Leading Blog

DECEMBER 25, 2011

W E HAVE more recorded information about leadership now than at any other time in history. These books speak to our need to rethink our core thinking, beliefs and motivations—to do the uncomfortable. It’s time to rediscover true leadership—to rethink our fundamental assumptions. Leadership matters now more than ever.

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Books Forrester Kahneman Kaplan 284

Great Leadership By Dan

AUGUST 15, 2011

Here's a guest post by Paul Thornton, a Great Leadership regular: To produce healthy plants it takes the right amount of water, sunlight, fertilizer, and care. In his book, Better Under Pressure , Justin Menkes, interviewed Ralph Larsen, retired CEO of Johnson and Johnson. Bibliography Kaplan, R.E. and Kaiser, R.B.

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Kaplan Planning Review Learning-by-Doing 251

Strategy Driven

JULY 13, 2011

We talked extensively in this book about how accounting profits or profit growth as a sole performance metric doesn’t lead to value creation. While you can find numerous books focused on the topic of corporate finance, few offer the type of information managers need to help them make important decisions day in and day out.

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ROIC Balanced Scorecard Metrics McKinsey 62