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When a Leader Is Causing Conflict, Start by Asking Why

Harvard Business Review

Not long ago, I received a call from an HR manager at a large corporation seeking an executive coach for one of their senior leaders. Every hammer looks like a nail, as the saying goes. Charles Orr/Getty Images. He was described as arrogant, tactlessly blunt, and lacking empathy. Have a broad repertoire of solutions.

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Have You Earned the Right to Lead? Ten Deeply Destructive Mistakes That Suggest the Answer Is No (and How to Stop Making Them)

Strategy Driven

Unusually Excellent is a back-to-basics reference book that offers both seasoned and aspiring leaders a framework for understanding and a guide for applying the battle-tested fundamentals of leadership at every stage of their careers. In other cases, they never learned these fundamentals or mastered them earlier in their career.

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