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First Look: Leadership Books for September 2020

Leading Blog

Here's a look at some of the best leadership books to be released in September 2020. On the most fundamental level, leaders must bring divergent groups together and forge a consensus on a path forward. Don't miss out on other great new and future releases not listed here. But what makes that possible?

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5 Barriers To Innovation In 2020

The Horizons Tracker

Conflicting organizational goals – The challenge of managing short-term and long-term goals in unison is one that has hobbled innovation for decades, but the report suggests an even graver problem is a lack of real consensus around the long-term vision for the organization itself.

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2020 Christmas Lectures Part 2 – A Sustainable Future

The Horizons Tracker

The post 2020 Christmas Lectures Part 2 – A Sustainable Future first appeared on The Horizons Tracker. The broad theme of the Christmas lectures this year is the post-COVID world.

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What the Research Shows on What Employees Want When They Return to the Office

Lead Change Blog

Unfortunately, it’s too easy to make false assumptions about the desires of others due to a dangerous judgment error termed the false consensus effect. The false consensus effect is one of over 100 misleading mental patterns that researchers in behavioral economics and cognitive neuroscience call cognitive biases. Survey Says….

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What Emails Tell Us About The Productivity Of Remote Workers

The Horizons Tracker

The only real consensus is that there is no consensus, with as many firms seeming to want employees back in as those believing employees should be free to choose. The findings emerged after analyzing over 30,000 emails sent by employees at the nongovernmental organization BRAC during 2020.

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How Come So Many Smart Leaders Screw Up the Return to the Office?

Lead Change Blog

By that, they meant turning back the clock to January 2020, before the pandemic. In this refusal to do surveys, the confirmation bias is compounded by another cognitive bias, called the false consensus effect. They transitioned to telework abruptly as part of the March 2020 lockdowns.

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70 New Year's Resolutions For Leaders For 2020

Eric Jacobson

Perhaps write down five to ten and then between now and January 1, think about which couple you want to work on during 2020. To get you started, how about selecting one or more of these 70 New Year's resolutions for leaders?

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