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LeadershipNow 140: December 2011 Compilation

Leading Blog

Here are a selection of tweets from December 2011 that you might have missed: @wallybock >> Imagination Igniters: Books for Leaders. mjasmus: Most read in 2011: 30 Overlooked Acts of Leadership Courage. Among 5 powers leaders need. The worst leadership moments of 2011 - The Washington Post. I don't wait for moods.

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Major Global Study Calls for a Leadership Revolution

The Practical Leader

The training firm Development Dimensions International (DDI) has just released their Global Leadership Forecast 2011. In a section entitled “The role of management is still in yesteryear mode,&# author and professor Gary Hamel partnered with DDI to identify which of the following disablers were most prominent.

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What All Great Leaders Have In Common | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

As you pointed out, being a one-trick pony, while better than not reading at all, is not as powerful as purposeful reading across topics. The power of the written word to make a difference in this world by inspiring others is enormous. Bottom line…If you’re a leader and not an avid reader, you’re wrong.

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The Making of an Innovation Master

Harvard Business Review

There were a ton of great thinkers that didn't quite make the cut, such as Chip and Dan Heath , Geoffrey Moore , Constantinos Markides , Robert Burgelman , Henry Mintzberg , Gary Hamel , Michael Tushman , W. His 2011 book, The Lean Startup , is a must read. Chan Kim , and Renee Mauborgne. One natural question is, "Who is next?"

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Best Leadership Books of 2012

Leading Blog

What Matters Now : How to Win in a World of Relentless Change, Ferocious Competition, and Unstoppable Innovation by Gary Hamel. The Power of Habit : Why We Do What We Do in Life and Business by Charles Duhigg. Quiet : The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking by Susan Cain. The Strategy Book by Max McKeown.

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Grassroots Leadership through Social Power

Coaching Tip

The institutions of modern developed societies, whether governments or companies, are not prepared for this social power. I don't think it's crazy to ask if your CEO is the next Mubarak," says Gary Hamel, one of business' most eminent theoreticians of management. A Brewing Situation for Grassroots Leadership through Social Power.

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Letting Gen Y Lead a Management Makeover

Harvard Business Review

Organized in conjunction with Gary Hamel's Management Innovation eXchange (MIX) — a collaborative platform dedicated to the reinvention of management — the contest offers B-school students a chance to come up with proposals that point toward the organization of the future.

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