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First Look: Leadership Books for September 2011

Leading Blog

The Anywhere Leader : How to Lead and Succeed in Any Business Environment by Mike Thompson. Uncertainty : Turning Fear and Doubt into Fuel for Brilliance by Jonathan Fields. StandOut : The Groundbreaking New Strengths Assessment from the Leader of the Strengths Revolution by Marcus Buckingham. Baumeister and John Tierney.

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How To Build Immunity To Burnout In The Workplace

Eric Jacobson

Workers with specific EI skills know how to successfully cope with stressful work environments and experiences. They can handle the discomfort of learning curves and uncertainty. Were they Jedi-level meditators capable of remaining unflappable even in chronically stressful environments? Managing yourself. Understanding others.

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Leading Like Manwani in a VUCA World

Great Leadership By Dan

It has rapidly become an acronym for our business environment. Uncertainty: where the past is no longer a predictor of what will come next. -. To download copies of the 2011 Global Leadership Forecast, visit: [link]. Pronounced voo-ka, it stands for: -. Volatility: where things change fast and are unpredictable. -.

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The Demotivated Employee: What Causes Employees to Lose Their Motivation?

Strategy Driven

Given the sudden changes and uncertainty that have occurred as a result of the pandemic, employees are stressed. Kim Cameron and Robert Quinn (2011) have identified four cultures that are indicative of most organizations: clan, adhocracy, hierarchy and market. How leaders respond during times of stress is critical.

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StrategyDriven Editorial Perspective – Socialization of Medical Care

Strategy Driven

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Taking a Look at Command, Control and Authority

You're Not the Boss of Me

So no, Command and Control in a business or organizational environment is not a leadership style that serves us any more… at least not in large doses. For example: In times of revolutionary change when the future feels doubtful, this take-charge style is needed, and often appreciated, to help people over the hump of uncertainty.

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Possibility Maximizer: Fear.less

Sales Wolf Blog

  Financial markets seem to be in perpetual chaos, our environment is in peril due to natural and man made disasters, and feelings of uncertainty abound in our everyday lives.  Why You Should Check it Out and Subscribe: The world is awash in fear.    Everywhere you look there are reasons for fear.