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The Best Leadership Books of 2021

Leading Blog

The political environment in the United States as elsewhere is driven by fear-based narratives. 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. And that feeds our approach in society at large. It leads to short-term thinking.

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The Best Leadership Books of 2020

Leading Blog

The more we use technology and outsourced thinking, we diminish our ability to think for ourselves. In this book, Kanter shows how people everywhere can unleash their creativity and entrepreneurial adroitness to mobilize partners across challenging cultural, social, and political situations and innovate for a brighter future.

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Beyond Disruption: Innovation Doesn’t Have to Be Disruptive

Leading Blog

In contrast, nondisruptive innovation is “achieved without disrupting a preexisting market and its associated companies and jobs.” The authors highlight a wide variety of examples of nondisruptive-market-creating innovations to help expand our view of innovation. Look beyond the existing market and environment.

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How to Ensure Your Organization’s Digital Transformation Succeeds

Leading Blog

This force is called creative destruction, which is the process where innovation and technology advancements are reshaping industries and business models. To illustrate the potential impacts, in 2007, Nokia had a little over half the mobile phone market with an operating profit of about $7.8 Nokia just couldn’t keep up.

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Toxic Work Environments | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

Toxic work environments can only exist where a lack of trust and respect are present, and this can only occur in the absence of sound leadership. Let me be as clear as I can - the phrase &# toxic work environment&# is code for bad leadership, becasue a toxic culture simply cannot co-exist in the presence of great leadership.

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A List of Referrable Keynote Speakers and Topics to Consider for Your Next Conference

Great Results Team Building

Workplace Culture (and team building) Speakers – Chis Edmonds – helping senior leaders create uncompromising work cultures Bill Treasurer – insights on how to create an environment that builds courageous behavior. Heather Younger – helps organizations create safe spaces and a culture of listening.

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3 Telltale Signs It’s Time to Rethink Your Executive Team

Leading Blog

Sign 1: A change in the business environment The most obvious signal that it’s time for a change is a large-scale shift in the business environment. In recent years, many industries have been disrupted by technological change. To decide if “now is the time” for a change, CEOs must watch for three telltale signs.

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