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The Best Leadership Books of 2021

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Never Enough : A Navy SEAL Commander on Living a Life of Excellence, Agility, and Meaning by Mike Hayes (Celadon Books, 2021) Mike Hayes has lived a lifetime of once-in-a-lifetime experiences. Blog Post ). He has been held at gunpoint and threatened with execution.

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Leading Rookie Talent: Helping New Recruits Hit the Target

Leading Blog

Their lean and agile way of working is extraordinarily valuable in dynamic environments where yesterday’s best practices don’t apply. Lacking knowledge of their own, they seek out and mobilize a network of experts – my research found they consult with five times more experts than experienced people do.

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Leading Rookie Talent: A Sizing Guide for Stretch Assignments

Leading Blog

They work lean and agile, the smart way all professionals should be working in the current, constantly changing environment. And, they are hungry. Needing to close a knowledge gap quickly, hyper-learning kicks in, causing them to seek out guidance, experiment and get rapid feedback. You can connect with her at @LizWiseman. * * *.

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Compassion – A Cornerstone In Today’s Leadership

Tanveer Naseer

In this month-long celebration of my first book “ Leadership Vertigo ”, I’ve had the distinct pleasure of having some of the top leadership experts – Doug Conant, Liz Wiseman, Jim Kouzes, and Barry Posner – share their insights about three of the four leadership principles discussed in my book.

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My Top 10 Leadership Insights For 2014

Tanveer Naseer

A milestone that I’m grateful to have had the opportunity to celebrate here on my blog with the help of such leadership luminaries as Doug Conant , Liz Wiseman , Jim Kouzes, Barry Posner , and David Burkus. Leadership insight #9 : To improve agility, we need to strengthen our curiosity, which requires making time from work routines.

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The Best Leadership Books of 2014

Leading Blog

Accelerate : Building Strategic Agility for a Faster-Moving World by John P. Rookie Smarts : Why Learning Beats Knowing in the New Game of Work by Liz Wiseman Experience has its upside but its downside may hold us back more than we think. Blog Post ). What we know will likely impede our ability to learn and therefore perform.

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