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First Look: Leadership Books for April 2021

Leading Blog

Rethinking Competitive Advantage : New Rules for the Digital Age by Ram Charan. In this lively, accessible guide, Ram Charan, bestselling author and adviser to some of the world’s top CEOs and boards, redefines competitive advantage for the digital-first era, offering a set of new rules to get ahead. It's the sneakiest form of fear.

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Getting the Attacker’s Advantage

Leading Blog

To Ram Charan, The Attacker’s Advantage is the ability to detect ahead of others those forces that are radically reshaping your marketplace, then position your business to make the next move first. We miss the possibilities says Charan because we’re flying at low altitude—immersed in the daily minutia. Creativity & Innovation'

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How Should Leaders Address Challenge Of Low Performers?

Tanveer Naseer

So much work today is accomplished through a team, and the really tough problems are the ones that require a creative approach, critical thinking, or a team who has the desire and motivation to work harder and smarter.” Charan believes that a poor match with the job is one of the primary causes of low performance. “We

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First Look: Leadership Books for December 2019

Leading Blog

You’ll learn how to increase creativity, understand the psychology of thinking differently, encourage collaboration, co-create with customers, overcome indifference, create an idea-hungry culture, rid yourself of creativity zombies and get to innovation paradise. What has propelled their record streak of growth?

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LeadershipNow 140: September 2015 Compilation

Leading Blog

Business Creativity: Recreate the Image to Include Everyone by @KateNasser. 20/20 Foresight by Ram Charan via @stratandbiz. The Two People Every Organization Needs by @mlukaszewski. Through Thick and Thin by @scedmonds. The Alternative to Fixing Poor Performance by @SusanMazza. 24 Habits that Will Boost Your Intelligence via @Inc.

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33 Book Recommendations From My Friends

Joseph Lalonde

The Talent Masters by Ram Charan – Dan Black. Creative Confidence by Tom Kelley – Nathan Magnuson. Altar Ego by Craig Groeschel – Ivan Oreamuno Canizal. The Oz Principle by Roger Connors – Ivan Oreamuno Canizal. Rich Dad, Poor Dad by Robert Kiyosaki – Brian Lund.

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Ideation and Entrepreneurship: Interview with Liz Alexander and Naveen Lakkur

QAspire

Tanmay Vora] My last question stems from Naveen’s introduction in the book which says “Converting Creative Concepts into Commerce with Compassion”. In fact, we quote his co-founder, Charan Padmaraju in the same chapter who said, “It was all about building something that would be useful to someone.”