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First Look: Leadership Books for March 2023

Leading Blog

Most important, this book is not just another compilation of case studies. Culture Rules makes the case for why leaders should invest their time and energy on building culture and gives them three simple, actionable rules they must play by if they want to stay in the game and win!

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Leader's Playbook For Perpetual Innovation

Eric Jacobson

In a seven-year study, Tabrizi found that companies that focus their energy on building a supportive, purpose-driven culture that keeps people on edge, and boldly adapts to new environments are the companies that truly excel. And now he’s written, Going on the Offense: A Leader’s Playbook for Perpetual Innovation.

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The Best Leadership Books of 2021

Leading Blog

If we can recognize the patterns, we can improve our ability to sidestep the biological traps that can sabotage us—and use the energy that accompanies pressure to thrive. What has emerged from these conversations is that while everyone’s experiences under pressure are unique, pressure follows patterns and develops in predictable ways.

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Tools And Tactics For Achieving Optimum Alignment In Your Organization

Eric Jacobson

"The book will show you how to release the power of alignment, how to create unified action, and channel everyone's energy in the same direction," With each of the book's 14 chapters, readers are are presented with a fictional case study based on the authors' experiences.

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Win the Big Ones – Let Go of the Rest!

Marshall Goldsmith

To gauge my clients’ “addiction to winning,” I present them with the following case study: You want to go to dinner at restaurant X. “Is this debate worth my time and energy?” But the desire to win can become a problem, especially when the topic is meaningless or trivial. You have a heated argument.

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Overcome the Addiction to Winning

Marshall Goldsmith

To gauge my clients' "addiction to winning," I present them with the following case study: You want to go to dinner at restaurant X. In the long run, no one is ever impressed with our need to display our own brilliance. - "Is this debate worth my time and energy?" You have a heated argument. You are probably already too busy.

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Case Study: Can You Fix a Toxic Culture Without Firing People?

Harvard Business Review

Editor's Note This fictionalized case study will appear in a forthcoming issue of Harvard Business Review, along with commentary from experts and readers. The two women had gone to business school together and both ended up in Aurora, so they often turned to each other for work advice.