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My 10 Favorite Classic Management and Leadership Books

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There have been over a million books written on management leadership. I’ve read a bunch of them, but there are 10 that are on my bookshelf that don’t sit still long enough to gather dust. Read my latest post over at About.com Management and Leadership to see my list, then come back to add yours in the comment section.

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Ask a Great Leadership Development Question - Get a Free Book!

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Please indicate if you would like your name used, and if so, I’d also be happy to include a link to your blog, website, book page, or anything else you’d like to hawk. You could be an experienced leadership smarty-pants, a brand new team leader, or an aspiring leader. Now bring it on! leadership advice leadership questions'

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What if Serving Others Actually Serves You, too?

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If you love learning and love books, create a book club. At work, try a monthly lunch meeting to review business books that might increase knowledge, efficiency, and teamwork. ? He is the author or co-author of seven books, including Amazon best sellers The Culture Engine and Leading at a Higher Level with Ken Blanchard.

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The Three Keys to Being a Great Leader

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My early career was as a sales manager for Southwestern Company, which involved recruiting college students to sell educational books door-to-door. In the door-to-door book selling business, the biggest obstacle to success is the fear of rejection, of literally having doors slammed in your face.

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Leaders: Where Are Your Best Ideas Born? The Power Of Incubation

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As a matter of fact, my first book came to me at 3 a.m. In the middle of the night, I woke up with the characters and the plot line for the book. I grabbed my pocket tape recorder and dictated almost the entire book. I grabbed my pocket tape recorder and dictated almost the entire book. in Washington D.C. I went to D.C.

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Does Your Team Have a #1 Priority?

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Greg McKeown most famously wrote about priority in his book Essentialism. Patrick Lencioni refers to this top priority as a “Thematic Goal” in his books Silos, Politics and Turf Wars and The Advantage, and in practice, often refers to it as a “rallying cry” for a team or organization. Notice I didn’t ask about your priorit- ies.

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Why Leaders Need to Role Model and Live Your Company Values

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One area where this is absolutely critical is when it comes to company values, the subject of my new book, ‘ Bringing Your Values Out to Play’. And yes, she may be young, and she may still be learning her way around the workplace, but she is actually right - our employees deserve leaders who walk the talk!

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