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The Best Leadership Books of 2020

Leading Blog

In what may be his edgiest page-turner to date, Lencioni thrusts his readers into a day-long conversation between rival CEOs. Shay Davis is the CEO of Golden Gate Alarm, who, after just a year in his role, is beginning to worry about his job and is desperate to figure out how to turn things around. Blog Post ). Blog Post ).

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The Best Leadership Books of 2021

Leading Blog

Former PepsiCo CEO Indra Nooyi wrote, “the fundamental role of a leader is to look for ways to shape the decades ahead, not just react to the present, and to help others accept the discomfort of disruptions to the status quo.”. Yet it can be shattered in an instant, with a devastating impact on a company’s market cap and reputation.

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Chief Executive Coaching: Charting a Bold Course in Leadership’s Vast Ocean

CO2

” – Simon Sinek. As leaders, we too navigate choppy waters—market volatility, team dynamics, and the relentless pursuit of growth. CEO Coaching International shapes this quest, turning introspection into actionable insights​ ​. Vistage reports that their coached CEOs saw an uptick in annual revenue by 4.6%

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Infinite Leadership: Lessons From Nature

Lead Change Blog

Many of you might have recently read or seen extracts from Simon Sinek’s new book on the Infinite Game. Public companies are measured by their 90 day success on the stock market. If the CEO fails to make the numbers, the stock price plummets. This is something I wholeheartedly agree with—but it’s nothing new as a concept.

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Why You Shouldn’t Put The Business Cart Before The Leadership Horse

Terry Starbucker

After all, it’s the nature of a business - going from Point A to Point B as quickly and efficiently as possible, to gain a competitive advantage and secure the market share necessary for success. As Simon Sinek has said, Customers will never love a company until the employees love it first. How can a leader put leadership first?

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Is Social Accountability Changing Leadership?

Lead Change Blog

Rather, business leaders need to take a longer term approach, which means no longer being driven by the 90-day reporting cycles of the world’s stock markets. “There will be times when prioritizing values, especially trust, will come at the expense of profits.

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2013 Trends and The Power of Women

Women on Business

Guest Post By: Andrea Simon, PhD., president of Simon Associates Management Consultants. Here’s a quick look at what I found: Rohit Bhargava, marketer, professor and author of Likeonomics , recently issued his report: 15 Marketing Trends In 2013 And How Your Business Can Use Them. companies had all-male boards.

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