Leading Blog

DECEMBER 25, 2011

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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Eric Jacobson

JANUARY 23, 2023

“Experiential Intelligence provides a new lens from which to view what makes you, you—and what makes your team and organization unique,” says Soren Kaplan , author of the new book, Experiential Intelligence. Kaplan explains that over 100 years ago, we established IQ (Intelligence Quotient) to predict success.

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Leading Blog

SEPTEMBER 12, 2012

Max McKeown has created a strategy reference work – The Strategy Book – to guide you to the answers. The Strategy Toolkit at the end of the book is not just another nice add-on. It is worth as much as the rest of the book. How should changes be made? How shall we measure progress? Well thought out and helpful.

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LDRLB

DECEMBER 10, 2012

If you haven’t there’s still time left in 2012 to dig into these great books. Leadership. Clay Christensen new book helps build that foundation by taking well-research business concepts and outlining how to apply them to your own life. The world is a busy place, especially for those in leadership. Innovation.

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First Friday Book Synopsis

SEPTEMBER 8, 2013

Fear Your Strengths: What You Are Best at Could Be Your Biggest Problem Robert Kaplan and Robert Kaiser Berrett-Koehler Publishers (2013) Actually, what we should fear are complacency and self-satisfaction as well as the assumption that “just good enough” really is. As I began to read this book, I was reminded of the title of […].

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Leading Blog

AUGUST 19, 2011

The difference, says Harvard professor Robert Kaplan, is “how they deal with these periods of confusion and uncertainty. With many down-to-earth examples, Kaplan will expand the range of questions you should be asking yourself. They feel as if they should be somewhere else, doing something else.

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Leadership Freak

AUGUST 19, 2012

Soren Kaplan in Leapfrogging Kaplan offers a “finding your future [.]. Preparation prevents reaction. Prepare for future failures so you won’t end up caught in the snare of fear. One way to combat our fears is to hit them head-on.”

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Coaching Tip

NOVEMBER 22, 2013

In her timely new book, " TALENT WANTS TO BE FREE ," Professor Orly Lobel challenges conventional wisdom about competition, secrecy, motivation and creativity to reveal how our "War for Talent" is backfiring on our quest for innovation. The leapfrogging life cycle that Kaplan describes in his book is not a step-by-step how to guide.

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Eric Jacobson

SEPTEMBER 21, 2016

The new book, The 10 Laws of Trust , is a timely and critical guide to investing in high-trust relationships and reaping remarkable gains in reputation and the bottom-line. Trust works to everyone's benefit," explains book co-author Peterson. "It Thank you to the book's publisher for sending me an advance copy of the book.

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LDRLB

AUGUST 29, 2012

Every management book on Amazon with the word “surprise” in its title is about how to prevent the phenomenon. But could we be overlooking an essential and critical ingredient of breakthrough leadership and innovation? Why is predictability and control the unquestioned holy grail of management?

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Leadership Freak

JANUARY 3, 2013

I asked the “expert on surprise,” Soren Kaplan, “If you could [.]. Extraordinary leaders realize surprise is a catalyst not an enemy. Reject surprises to your own peril. Surprise energizes innovation.

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Coaching Tip

JULY 25, 2012

That's why on Amazon every management book with the word "surprise" in its title is about how to avoid or prevent the phenomena. In LEAPFROGGING , author Soren Kaplan reveals why this command-and-control mindset is exactly what stymies innovation. Soren Kaplan: Leapfrogging: Harness the Power of Surprise for Business Breakthroughs.

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Coaching Tip

AUGUST 26, 2015

A person's conception of leadership matters because it will likely have a strong influence on how he or she processes the writings, leadership coaching , and development practices he or she experiences. That power can work against us, in that it undermines our ability to get to a widely shared understanding of leadership.

