Leading Blog

MAY 1, 2020

Here's a look at some of the best leadership books to be released in May 2020. Perfectly Confident is the first book to bring together the best psychological and economic studies to explain exactly what confidence is, when it can be helpful, and when it can be destructive in our lives. Rigby, Sarah Elk, and Steven H.

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Eric Jacobson

DECEMBER 29, 2022

So, the authors of the book, Your First Leadership Job , recommend you hold getting-to-know-you conversations with each of your direct reports. To help you bring out the best in your team, you need to get close and understand their skills, abilities, and motivations. Ask these open-ended questions.

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CEO Blog

OCTOBER 11, 2010

I read a new book by Neal Asbury called Conscientious Equity - An American Entrepreneur's Solution to the World's Greatest Problems. The book is a must read for anyone thinking of entering foreign markets. 3 - Stringent environmental protections (my personal view is we need to bring current externalities into the economic system.)

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Leadership Freak

FEBRUARY 9, 2018

I’ve checked off three of the five books I plan to read in February. Check off Powerful: Building a Culture of Freedom and Responsibility by Patty McCord, Chief Talent Officer at Netflix for… Continue reading →

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Eric Jacobson

MARCH 12, 2022

So, the authors of the book, Your First Leadership Job , recommend you hold getting-to-know-you conversations with each of your direct reports. To help you bring out the best in your team, you need to get close and understand their skills, abilities, and motivations. Ask these open-ended questions.

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Leading Blog

MARCH 1, 2019

Here's a look at some of the best leadership books to be released in March 2019. You don't need a powerful title or a line of direct reports—you have everything you need to use them right now. Don't miss out on other great new and future releases. As the co-founder and former president of Ritz-Carlton Hotel Co.,

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Eric Jacobson

MAY 5, 2021

So, the authors of the book, Your First Leadership Job , recommend you hold getting-to-know-you conversations with each of your direct reports. To help you bring out the best in your team, you need to get close and understand their skills, abilities, and motivations. Ask these open-ended questions.

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Eric Jacobson

NOVEMBER 11, 2020

So, the authors of the book, Your First Leadership Job , recommend you hold getting-to-know-you conversations with each of your direct reports. To help you bring out the best in your team, you need to get close and understand their skills, abilities, and motivations. Ask these open-ended questions.

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Eric Jacobson

OCTOBER 1, 2020

So, the authors of the book, Your First Leadership Job , recommend you hold getting-to-know-you conversations with each of your direct reports. Thank you to the book's publisher for sending me a copy of the book. Ask these open-ended questions. Let each team member know the purpose of the meeting in advance.

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Eric Jacobson

SEPTEMBER 25, 2021

So, the authors of the book, Your First Leadership Job , recommend you hold getting-to-know-you conversations with each of your direct reports. To help you bring out the best in your team, you need to get close and understand their skills, abilities, and motivations. Ask these open-ended questions.

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Eric Jacobson

DECEMBER 20, 2022

This time each year, I select from all the leadership books I read during the year my pick for the best new leadership book of the year. It was a tough choice, so for 2022, I'm picking two books: Both books are timely, highly relevant, full of great teachings and well worth reading for leaders at any stage of their careers.

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Michael Lee Stallard

AUGUST 23, 2015

#99 Read a Book Together Quarterly. Periodically select a business book for your direct reports or team members to read together. Consider reading one book every quarter. Meet to identify ideas from the book that you can implement.

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Let's Grow Leaders

APRIL 5, 2024

David shares that 70% of surveyed individuals report experiencing the same or greater levels of conflict at work. Practical Strategies for Navigating from Conflict to Collaboration 00:00 – 00:56 – David kicks off season 16 with a focus on transforming workplace conflict to collaboration.

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Eric Jacobson

JULY 6, 2020

So, the authors of the book, Your First Leadership Job , recommend you hold getting-to-know-you conversations with each of your direct reports. To help you bring out the best in your team, you need to get close and understand their skills, abilities, and motivations. Ask these open-ended questions.

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CEO Insider

OCTOBER 18, 2022

A busy solo parent to two twins, renovating a house in which her parents can live, and coaching professional athletes on their performance mindset doesn’t leave a lot of room for Bulls Performance Coach Dr. Wendy Borlabi to entertain writing a book. But when she met Chicago sports reporter Annie Costabile on an interview, they […].

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Rich Gee Group

MARCH 17, 2024

Here's a comprehensive guide to getting noticed—and promoted—at work, complete with action steps and book recommendations to propel your career forward. Prepare a succinct presentation or report highlighting your contributions. Master Your Current Role Excellence in your current position is the foundation of getting noticed.

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QAspire

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

The total cost of India’s successful Moon mission was $75M whereas cost of making movies like Interstellar is reported to be $165M. Failures in new territories that pave the way for eventual success are what Amy Edmondson describes as “Intelligent Failures” in her newly released book “ The Right Kind of Wrong – The Science of Failing Well ”.

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The Horizons Tracker

NOVEMBER 11, 2019

The scale of this global fluency was underlined by a recent report from Education First, which detailed both how many people are fluent in English, and the importance of this fluency to individual and collective success. The report chronicles the journey of the 2.3 “The incentives to learn English have never been greater.”

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Lead Change Blog

MARCH 12, 2015

The term character-based leadership rose out of this group’s efforts and eventually led to the book, The Character-Based Leader. As this book will explore, the leadership crisis is really a crisis of character. No single book, including this one, can offer all the answers. And that crisis is getting worse by the day.

