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First Look: Leadership Books for April 2023

Leading Blog

H ERE'S A LOOK at some of the best leadership books to be released in April 2023 curated just for you. Admiral McRaven was honored to receive this honor in 2011 when he took charge of the United States Special Operations Command. The Anxious Achiever is a book with a mission: to normalize anxiety and leadership.

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Finding Our Second Wave Is Key To Maintaining Career Success As We Age

The Horizons Tracker

Professional sport provides perhaps the most visceral example of career transitions in modern society, as the athletic potential of performers is usually limited to perhaps a decade, after which their physical strength wanes and they’re no longer able to maintain their competitiveness. Past our peak. ” An aging society.

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Hire People with Common Sense and Good Critical Judgement

Great Leadership By Dan

Guest post by Stan Silverman : During a recent event to launch my book, Be Different! The Key to Business and Career Success , I spoke about the importance of hiring people with common sense and good critical judgment because at some point, you want them to violate policy when it is in the company’s best interest to do so.

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Playbook for a New Leader’s First 90 Days on the Job

Great Leadership By Dan

I’ve written about these and other crucial tools for helping leaders improve relationships, gain executive presence and succeed in my new book, The Heart of a Leader: 52 Emotional Intelligence Insights to Advance Your Career. She is also author of The Heart of a Leader: 52 Emotional Intelligence Insights to Advance Your Career.

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First Look: Leadership Books for June 2020

Leading Blog

Here's a look at some of the best leadership books to be released in June 2020. Look in the mirror and own your natural-born strengths and fix any real or perceived career-limiting deficiencies. Don't miss out on other great new and future releases. Leadership isn't easy. Dig deeper. Why and how do these kinds of things happen?

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Leadership is a Process!

Lead Change Blog

Leaders are open, curious, and motivated to get a full understanding of the current situation. Help people see themselves operating in the new environment. Build relationships—get to know your people—their interests, family, key accomplishments, frustrations, and career goals. Open up and share what you are thinking and feeling.

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3 Ways to Break Out of a Zero-Sum Game of Growth with Your Competitors

Leading Blog

It can drive new business models, open up adjacent products and help you grow the whole market. 1: Open adjacent product areas: For the people across the 147 countries around the world who learned about colors and the alphabet from Sesame Street, there's one more lesson that the beloved TV program can offer.