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Leadership Freak

AUGUST 1, 2012

The more fearful we are the more pessimistic we grow about the future,” Soren Kaplan, author of, Leapfrogging: Harnessing the Power of Surprise for Business Breakthroughs. [.]. I’m a huge fan of “just go do something,” but a world filled with options and uncertainty paralyzes. When fear prevents the next step, pessimism prevails.

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Leadership Freak

AUGUST 15, 2012

Soren Kaplan thought he knew about giant leaps forward until [.]. Leaders rise up during uncertainty and press through ambiguity; they embrace surprises. The surprising truth is surprises represent the path to breakthroughs.

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First Friday Book Synopsis

APRIL 15, 2011

Kaplan and David P. The Strategy-Focused Organization: How Balanced Scorecard Companies Thrive in the New Business Environment Robert S. Norton Harvard Business Press (2000) The Perilous “Journey&# to Breakthrough Performance Note: This is another “business classic” I read when it was first published and then recently re-read it.

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LDRLB

MAY 8, 2013

Entire books, courses, and graduate school programs have focused on the topic. It’s a simple tool ( download PDF or download PowerPoint ) for defining the following dimensions of an organization’s innovation culture: Leadership – How leaders influence innovation through explicit decisions and subtle behaviors. So how do you do it?

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First Friday Book Synopsis

MAY 27, 2013

I hope that at least a few of these recent posts will be of interest to you: BOOK REVIEWS Breaking Out: How to Build Influence in a World of Competing Ideas John Butman What You’re Really Meant to Do: A Roadmap for Reaching Your Unique Potential Robert Steven Kaplan The UnStoppables: Tapping Your Entrepreneurial […].

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LDRLB

JULY 19, 2012

To celebrate the upcoming launch of LDRLB contributor Soren Kaplan’s new book Leapfrogging: Harness the Power of Surprise for Business Breakthroughs , we’ve arranged for a free webinar for the LDRLB community. Check out the details below and register today. Leading Disruptive Innovation. When: July 26, 2012. About Soren.

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Six Disciplines

APRIL 27, 2011

What makes Six Disciplines for Excellence different from other business improvement books? ”We interrupt our coverage of meaningless business books to review a book that made the cut: Six Disciplines for Excellence by Gary Harpst. “But the book doesn't stop there! ” (David Rothacker, Rothacker Reviews).

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Great Leadership By Dan

AUGUST 24, 2017

If too much emphasis is placed on strategy compared with execution by the leadership, then it leads to lower levels of performance because they become occupied with crafting it rather than executing it. Kaplan and David P. Robin Speculand’s latest book is Excellence in Execution – HOW to Implement Your Strategy.

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Tanveer Naseer

JULY 12, 2016

Only those interested in leadership as more than mere ego gratification have a chance to build something that outlasts them. Indeed, his research showed that “good-to-great” CEOs generally received very little attention, whether in the mainstream press or in his interviews for the book. Reproduced by permission of AMACOM.

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First Friday Book Synopsis

DECEMBER 9, 2012

I hope that at least a few of these recent posts will be of interest to you: BOOK REVIEWS Harder Than I Thought: Adventures of a Twenty-First Century Leader Robert D. Nolan, and Shannon O’Donnell Leapfrogging: Harness the Power of Surprise for Business Breakthroughs Soren Kaplan The Talent Masters: Why Smart Leaders [.].

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Michael Lee Stallard

SEPTEMBER 15, 2010

Michael Lee Stallard Insights on Leadership and Employee Engagement Home About Hire to Speak Press Kit BIF-6: Stunning Sights, Interesting People, Innovative Ideas Published by Michael Lee Stallard on September 15, 2010 06:16 pm under connection culture Life is good! About Michael Find out about Michaels latest book, Fired Up or Burned Out.

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LDRLB

APRIL 23, 2012

This is a guest post form Soren Kaplan. Soren is the Managing Principal of InnovationPoint, an Adjunct Professor within the Imagineering Academy at NHTV Breda University of Applied Sciences in The Netherlands and the author of the new book Leapfrogging: Harness the Power of Surprise for Business Breakthroughs.

