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SEPTEMBER 28, 2015

The leadership industry “has failed over its roughly forty-year history to in any major, meaningful, measurable way improve the human condition,” and that “the rise of leadership as an object of our collective fascination has coincided precisely with the decline of leadership in our collective estimation.”

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MAY 20, 2012

Awakened Leadership: Beyond Self-Mastery Alan E. Shelton Red Hatchet Press (2012) Why and how to “allow leadership to arise in you as you really are in any moment when leadership is called out” The core thesis of this book is that within each person, there are potentialities that are dormant, if not asleep. This [.].

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JANUARY 28, 2015

I was recently asked to recommend books for a number of different business issues, pretty much all related to leadership issues. The issues are on the left, and the book suggestions follow to the right of each issue. I suspect that you could come up with other, maybe better book […]. This was a quick response.

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MARCH 18, 2013

{On April 5, 2013, we will celebrate the 15th Anniversary of the First Friday Book Synopsis, and begin our 16th year. During March, I will post a blog post per day remembering key insights from some of the books I have presented over the 15 years of the First Friday Book Synopsis. We have met [.].

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JANUARY 15, 2016

From the OD Network web site ——————– Last night, I presented my synopsis of the book Leadership BS by Jeffrey Pfeffer to… Read More Book Synopsis + Discussion = A Substantive Session – (OD Network’s discussion of Leadership BS by Jeffery Pfeffer).

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OCTOBER 21, 2013

The Heart of Leadership: Becoming a Leader People Want to Follow Mark Miller Berrett-Koehler Publishers (2013) How healthy is the cardiovascular system of your organization’s workforce? Mark Miller The Heart of Leadership: Becoming a Leader People Want to Follow'

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DECEMBER 18, 2014

Would You Like to Read 24 Business Books Next Year? Books to help you think about: time management, personal productivity, leadership, communication, strategy, organizational effectiveness, working well as a team – collaboration, execution, constant improvement, innovation… The list of challenges is kind of overwhelming, isn’t it?

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MARCH 21, 2012

Tribal Leadership: Leveraging Natural Groups to Build a Thriving Organization Dave Logan, John King & Halee Fischer-Wright HarperBusiness (2008) How and why “workplace tribes” in almost any organization can develop the leaders needed at all levels and in all areas When I first saw the title of this book before reading it, I immediately recalled (..)

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JUNE 11, 2013

12 Disciplines of Leadership Excellence: How Leaders Achieve Sustainable High Performance Brian Tracy and Peter Chee McGraw-Hill (2013) No so much “disciplines” as they are dimensions of a mindset The last time I checked, Amazon US sells 45,249 books that focus on business leadership. Why another?

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OCTOBER 2, 2015

Here are our two book selections for the November 6 First Friday Book Synopsis. Leadership BS: Fixing Workplaces and Careers One Truth at a Time by… Read More Leadership BS by Jeffrey Pfeffer; Creativity, Inc. by Ed Catmull – Coming for the November 6 First Friday Book Synopsis. Creativity, Inc.:

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NOVEMBER 9, 2015

We had a wonderful session last Friday at the November First Friday Book Synopsis. by Ed Catmull, and I presented Leadership BS by Jeffrey Pfeffer. (I I will post my lessons and takeaways soon from that book). We have selected two good and useful books for… Read More Coming for our Dec.

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JANUARY 19, 2012

The Truth About Leadership: The No-Fads, Heart-of-the-Matter Facts You Need to Know James M. Posner Jossey-Bass (2010 What Kouzes and Posner learned about what leadership is and does after three decades of rigorous study I have read and reviewed most of the books on which Jim Kouzes and Barry Posner have [.].

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DECEMBER 21, 2014

Succession: Mastering the Make-or-Break Process of Leadership Transition Noel M. Bob''s blog entries Action Learning: Simultaneous Development and Succession Planning Handbook Chris DeRose Don Pryzgodski GE’s Leadership Center Global Business Partnership Global Leadership in Healthcare Program Global Leadership Program Noel M.

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JANUARY 10, 2012

The Truth About Leadership: The No-Fads, Heart-of-the-Matter Facts You Need to Know James M. Posner Jossey-Bass (2010) What Kouzes and Posner learned about what leadership is and does after three decades of rigorous study I have read and reviewed most of the books on which Jim Kouzes and Barry Posner have [.].

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SEPTEMBER 6, 2012

The Tao of Leadership: Lao Tzu’s Tao Te Ching Adapted for a New Age John Heider Humanics New Age (2005) Timeless wisdom for each new age The value and impact of leadership can be measured in many different ways. In my opinion, books [.].

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NOVEMBER 11, 2015

Navy SEALs Lead and Win by Jocko Willink, Leif Babin, for my synopsis for the December 4 First Friday Book Synopsis.

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JUNE 17, 2013

Leadership Sustainability: Seven Disciplines to Achieve the Changes Great Leaders Know They Must Make Dave Ulrich and Norm Smallwood McGraw-Hill (2013) “We are what we repeatedly do. Aristotle I was wondering when someone would address the issue of leadership sustainability and thus was delighted to see […].

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AUGUST 3, 2014

Still Surprised: A Memoir of a Life in Leadership Warren Bennis Jossey-Bass/A Wiley Imprint (2010) Four score and counting, while his insatiable curiosity explores and his sense of wonder delights I have read and reviewed most (if not all) of Warren Bennis’ books and most of his articles.

