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First Look: Leadership Books for March 2023

Leading Blog

Most important, this book is not just another compilation of case studies. Culture Rules makes the case for why leaders should invest their time and energy on building culture and gives them three simple, actionable rules they must play by if they want to stay in the game and win!

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Systems Thinking: The Superpower You Didn't Know You Needed.

Rich Gee Group

When we know how all the parts of a system interact, we can predict the consequences of our choices and develop more innovative solutions to tackle the real issue at hand. At the same time, skipping meals could lead to a balancing loop where your body slows down your metabolism to save energy.

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To Develop a Culture of Trust and Loyalty, Try Sharing Your Leadership

Lead Change Blog

When a vision addresses all three of these questions for team members, a tremendous amount of energy is unleashed. The reality is that, most often, the leader was not very effective in equipping, training and developing people properly. What greater good do we serve? Great Leaders Push Authority Down.

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The November, 2012 Leadership Development Carnival

Great Leadership By Dan

Welcome to the November, 2012 edition of the Leadership Development Carnival! Wendy Appel , from The Enneagram Source , gives us Case Study: 2 Key Leverage Points for Change. For you reading pleasure, this month's Carnival offers up a Fall harvest of posts from some of the best leadership bloggers from around the world.

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We Live in A Downstream World

Leading Blog

Heath argues that “we should shift more of our energies upstream: personally, organizationally, nationally, and globally. In clarifying these questions, Heath reveals some of the big issues through a wide variety of case studies that keep us from moving upstream. That seems pretty obvious. How will you know you are succeeding?

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Culture Renovation

Leading Blog

If a senior leader wanted to tap the energy and creativity of someone lower down in the organization, she or he needed to invite that person’s boss, and so on. Step #1: Develop and Deploy a Comprehensive Listening Strategy. Each employee had to prove to everyone that he or she was the smartest person in the room. Meetings were formal.

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How to Get the Most Benefit from an Executive Development Program

Great Leadership By Dan

In my current role as Director of Executive Development Programs at the University of New Hampshire , I’ve had the opportunity to observe and interact with hundreds of our program participants. Most executive development programs are heavy on the pre-work and evening work – case studies, assessments, interviews, etc….

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