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Culture is Not Enough

Great Leadership By Dan

Guest post from Thomas Steding : Slowly, almost inexorably, culture has big become almost top of mind as a key factor in effective leadership. As a result, Peter Drucker's alleged comment that “Culture eats strategy for lunch” has become popular in our collective memory. Agility is nimbleness of thought and action.

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Is Your Leadership Creating an Energy Crisis?

The Practical Leader

One morning, I asked a group of very quiet participants a series of questions about their organization’s climate and leadership effectiveness. His observation points to a big leadership problem, “The opposite of love is not hate, it’s indifference. I was getting very few responses. This was going nowhere fast.

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Leading From Within: Shifting Ego, Ceding Control, and Rising Empathy

Great Leadership By Dan

Guest post from Sophie Wade: Leadership is in the midst of a major makeover. Autonomy is a key one that impacts leaders’ positions and roles which has been found to be a critical component for increasing employee engagement and thence productivity, as noted already by Peter Drucker decades ago, especially in relation to knowledge workers.

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My 2020 Story and a Few Lessons Along the Way

QAspire

I began 2020 with a firm plan to execute a significant mid-career transition that involved voluntary movement out of a rewarding senior leadership role, relocating family, reuniting with my parents and (hopefully) start new assignments. We are far more adaptable, agile and resilient than we think. Leadership Mindsets for a New World.

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Best Leadership Books To Read In 2015

Eric Jacobson

Perhaps a book that will help you improve your leadership skills. A couple years ago, members of five groups on the professional social media web site LinkedIn voluntarily recommended their favorite books about leadership. They responded to a group discussion question, "Best Leadership Books -- What''s Your Favorite?"

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What Leadership Book Will Be On Your 2014 Reading List?

Eric Jacobson

Perhaps a book that will help you improve your leadership skills. Awhile back, members of five groups on the professional social media web site LinkedIn voluntarily recommended their favorite books about leadership. They responded to a group discussion question, "Best Leadership Books -- What''s Your Favorite?"

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Did You Read Any Of These Leadership Books This Summer?

Eric Jacobson

Perhaps a book that will help you improve your leadership skills. Awhile back, members of five groups on the professional social media web site LinkedIn voluntarily recommended their favorite books about leadership. They responded to a group discussion question, "Best Leadership Books -- What's Your Favorite?"

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