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From Drucker To The Lean Startup: The (Literary) Evolution of Leadership Philosophy

Terry Starbucker

Here’s the list of books we talked about, in the order presented, for your reference (with links – and note neither Todd nor I are getting any affiliate commissions or fees): The Essential Drucker - by Peter Drucker. Good to Great – by Jim Collins. Listen Here: [link]. Download the Podcast Here: [link].

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The 5 Disciplines of Wiki Management

Leading Blog

Rod Collins writes in Wiki Management , “Today’s managers may spend more time soliciting input from their workers, but at the end of the day, the basic social technology remains the same: The managers are still the bosses, the workers are still subordinates, and the latter are still expected to do as they are told.”

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Rethinking Good To Great

N2Growth Blog

I’ve had issues with some of the concepts contained in Jim Collins book Good To Great since it was first released. The first thing that readers need to keep in mind is that there is very often a huge difference between a commercial best seller, and a book that provides real value.

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Your Leaders, Hubris or Humility?

Michael Lee Stallard

Published by Michael Lee Stallard on May 7, 2010 06:26 am under E Pluribus Partners , connection culture , employee engagement , intentional connectors At the Chick-fil-A Leadercast, Jim Collins just pointed out that great leaders in his research had the character strength of humility and those who fall could be described as having hubris.

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Lasting Leadership Lessons From A Year That Changed Everything

Eric Jacobson

Leave it to leadership and communications expert, David Grossman , to decide to write a book called, Heart First, Lasting Leadership Lessons From A Year That Changed Everything. It’s a book you’ll want to read and then refer to time after time. It’s a book you’ll want to read and then refer to time after time.

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Leadership Evolution: In a World Of Big Change, Do The Great Lessons Endure?

Terry Starbucker

Jim Collins’ epic work “Good To Great” (where this comes from) is still one of the best selling biz books out there. ‘Nuff said. It’s really a “stealth” strength we need to leverage. The lessons are timeless, but they must be put in the proper context of what’s happening TODAY.

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Leadership Must Look in the Past to See the Future

CO2

In Good to Great , Jim Collins writes about the importance of envisioning a future, and in The Leadership Challenge , Jim Kouzes and Barry Posner suggest that having an envisioned future is one of the top five leadership practices. Leadership is about Envision the Future. So how should leaders go about envisioning the future?

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