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First Look: Leadership Books for February 2024

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Higher Ground : How Business Can Do the Right Thing in a Turbulent World by Alison Taylor Today's headlines teem with employee unrest over racial injustice, communities infuriated by corporate environmental impacts, staff anxiety over surveillance, public outrage over corruption in business, and discoveries of child labor in supply chains.

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Five championship strategies

Lead on Purpose

This is the career record of Larry Gelwix, coach of the Highland High rugby team (Salt Lake City) for more than three decades. If my final score is who I want to be — a man or woman of integrity, of honesty, of virtue, of hard work, of ethics — then I can sustain setbacks and difficulties that come.

Strategy 196
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Embrace, then apply

Lead on Purpose

Filed under: Purpose Tagged: | career advancement , services , training , value « Manager vs. ? How long did it take to put into practice the things you learned? Conversely, how long did it take to forget the details of the information conveyed in the training?

Training 124
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Book Review: Halftime

Lead on Purpose

This is the time when most people focus more on their careers and less on others (and other significant causes). Bob talks about how his career (in TV station business) took off. He had tremendous success, but had a “success panic&# that made him stop and reevaluate his priorities.

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Three steps to the next big opportunity

Lead on Purpose

You’ll find satisfaction in knowing you helped someone else, and doing so will benefit your career. Most of the time the new opportunities are not obvious; after all, when things become obvious they are usually past the “opportunity&# stage.

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Lead on Purpose featured « Lead on Purpose

Lead on Purpose

Rasmussen College : A college with the goal of helping students graduate with a degree, get a meaningful job and build a career. Lead on Purpose is slated to join their ranks shortly. They have five campuses in the upper mid-west and Florida, and a major presence on-line.

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Leaving the nest

Lead on Purpose

I’m very proud of how well she did in high school and am impressed with her clear understanding of what she wants to pursue as a career. My wife and I took our oldest child to the university where she will pursue a degree in architecture. She’s far ahead of where I was at her age.

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