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Book Notes – Wooden on Leadership: Think Small

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His book, Wooden on Leadership is well-organized, easy to read, and crammed with nuggets of leadership wisdom that easily transfer to the non-basketball world. Wooden on Leadership – The Takeaway. Wooden on Leadership is a well-written book on the basics of solid leadership. Share your comments below.

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Book Notes: It Worked for Me

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A book I read recently cast a whole new light on what it means to have problems as a leader, and what you should do about them. The book I just finished reading was It Worked for Me , by Colin Powell. His book is filled with interesting personal anecdotes that he uses to illustrate the lessons he’s learned about leading others.

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Book Notes – Originals by Adam Grant

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That’s the question that author Adam Grant poses in his 2016 book Originals: How Non-Conformists Move the World. Some key points from the book I think you might appreciate include how original work happens in the first place, and how as leaders we can establish an environment that encourages originality from all of us.

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Book Notes – The Five Dysfunctions of a Team

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A book I recently read does a great job of helping to answer those questions. [In The book tells the story of a fictitious tech startup, DecisionTech. While Lencioni doesn’t return to this approach later in the book, what Kathryn does is fundamental to her ability to lead her team from dysfunction to achievement.

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Book Notes – Blue Ocean Strategy: How Leaders Drive Change

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Leadership is about influencing people in a specific direction, but sometimes that direction needs to change. A book I just read provides a great framework to figure out when you need to change, and what strategic direction to head. Kim and Maugorgne call what Bratton did in these examples a part of β€œtipping point leadership.”.

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Visionary Leadership: When Social Proof Fails

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What is visionary leadership? As Robert Moore relates in his excellent book On Trails: An Exploration , the ants kept up their determined but futile marching, following each other in this aimless loop for at least a full day. Visionary Leadership. That’s where visionary leadership comes in. . Raise your leadership game.

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On Duty: The Meaning of Leadership in a Risk-Filled World

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The last book read, re-read actually, was “ Safe Return Doubtful – The Heroic Age of Polar Exploration ” by John Maxtone-Graham. For more about her and her award-winning books, check out her author blog , and be sure to follow her on Twitter. Anything else is as fragile as glass and elusive as smoke.