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The Best Leadership Books of 2016

Leading Blog

O NCE AGAIN we see that despite our rhetoric, what we are is reflected in our leaders and leadership. As technology becomes more disruptive and we see more importance placed on big data and artificial intelligence, what will matter most are those things that make us human – the soft skills. A deep life is a good life.” ( Blog Post ).

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Is Leadership Development the Answer to Low Employee Engagement? (Yes.)

N2Growth Blog

This White Paper is excerpted and adapted from Ultra Leadership: Go Beyond Usual and Ordinary to Engage Others and Lead Real Change (Giuliano, Lioncrest, 2016). The problem is leadership on autopilot. In such an underperforming state, without leadership that can drive real change, organizations are trapped in a vicious cycle.

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5 Leadership Lessons I Learned by Walking the Camino de Santiago

Leading Blog

That exercise took days, tapped my analytical skills, and resulted in a large spreadsheet that I was proud to show off. While I was walking the Camino, I thought a lot about my career and the leadership lessons I had learned. This week, my third book, The Camino Way: Lessons in Leadership from a Walk Across Spain (AMACOM) comes out.

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Stefan Ries on SAP’s Most Comprehensive Workforce Skills Upgrade

HR Digest

"Workforce Skills Upgrade: A New Competitive Advantage" SAP is one of the few companies leading diversity & Inclusion, having implemented a comprehensive workforce skills upgrade since 2017. The HR Digest: Under your leadership, SAP successfully implemented a comprehensive workforce skills upgrade in 2017.

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Featured Instigator: Susan Mazza

Lead Change Blog

This month we are featuring Instigator Susan Mazza , CEO of Clarus-WORKS , Founder/Author of Random Acts of Leadership ™, and Co-Author of The Character-Based Leader. Susan graduated from Penn State with a BS in Finance and International Business. Previous 2016 Featured Instigators: 7/2016: Mike Henry, Sr.

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Is Your Business a Commodity or a Resource?

Strategy Driven

Or are you a resource where skill, judgement, and critical thinking are valued and rewarded? Consultants, professionals, and other providers of skill-based services should always maintain themselves as a resource business. And he doesn’t take on clients who fail to appreciate that his skills and judgement constitute a resource.

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3 Ways M&A Is Different When You’re Acquiring a Digital Company

Harvard Business Review

Doing digital M&A right means upending the way most companies approach financing, due diligence, and merger integration. Let’s start with financing the deal. Meanwhile, because digital targets tend to be expensive, acquirers are limited in their ability to use stock to finance a deal. Sponsored by DXC Technology.