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Eric Jacobson

OCTOBER 2, 2017

So, the authors of the book, Your First Leadership Job , recommend you hold getting-to-know-you conversations with each of your direct reports. To help you bring out the best in your team, you need to get close and understand their skills, abilities, and motivations. Ask these open-ended questions.

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RapidStart Leadership

JUNE 29, 2017

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. And she interviews her direct reports. Lencioni follows up by adding some helpful tools at the end of the book so we can apply his framework to our own situations.

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Strategy Driven

MAY 18, 2021

An adage tells us not to judge books by their covers, but that’s just what everyone’s going to do anyway, especially when talking about actual books. If your name isn’t quite enough to sell the book on its own, the cover design might be. And yes, the reports of the death of printed books have been greatly exaggerated.

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Tony Mayo

JANUARY 19, 2011

Top Executive Coaching with Tony Mayo About Tony Mayo Newsletter Sign-up Sections Client Comments For Executive Coaches For Executives For Fun For Salespeople Quotes and Aphorisms Recommended Books Technology Tips Videos & Podcasts Popular Posts Twitter Log IX About Tony Mayo Truth or Consequences?

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Eric Jacobson

DECEMBER 15, 2017

So, the authors of the book, Your First Leadership Job , recommend you hold getting-to-know-you conversations with each of your direct reports. To help you bring out the best in your team, you need to get close and understand their skills, abilities, and motivations. Ask these open-ended questions.

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First Friday Book Synopsis

APRIL 19, 2011

This book is a short, comprehensive, and invaluable resource: From Numbers to Words by Susan E. If you work with statistics, one of the great challenges that you may have faced is how to write up results in a coherent and efficient manner. Here is a great source for you! Morgan, Tom Reichert, and Tyler R. Harrison (Allyn [.].

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Sales Wolf Blog

JUNE 25, 2010

The Resource:    LinkUp Monthly Jobs Report What It Is:   LinkUp is a job search engine that finds and displays employment openings directly from the career section of employer websites for companies of all sizes.  Enjoy! .  Enjoy!

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Eric Jacobson

JUNE 27, 2017

So, the authors of the book, Your First Leadership Job , recommend you hold getting-to-know-you conversations with each of your direct reports. To help you bring out the best in your team, you need to get close and understand their skills, abilities, and motivations. Ask these open-ended questions.

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Rich Gee Group

OCTOBER 8, 2023

A report by McKinsey Global Institute estimates that AI could add $13 trillion to the global economy by 2030. Davenport and Nitin Kalé - This book is a practical guide to using AI to transform organizations. The book also includes case studies from companies that have successfully implemented AI.

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Next Level Blog

JANUARY 3, 2024

As I’ve written about before on this blog and in my books, the framework we use for that planning process is a one-page tool we developed called the Life GPS®. A few years ago, in a post on having a sense of purpose , I wrote about Carl Reiner the comedy legend who was writing books and producing moves shortly before his passing at age 98.

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First Friday Book Synopsis

AUGUST 28, 2011

Six Action Shoes Edward De Bono Longman Higher Education (1991) Note: When preparing for some interviews, I recently re-read several books on the creative process and remain convinced that all are still among the best. For example… A Shoe for Every Action I presume to suggest that you read this book after you read de [.].

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Marshall Goldsmith

NOVEMBER 14, 2011

What if you are a manager and your direct reports have strong opinions on a topic - and you believe their suggestions just won't work? Sometimes this means disagreeing with your direct reports and taking a stand on tough issues. * If it is important to your direct reports and insignificant to the company, let it go. *

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Career Advancement

FEBRUARY 8, 2021

On-the-job simulations where a coach assumes the role of direct report and asks for guidance in a particular area. Ask the seminar attendees to present workshops on what they’ve learned to their own teams, which will solidify their knowledge while enhancing their direct reports’ growth.

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First Friday Book Synopsis

AUGUST 23, 2011

As We Speak: How to Make Your Point and Have It Stick Peter Meyers and Shann Nix Atrria Books (2011) Here in a single volume, just about all you need to know about high-impact communication In Chapter 3, Peter Meyers and Shann Nix acknowledge their appreciation of Chip and Dan Heath and especially of what [.].

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Leading Blog

DECEMBER 28, 2021

Businessman and former ambassador Donald Blinken explains the motivation behind this book in the foreword: This book was born out of Bob Dilenschneider’s concern about how demoralizing it is for many young people to consider their futures. What was the fledgling reporter to do now?

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Let's Grow Leaders

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

Today on Asking for a Friend I talk with Sara Canaday about tips from her new book “Coaching Essentials for Managers.” Underestimate the potential of your direct reports. And, it can be hard to know exactly how to make that happen in the midst of everything else you have going on. What would you add?

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Next Level Blog

JUNE 28, 2022

Between the leaders I’ve worked with in our Next Level Leadership® group coaching program and the individual executives I’ve coached over the last 20 plus years, I’ve delivered around 2,000 colleague feedback reports. And there’s one thing I’ve seen again and again in so many of those feedback conversations.

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Eric Jacobson

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

This book is the result of what we have learned teaching leadership and business acumen classes to rising and senior leaders at Fortune 500 companies for twenty years,” share authors Nathan Kracklauer and Bjorn Billhardt. In addition, the book provides an excellent glossary of most used terms within business.

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