Performance

Harvard Business Review

per year from 2011 to 2016, compared to 3% from 1996 to 2005, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. A 2015 Deloitte study estimates that there will be 3.5 and other advanced economies have suffered a severe drop in productivity growth since the great recession. In the United States productivity growth averaged just 0.5%

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