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First Look: Leadership Books for January 2022

Leading Blog

Here's a look at some of the best leadership books to be released in January 2022. Win from Within : Build Organizational Culture for Competitive Advantage by James Heskett. James Heskett provides a roadmap for achievable and fast-paced culture change. Smart Leadership : Four Simple Choices to Scale Your Impact by Mark Miller.

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A Trust Cause: Leadership Stimulates or Stifles Trust and Engagement

The Practical Leader

Recently I was asked if I could deliver an online workshop for executive team leaders to “relearn/develop trust and empowerment in his/her team members when the team members feel they are not getting the trust or empowerment from their leader to do their jobs. Trust is a broad symptom of deeper leadership/culture issues.

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Expecting the Unexpected: Meet Unpredictability with Agility and Adaptability

The Practical Leader

I’ve published many blogs and articles on the dangers of forecasts and predictions. Harvard Business School professor, James Heskett, poses a vital question in “Should Managers Bother Listening to Predictions?” A major focus of my writing and leadership/culture development career has been dealing with change.

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Book Review of “The Culture Cycle: How to Shape the Unseen Force that Transforms Performance”

The Practical Leader

John Kotter and James Heskett’s classic book, Corporate Culture and Performance , is an organization development classic. leadership, recognition, job opportunity, personal development). Heskett uses his Culture Cycle model to prescribe the role of leadership. Adaptability is absolutely critical today.

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Links for Digging Deeper Into “Leading a Peak Performance Culture”

The Practical Leader

My last blog post announced that you can now view last Friday’s (November 4) full Leading a Peak Performance Culture webcast with all slides and audio track here. The webcast was built around the core models, frameworks, and approaches we use to help Clients with leadership and culture development.

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‘Tis the Season of Prophecies, Forecasts, and Predictions

The Practical Leader

Harvard Business School professor, James Heskett, poses the right question in his blog Should Managers Bother Listening to Predictions? These are the central leadership issues that will make for a truly Happy New Year! See New Year’s Prediction Alert: It’s Silly Season Again!

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