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Your Leadership Operating System: Ego Or Eco?

Lead Change Blog

In his best-selling classic business book, “Good to Great,” author Jim Collins explains that it’s natural for ambitious leaders to have a healthy ego. Collins advises leaders to “channel their ego needs away from themselves and into the larger goal of building a great company.”.

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First Look: Leadership Books for August 2013

Leading Blog

Here''s a look at some of the best leadership books to be released in August. Creative Followership : In the Shadow of Greatness by Jimmy Collins with Michael Cooley. All titles are at least 40% off the list price and are available only in limited quantities. * * * “There are worse crimes than burning books.

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12 Books You Should Add To Your Reading List

Joseph Lalonde

Image via Creative Commons. There’s been must-read fiction books that I’ve devoured. And business books that have given me new insights. With the new year just kicking into gear, I thought it would be a perfect time to share my list of books you should add to your reading list this year. Smith offered.

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12 Books that Shaped My Leadership

Nathan Magnuson

For years I’ve been asked for book recommendations. When I joined the workforce, I quickly started noticing positive and negative organizational dynamics I had “seen” before in the books – and I knew what needed to change. And the right book at the right time can make an incredible difference.

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How to Succeed with a Lousy Boss

Leadership Freak

Jimmy Collins, retired president of Chick-fil-A and author of, Creative Followership, doesn’t wait for people to ask him about lousy bosses. Author Book Notes Influence Leading Personal Growth Chick-fil-A Growth Jimmy Collins Leadership Development lousy bosses organizational success Truett Cathy' He asks them.

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The Newest Business Book on the Brain

First Friday Book Synopsis

We have presented very few books about the brain at the First Friday Book Synopsis in Dallas. You are familiar with old-fashioned, yet highly understandable conceptions, such as “left-brain logical” and “right-brain creative.” Yet, the business world remains fascinated with it.

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“In Search of Excellence” Revisited

Leading Blog

The book was a huge business bestseller and served as a guide for managers for many years to come. Yet, 40 years later, few now speak of the book. When the book project started in 1978, the U.S. I IN 1982, Tom Peters and Bob Waterman released In Search of Excellence: Lessons from America’s Best-Run Companies.

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