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JANUARY 28, 2015

Be•Know•Do: Leadership the Army Way: Adapted from the Official Army Leadership Manual United States Army (Author); Frances Hesselbein and Eric K. Marine Corps Book of Strategy (Tactics for Managing Confrontation)' Shinseki (Introduction), and Richard E.

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JANUARY 10, 2012

The Truth About Leadership: The No-Fads, Heart-of-the-Matter Facts You Need to Know James M. Posner Jossey-Bass (2010) What Kouzes and Posner learned about what leadership is and does after three decades of rigorous study I have read and reviewed most of the books on which Jim Kouzes and Barry Posner have [.].

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JUNE 11, 2011

Secrets of Special Ops Leadership: Dare the Impossible — Achieve the Extraordinary William A. Cohen AMACOM (2005) Note: Given the recent and dramatic increase of public interest in “special ops&# initiatives, I decided to re-read a book I reviewed when it was first published more than six years ago.

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MAY 24, 2016

Click HERE to obtain the recording and handout for the books that you wish to have, at only $9.99 They are all available to… Read More Books Under Categories for Your Perusal. We have organized selections from our 15MinuteBusinessBooks.com site into six categories. per title. We recommend these titles for you.

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SEPTEMBER 30, 2014

If your leadership team is only meeting about “what are our problems this week?,” Time is precious. Calendars are full. But, not so full, not so precious, that you should not carve out some corners in your schedules for some content-driven thought. then you will never take a bigger-picture look at what you should be focusing on. […].

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MARCH 4, 2015

The Attacker’s Advantage: Turning Uncertainty into Breakthrough Opportunities Ram Charan PublicAffairs (2015) This is the most valuable contribution to business thought leadership that Ram Charan has made…thus far.

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JUNE 2, 2012

You need the rhythm of a monthly meeting of your leadership team for the purpose of learning. Verne Harnish, Mastering the Rockefeller Habits —————- You need a book club for your top leaders, and the rising leaders, in your company or organization. But not like you think.

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SEPTEMBER 8, 2013

As I began to read this book, I was reminded of the title of […]. 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.

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NOVEMBER 6, 2014

From an article in Business Insider), LeBron James Is Hyper-Aware Of Body Language After Spending The Summer Researching Leadership Styles: LeBron got really into management strategies this summer, including the importance of body language: […]. During the off-season, Lebron James felt like he had to learn how to be a better leader.

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MAY 12, 2011

The Best Business Books Ever: The Most Influential Management Books You’ll Never Have Time to Read Basic Books (2011) Note: This review is of a book published earlier this year. What we have here is a series of brief discussions “the most influential management books you’ll [.].

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OCTOBER 11, 2013

Shawn Hunter Jossey-Bass/A Wiley Brand (2013) How and why innovative leadership must “leverage a culture that will stop at nothing to fix bad ideas and stomp out mediocrity Shawn Hunter wrote this book to help business leaders cope with the competitive marketplace to which Warren Bennis […].

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First Friday Book Synopsis

NOVEMBER 10, 2015

Last Friday, I presented my synopsis of Leadership BS: Fixing Workplaces and Careers One Truth at a Time by Jeffrey Pfeffer. It is a good, disturbing, challenging book. In my handout for my book synopses, I always being with this section: “Why is this book worth our time?”

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NOVEMBER 14, 2014

Randy, could you give me a few books or maybe the best book on servant leadership that you have come across? That question came from a Dallas Police Officer, who has attended some training sessions we’ve put on for the DPD through the Caruth Institute. It’s a very good question. I recently heard a student speech […].

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First Friday Book Synopsis

MAY 16, 2012

Be•Know•Do: Leadership the Army Way: Adapted from the Official Army Leadership Manual United States Army (Author); Frances Hesselbein and Eric K. Shinseki (Introduction), and Richard E.

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APRIL 19, 2014

That’s just one of the many useful insights from Startup Leadership: How Savvy Entrepreneurs Turn Their Ideas into […]. And, it needs both of them. The trick is making sure that both are in good health, and functioning together – in alignment. Randy''s blog entries'

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MAY 10, 2013

” Larry Keeley wrote this book with […]. Thomas Edison With regard to the Edison quotation, I agree while presuming to add, “Execution without discipline is merely activity.”

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JULY 11, 2012

Triple Crown Leadership: Building Excellent, Ethical, and Enduring Organizations Bob Vanourek and Gregg Vanourek McGraw-Hill (2012) “Perfection is not attainable, but if we chase perfection, we can catch excellence.”

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FEBRUARY 1, 2013

Leadership: The Power of Emotional Intelligence: Selected Writings Daniel Goleman More Than Sound (2011) How leaders can “help people to get and stay in the brain zone [flow] where they can work at their Best” What we have in this volume are nine essays, accompanied by an Appendix in which Goleman briefly shares new insights [.].

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SEPTEMBER 7, 2016

TED Talks: The Official TED Guide to Public Speaking Chris Anderson Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (May 2016) How to take “something you really care about and rebuild it inside the minds” of those with whom you share it I cannot think of another person who has made more or better contributions to knowledge leadership in recent… Read More TED Talks: (..)

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