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The Best Leadership Books of 2021

Leading Blog

Many of the books listed below help us to do just that. The books listed below help us to build the right foundation from which we can lead others. The Power of Pressure : Why Pressure Isn't the Problem, It's the Solution by Dane Jensen (Collins, 2021) What’s the most pressure you’ve ever been under? Blog Post ).

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The Power in a Powerful Thank You

Let's Grow Leaders

A specific, relevant thank you has the power to energize and keep people moving. ” Powerful Thank Yous. ( I mean, I would anyway, but that’s the power of a thank you. I first learned this ring, the bell, I heard it from author Jim Collins, who wrote good to great in many other books, but I was, I heard him speak.

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Should I Quit This Workplace Conflict? How to Know When It’s Time to Leave

Let's Grow Leaders

If you’ve been following our recent research and writing, you know we’re working on a book to empower you to deal with conflicts better and faster (Harper Collins, Spring 2024). There are some situations you can’t save and some people who won’t engage, even with a well-spoken powerful phrase. And, we’re not naïve.

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Best Leadership Books of 2011

Leading Blog

These books speak to our need to rethink our core thinking, beliefs and motivations—to do the uncomfortable. Consider : Harnessing the Power of Reflective Thinking In Your Organization by Daniel Patrick Forrester. Great by Choice : Uncertainty, Chaos, and Luck—Why Some Thrive Despite Them All by Jim Collins and Morten Hansen.

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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. Never underestimate the power of lousy leaders to demotivate people and destroy organizations. [.].

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What Makes A Great Company Per Jim Collins

Eric Jacobson

magazine’s June 2012 issue featured a compelling article about author and leadership expert Jim Collins , who has studied leadership for 25 years and penned four best-selling books. The second takeaway is the list of 12 questions that Collins says leaders much grapple with if they truly want to excel.

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Collin Powell's 13 Rules of Leadership

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RSS Feed Schedule a Call Free E-Book Assessment Test Coffee Schedule Coaching Lunch About Us CO2 Story Our Approach Our Successes Our Executive Coaches Gary B. Here is Collin Powell’s 13 Rules of Leadership. His book Just Ask Leadership - Why Great Managers Always Ask The Right Questions (McGraw Hill 2009).

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