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Best Leadership Books of 2011

Leading Blog

W E HAVE more recorded information about leadership now than at any other time in history. These books speak to our need to rethink our core thinking, beliefs and motivations—to do the uncomfortable. It’s time to rediscover true leadership—to rethink our fundamental assumptions. Leadership matters now more than ever.

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First Leadership Book To Give To A New Manager

Eric Jacobson

Years ago when I started my leadership and management blog, I posted the question “ What’s The First Leadership Book You Would Give To a New Manager ?” within a leadership discussion forum on LinkedIn. That question generated 603 comments and 690 book recommendations. Some people suggested more than one book.

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065: Influence 3.0: Upgrade from Leadership to Impact

Engaging Leader

The post 065: Influence 3.0: Upgrade from Leadership to Impact appeared first on Engaging Leader. For decades, Influence 2.0 But then its results fell to simply average, quietly surpassed by a new mode of influence. Welcome to Influence 3.0. Influence 3.0 Management Influence 2.0: Team leadership'

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12 Books that Shaped My Leadership

Nathan Magnuson

For years I’ve been asked for book recommendations. It’s been a huge part of my leadership education. 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.

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Time For Our Annual Leadership Ego Calibration

Terry Starbucker

Jim Collins, going Jim Collins (photo by dov.com). OK, it’s time to “ go Jim Collins ” on us. Because it’s so important for great more human leadership. And what’s this “ go Jim Collins ” all about? Level 5” leadership. Leadership' The lesson? Now live it.

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20 Things all Great Organizational Leaders Do

Leadership Freak

Jim Collins said he wanted to write a book about great organizations not great leaders. He ended up writing, “Good to Great,” a book about leaders. But as his research grew, he realized great organizations had one thing in common, great leaders.

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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. He said things like: “Seeking Leadership roles […]. I receive emails and questions after presentations like, “How can I manage up, I have a lousy boss?” He asks them.

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