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The Best Leadership Books of 2022

Leading Blog

The Crux : How Leaders Become Strategists by Richard P. A New Way to Think : Your Guide to Superior Management Effectiveness by Roger L. Martin (Harvard Business Review Press, 2022) Over a stellar career, Roger Martin has advised the CEOs of some of the world's most successful companies. Blog Post ). Blog Post ). Blog Post ).

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Consultants: Resistance Is Futile

N2Growth Blog

When you look back on your career, you remember the jobs you took, the jobs you declined, the opportunities realized and the opportunities lost. The room erupts with cheers and ACME is once again hired to save the Corporate P&L. It also wraps up my Homage to Looney Tunes, Austin Powers, Star Wars and Star Trek.

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Become a Brand Renegade

Leading Blog

These are the industry disruptors who have changed how business is conducted in distinctly powerful ways. The successful brand renegade has staying power and causes others to ask, “What are they doing, and how can we do it, too?”. We prioritized how to move the industry forward as a more mainstream, P&L-focused business.

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Blueprints Aren’t Just For Buildings

Lead Change Blog

Describe every aspect of life you can think of: career, family, leisure, and so on. For Locke’s original study on the power of goal setting, see Locke, E. Taken together, the research made clear that writing down the things you want to accomplish increases your odds of success at doing those things. STEP 2: START SMALL.

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The Best Leadership Books of 2019

Leading Blog

L EADERSHIP development is a lifelong process. Books like Helping People Change and The Power of Bad , have the power to change forever how we work with others and address the things that hold us back. The Power of Bad : How the Negativity Effect Rules Us and How We Can Rule It by John Tierney and Roy F. Blog Post ).

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Why HR Gets a Bad Name

Let's Grow Leaders

I spent the first decade of my career in HR. The HR (or training) organization becomes the dumping ground for people who struggled to “carry a bag” in the sales function or meet their P & L in an executive role. Power trips. .” An eye roll rapidly followed by, “Do we have to?”

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What Do I Need To Do To Move UP?

Rich Gee Group

What is size of P&L I should run? I’m not saying you need to be an expert in all areas — although you should have leveraged each one during your career. Knowledge is power and when you’re at the pinnacle of your organization, you need to have a adequate grounding in the past, present, and future of your industry.

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