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First Look: Leadership Books for May 2024

Leading Blog

H ERE'S A LOOK at some of the best leadership books to be released in May 2024 curated just for you. Maxwell, tackles the problem of our divided world in his latest book High Road Leadership. What you say and how you act in your early days as CEO sets the tone for how you'll be perceived for years to come.

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How To Rearrange Your Brain for Success

Leading Blog

B RAD JACOBS, CEO and serial entrepreneur—United Rentals and XPO Logistics—has made and kept a few billion dollars and aims to show us how to do the same in How to Make a Few Billion Dollars. The most valuable part of the book for me was the first chapter on transforming how you use your mind. Unexpected stuff can happen at any time.

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The Best Leadership Books of 2021

Leading Blog

Former PepsiCo CEO Indra Nooyi wrote, “the fundamental role of a leader is to look for ways to shape the decades ahead, not just react to the present, and to help others accept the discomfort of disruptions to the status quo.”. Many of the books listed below help us to do just that. That’s not the way to lead. Leadership is about hope.

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Lessons From CEOs On How To Start Well And Perform Quickly As The New CEO

Eric Jacobson

“Walk past any airport bookstore and you’ll find countless books about what it means to be a leader or a CEO, or how to nail your first 90 days as a general executive,” says author Ty Wiggins. These 10 components inform the chapters within the book. Burst the CEO bubble and act with curiosity over being right.

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First Look: Leadership Books for January 2024

Leading Blog

H ERE'S A LOOK at some of the best leadership books to be released in January 2024 curated just for you. All In : How Great Leaders Build Unstoppable Teams by Mike Michalowicz It’s never been harder building successful teams. a mind needs books as a sword needs a whetstone, if it is to keep its edge.” — George R.R.

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The Best Leadership Books of 2023

Leading Blog

From Sun Tzu to Julius Caesar, the ancient Israelites to Zelensky, there’s a bold and highly effective tactic seen throughout history—when leaders want to motivate their troops for success, they destroy all opportunities for retreat, and go all-in on the mission. Right Kind of Wrong : The Science of Failing Well by Amy C.

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The Best Leadership Books of 2022

Leading Blog

Compelling examples of successful people will show you when and why growth is slow, how to keep going, what to do when growth and learning are almost too fast to keep up with, and how to leap from one growth journey to another. Being a CEO at any of the world’s largest companies is among the most challenging roles in business.

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