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What Makes Six Disciplines for Excellence A Different Kind Of Business Book

Six Disciplines

What makes Six Disciplines for Excellence different from other business improvement books? ”We interrupt our coverage of meaningless business books to review a book that made the cut: Six Disciplines for Excellence by Gary Harpst. “But the book doesn't stop there! ” (David Rothacker, Rothacker Reviews).

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Leveraging Down for CEOs | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

In Stephen Covey’s “The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People&# he put forth a simple decisioning framework that helps to distinguish between those activities that are truly priorities, and those that just appear to be priorities. link] Dan Collins Mike, Your posts and insights are truly very high value.

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Top Leaders of 2010 | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

link] Dan Collins Mike, Leaders inspire us by their example. link] Tanveer Naseer Hi Mike, I would like to nominate Madeleine Covey, the 1st grade teacher at my daughter’s elementary school. Covey’s understands that to get the children into learning how to read means first creating a love of reading within the child.

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7 Leadership Questions That Will Move Your Needle in 2016

The Empowered Buisness

BHAG stands for Big Hairy Audacious Goal , a concept introduced by Jim Collins in his book, “Built to Last.” To learn how to develop and test your BHAG, refer to Collin’s book, Built to Last. It can make or break a product launch, change initiative, new technology or even growing your company. Let’s dig in!

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Game Changers | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

I plan on circulating your information and just ordered your book. link] mikemyatt Thanks for the kind words Dan, and I hope you enjoy the book. One example from my latest book, Ruthless Focus, is Staples. link] Dan Collins Mike, You must have been sitting in on our meetings here. link] Wally Bock Fine post, Mike.

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What All Great Leaders Have In Common | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

Did you know that the average American only reads one book a year? Contrast this with the fact that CEOs of Fortune 500 companies read an average of four to five books a month. Even more impressive is that some of the most successful leaders throughout history were known to read one book every single day.

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11 Books Every Young Leader Must Read

Harvard Business Review

For those interested in engaging classic literature, Wikipedia has a list of "The 100 Best Books of All Time," and Modern Library has picks for novels and nonfiction. I've only included books I've actually read, and I tried to compile a list that includes history, literature, psychology, and how-to. That's a tough question.

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