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First Look: Leadership Books for April 2020

Leading Blog

Rocket science is often celebrated as the ultimate triumph of technology. Rather, it's the apex of a certain thought process—a way to imagine the unimaginable and solve the unsolvable. Amit Mukherjee argues that since digital technologies are changing everything else, how could they not change leadership ideologies and styles?

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Loud and Clear: Six Tips for Communicating in a Way That Truly.

Strategy Driven

Others are much longer, but they are constantly bombarding us – trying to lure us to acquire and consume information (then repeat the process over and over). Spending energy to understand the audience and carefully crafting a message that resonates with them means committing time and discipline to the process. Use catchy words.

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The Right Way to Rally Your Troops

Harvard Business Review

This was certainly not what CEO Ginni Rometty wanted or expected to face only one year into her job running one of the largest and best-known technology companies in the world. We were too slow to understand the value and then engage on the approval and the sign-off process. in one day, its biggest drop in eight years. The result?

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Out with the Old (but Really Great Business Stories), in with the New

Harvard Business Review

Patch Woes The Story Behind Why AOL CEO Tim Armstrong Fired an Employee in Front Of 1,000 Coworkers Business Insider For a few days last August, it was one of the most talked-about business stories in America: Tim Armstrong, the CEO of AOL, fired someone abruptly during a meeting. What made the typically affable Armstrong snap?

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Healthy Habits Of Successful Leaders – An Expert Roundup

Joseph Lalonde

For me, this includes eating “cleaner” – more whole foods, less processed, etc. I try to take a few minutes every day to be alone with my thoughts and to process what is going on around me. Steven Armstrong of StevenArmstrong.ca. The other idea I live by is this: The way to the top is through a lot of mundane processes.

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The Next Wave of Hospital Innovation to Make Patients Safer

Harvard Business Review

Similar to how improvements in smartphones have shifted from increasing processor speed or screen resolution to focusing on better user experience, innovation in surgery has to shift from the technical or structural aspects to emphasizing how people, processes, and practices come together in the pursuit of patient safety.

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The September 2012 Leadership Development Carnival NFL Kick-off Edition

Great Leadership By Dan

While technology is fabulous, it doesn’t replace dealing with people.". It helps to stop and really pay attention to how we feel during the process.". Randy Conley , from Leading with Trust, runs for a TD with Five Leadership Lessons From The Life of Neil Armstrong. New York Jets. There is much we can learn from following.