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Great Leadership By Dan

AUGUST 15, 2011

Here's a guest post by Paul Thornton, a Great Leadership regular: To produce healthy plants it takes the right amount of water, sunlight, fertilizer, and care. In his book, Better Under Pressure , Justin Menkes, interviewed Ralph Larsen, retired CEO of Johnson and Johnson. Bibliography Kaplan, R.E. and Kaiser, R.B.

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First Friday Book Synopsis

JUNE 30, 2013

I hope that at least a few of these recent posts will be of interest to you: BOOK REVIEWS Adapt: Why Success Always Starts with Failure Tim Harford Lifehacker: The Guide to Working Smarter, Faster, and BetterAdam Pash and Gina Trapani Negotiation Brian Tracy What the Dog Saw: And Other Adventures Malcolm Gladwell Managers as […].

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Leadership Freak

AUGUST 1, 2012

The more fearful we are the more pessimistic we grow about the future,” Soren Kaplan, author of, Leapfrogging: Harnessing the Power of Surprise for Business Breakthroughs. [.]. I’m a huge fan of “just go do something,” but a world filled with options and uncertainty paralyzes. When fear prevents the next step, pessimism prevails.

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LDRLB

JULY 17, 2012

In the book, the Innovator’s DNA , Clayton Christensen and colleagues list five behaviors that characterize innovative leaders: associational thinking, questioning, observing, networking and experimenting. Five personal leadership competencies are essential for success in today’s environment: A Leapfrogging Mindset.

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LDRLB

APRIL 23, 2012

This is a guest post form Soren Kaplan. Soren is the Managing Principal of InnovationPoint, an Adjunct Professor within the Imagineering Academy at NHTV Breda University of Applied Sciences in The Netherlands and the author of the new book Leapfrogging: Harness the Power of Surprise for Business Breakthroughs.

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Eric Jacobson

MARCH 25, 2016

After 20 years of working with corporations to build a more diverse and inclusive culture, authors Mark Kaplan and Mason Donovan wrote, The Inclusion Dividend.

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Eric Jacobson

AUGUST 3, 2013

After 20 years of working with corporations to build a more diverse and inclusive culture, authors Mark Kaplan and Mason Donovan wrote, The Inclusion Dividend. Inclusion Management Leadership Books Leadership Diversity The Inclusion Dividend Eric Jacobson on Leadership and Management'

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Women's Leadership Exchange

APRIL 21, 2009

I was thinking about American Idol when I read the just released book, hot off the presses - "The Power of Small" written by my 2 fave advertising gurus - Linda Kaplan Thaler and Robin Koval. They have done it again with their 3rd book! You know them. They're the Aflac Duck girls (created the duck, you know).

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Strategy Driven

JULY 13, 2011

We talked extensively in this book about how accounting profits or profit growth as a sole performance metric doesn’t lead to value creation. While you can find numerous books focused on the topic of corporate finance, few offer the type of information managers need to help them make important decisions day in and day out.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 22, 2011

As the beach-read season comes to a close, check out these new and forthcoming books from HBR Press: How to Be Good at Performance Appraisals: Simple, Effective, Done Right. By Robert Kaplan. By Dick Grote. Every so often, leaders should step back and take a good hard look in the mirror — and ask themselves some tough questions.

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First Friday Book Synopsis

JANUARY 27, 2013

I hope that at least a few of these recent posts will be of interest to you: BOOK REVIEWS The Master and His Emissary: The Divided Brain and the Making of the Western World Iain McGilchrist Mastermind: How to Think Like Sherlock Holmes Maria Konnikova The Fourth Great Awakening & the Future of Egalitarianism Robert [.].

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Chartered Management Institute

MAY 23, 2011

Related Content: Decision Making and Overcoming Indecisiveness To what extent does your organisation value Authentic Leadership? A free book Newly Promoted into a Managerial Post? Measuring performance of the MD through hard, soft, personal and strategic measurements and bring all these measurements together in a coherent manner.

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