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Best Leadership Books of 2011

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Practically Radical : Not-So-Crazy Ways to Transform Your Company, Shake Up Your Industry, and Challenge Yourself by William C. What to Ask the Person in the Mirror : Critical Questions for Becoming a More Effective Leader and Reaching Your Potential by Robert Steven Kaplan.

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Performance Measurement

Strategy Driven

Performance measurement typically drives much of the way a large company works. Supplementing profits with ROIC and revenue growth is a step in the right direction to ensure that the profits a business earns are actually creating value, not simply over-consuming capital that another company could better deploy.

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How to Give a Briefing that Impresses the Boss

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He also served as President of Kaplan College, a division of Kaplan Inc., the well-known test preparation company, where he developed and launched the online college that offers Associates and Bachelors degrees and certificates in Business, Information Technology, Nursing, and Law. Copyright 2007-2011 by StrategyDriven, Inc.

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Conquer Your Nerves with Eye-Brain Control To Make a Strong.

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StrategyDriven effective executives, efficient employees Home About The StrategyDriven Organization Our Company Our Contributors Karen K. He also served as President of Kaplan College, a division of Kaplan Inc., Juliano Howard T. Dickens Jr. Ives Sharon Drew Morgen Hank Moore Jamie P.

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Smart Leaders Don’t Just Learn, They Teach

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Taylor for BNET (January 4, 2011), The CBS Interactive Business Network. Here is an article written by William C. To check out an abundance of valuable resources and obtain a free subscription to one or more of the BNET newsletters, please click here. * * * Ever since the publication, nearly two decades ago, of [.].

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Here's Why Successful Presentations Planning Must Begin with an.

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StrategyDriven effective executives, efficient employees Home About The StrategyDriven Organization Our Company Our Contributors Karen K. If they are within your organization or in client companies, can you gain any insights from someone else who knows them? He also served as President of Kaplan College, a division of Kaplan Inc.,

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For a Powerful Presentation, Begin with a Bang, Finish with a Flourish

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An executive in a power company who was presenting to an important sales prospect opened his talk with a story about a company employee who cut short his vacation and drove 300 miles to help restore power after a hurricane. The executive used the story to illustrate that the company prides itself on serving its customers.

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