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Best Leadership Books of 2011

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What to Ask the Person in the Mirror : Critical Questions for Becoming a More Effective Leader and Reaching Your Potential by Robert Steven Kaplan. Better Under Pressure : How Great Leaders Bring Out the Best in Themselves and Others by Justin Menkes. From Bud to Boss : Transition to Remarkable Leadership by Kevin Eikenberry and Guy Harris.

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Thoughts on the Presidency

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But then as now, there is no greater attribute for a ruler than humility built on an accurate assessment of his own limits, from which the finest cunning emerges.” — Robert Kaplan, Warrior Politics. “In Newt Gingrich, 2011. You can’t just appoint smart people.”

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Four ways to get started on obtaining constructive performance and strategic feedback by calling on junior colleagues

First Friday Book Synopsis

Kaplan in his recently published book, What to Ask the Person in the Mirror: Critical Questions for Becoming a More Effective Leader and Reaching Your Potential, published by Harvard Business School Press (2011). Here are some invaluable ideas provided by Robert S.

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Seasoned Leaders Have Balance

Great Leadership By Dan

Bibliography Kaplan, R.E. Harvard Business Review Press, 2011. Great leaders have the wisdom to know what actions are needed and necessary to achieve success. and Kaiser, R.B. Developing Versatile Leaders.” MIT Sloan Management Review (Summer 2003). Better Under Pressure. About the Author Paul B.

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Performance Measurement

Strategy Driven

This framework shares some elements with the balanced scorecard concept that was introduced in a seminal 1992 Harvard Business Review article, The Balanced Scorecard: Measures That Drive Performance , by Robert Kaplan and David Norton. Copyright (c) 2011. Copyright 2007-2011 by StrategyDriven, Inc. About the Authors.

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How to Give a Briefing that Impresses the Boss

Strategy Driven

He also served as President of Kaplan College, a division of Kaplan Inc., Copyright 2007-2011 by StrategyDriven, Inc. Bill is responsible all aspects of the business including sales, marketing, content development, and the delivery of Communispond courses by certified faculty. a K-12 education publisher focusing on mathematics.

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

Strategy Driven

He also served as President of Kaplan College, a division of Kaplan Inc., Bill is responsible all aspects of the business including sales, marketing, content development, and the delivery of Communispond courses by certified faculty. Prior to joining Communispond, Bill was CEO of Digi-Block Inc.,

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