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The Best Leadership Books of 2014

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Kotter For most companies, the hierarchy is the singular operating system at the heart of the firm. We need get off the career ladder and get onto a learning curve. Best Leadership Books of 2011. Accelerate : Building Strategic Agility for a Faster-Moving World by John P. Blog Post ). We need to be a perpetual rookie.

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Top 16 Books for Human Resource and Talent Management Executives

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Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us (2011). Studies show that a person’s emotional intelligence (the ability to manage one’s own emotions and the emotions of others) is not only more important than their IQ, but the single most important variable in career and life success. By Daniel H.