Leading Blog

article thumbnail

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!

Books 298
article thumbnail

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?

Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

First Look: Leadership Books for January 2022

Leading Blog

Other case studies include Adobe, Citigroup, Eli Lilly, Hitachi, Honeywell, Inditex, Komatsu, STC Pay, and Titan. Moving beyond the traditional model of top-down leadership, Spahn has created a foundation for an organizational culture that benefits from collective energy, curious conviction, and solid, actionable goals.

Books 226
article thumbnail

InsideOut Enneagram

Leading Blog

Her book makes practical the Enneagram system by use of clear explanations of each Type, case studies and a structured journaling process. Wendy Appel has tackled the Enneagram’s subtleties and complexities in InsideOut Enneagram.

article thumbnail

The Best Leadership Books of 2021

Leading Blog

If we can recognize the patterns, we can improve our ability to sidestep the biological traps that can sabotage us—and use the energy that accompanies pressure to thrive. What has emerged from these conversations is that while everyone’s experiences under pressure are unique, pressure follows patterns and develops in predictable ways.

Books 453
article thumbnail

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. Each employee had to prove to everyone that he or she was the smartest person in the room. Accountability—delivering on time and hitting numbers—trumped everything.

Bottom-up 341