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First Look: Leadership Books for May 2020

Leading Blog

Here's a look at some of the best leadership books to be released in May 2020. Amazon’s business model has not only turned the retail industry and cloud computing inside out, but now its tentacles are squeezing media and advertising, and disrupting the state of technology, the economy, job creation, and society at large.

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Project Management 101: The Stages of Project Management

Women on Business

I remember when I picked up my first project management book. I was working as a low-level retail manager and thought it would be helpful. The book was full of technical jargon, extensive charts and graphs, and appeared to be designed for someone who had a Ph.D The Stages of Project Management.

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Success tips for a complex world + 2 free book commentaries

First Friday Book Synopsis

He begins with an excerpt from Terry Leahy’s book, Management in 10 Words: Practical Advice from the Man Who Created One of the World’s Largest Retailers , and shares his own thoughts about another book, Happiness at Work: Be Resilient, Motivated, and Successful – […].

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More Than A Hobby

Kevin Eikenberry

A person who has had that kind of success is someone you could probably learn something from, and in this very readable book from 2005, you can. While I believe there are many management […]. Books Leadership Learning Hobby Lobby retail values'

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New book from my friend and NYT bestselling author Vijay Govindarajan

Marshall Goldsmith

I want to recommend to you an important new book from my friend Vijay Govindarajan, who is ranked as one of the world’s leading business thinkers. After 35 years of research and consulting, he has written his most important book yet: The Three Box Solution: A Strategy For Leading Innovation. Life is good. Marshall.

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New Leadership Book Brings Together 15 Iconic Perspectives from Across the Globe

The Center For Leadership Studies

The book will be released by Leadership Studies, Inc. on January 26, 2021 and is available now for pre-order through a variety of retail and online partners, including: Amazon , Barnes & Noble , Apple Books, and more. Lessons from Leaders is a gem of a book. Lessons from Leaders is available anywhere books are sold.

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Unexpected Leadership Lessons that Mobsters Can Teach Lawful Leaders

Leading Blog

In our book, Relentless: The Forensics of Mobsters; Business Practices , we discovered the leadership principles of organized crime syndicates that forge high-performance teams of very loyal gangsters, incredibly strong brand names and cultures with a long-term perspective and an unrelenting customer focus.

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