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LeadershipNow 140: November 2012 Compilation

Leading Blog

Here are a selection of tweets from November 2012 that you might have missed: A Great Leader's Year-end Checklist by @lesmckeown Making time to reflect. hackmanagement: Very interesting post from Gary Hamel: What is Adaptability? Move Over Economists : We Need a Council of Psychological Advisers by Barry Schwartz - @TheAtlantic.

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First Look: Leadership Books for January 2012

Leading Blog

What Matters Now : How to Win in a World of Relentless Change, Ferocious Competition, and Unstoppable Innovation by Gary Hamel. Here's a look at some of the best leadership books to be released in January. Smart Trust : Creating Prosperity, Energy, and Joy in a Low-Trust World by Stephen M.R. Covey and Greg Link with Rebecca R.

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LeadershipNow 140: December 2011 Compilation

Leading Blog

steveroesler: 6 Important Marketing Trends to Watch in 2012 : The World :: American Express OPEN Forum. TomAsacker: Predictions for 2012 "The more things change, the more they stay the same". Gary Hamel: "Give someone monarch-like authority, and sooner or later there will be a royal screw-up." I don't wait for moods.

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What Matters Most: A book review by Bob Morris

First Friday Book Synopsis

What Matters Now: How to Win in a World of Relentless Change, Ferocious Comoetition, and Unstoppable Innovation Gary Hamel Jossey-Bass/A Wiley Imprint (2012) How and why knowing and doing what matters NOW will create an organization “fit for the future and fit for human beings” I have read and reviewed all of Gary Hamel’s previously [.].

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Best Leadership Books of 2012

Leading Blog

The list below represents our picks for the best leadership books of 2012. What Matters Now : How to Win in a World of Relentless Change, Ferocious Competition, and Unstoppable Innovation by Gary Hamel. Are we sending the right message? All of these books have helped us to look at the what and ask why ? * * *.

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Introducing the HBR/McKinsey M-Prize for Management Innovation

Harvard Business Review

Led by Gary Hamel and supported by McKinsey & Company (along with a handful of like-minded organizations), the MIX is a web-based open innovation project aimed at reinventing management for the 21st century. Winners will also earn the chance to appear and tell their story at the MIX Live gathering scheduled for late spring 2012.

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If I Read One More Platitude-Filled Mission Statement, I'll Scream

Harvard Business Review

We need — using the language from Gary Hamel and C.K. online by the end of 2012." Such clarity is to be applauded even when, as is the case with Fox's Race Online 2012 campaign , the full aspiration isn't reached. What becomes clear is that we are missing a directional document that is both inspirational and concrete.