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First Look: Leadership Books for March 2017

Leading Blog

The High Potential Leader : How to Grow Fast, Take on New Responsibilities, and Make an Impact by Ram Charan. Managing Oneself by Peter Drucker. Sensemaking : The Power of the Humanities in the Age of the Algorithm by Christian Madsbjerg. For bulk orders call 1-800-423-8273.

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Most Valuable Business Insights: 11-15

First Friday Book Synopsis

After having read and reviewed so many business books, I now share brief comments about what I consider to be the 25 most valuable business insights and the books in which they are either introduced or (one man’s opinion) best explained. Here are the third five: 11. Leadership: In essence, leaders attract followers so that [.].

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Must-Read Book For Nonprofit Leaders

Eric Jacobson

Druckers book called " The Five Most Important Questions You Will Ever Ask About Your Organization " will be well worth it. Perhaps one of most challenging questions Drucker asks the reader is: " Do we produce results that are sufficiently outstanding for us to justify putting our resources in this area ?

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3 Things Your Mission Statement Must Have

Eric Jacobson

Drucker provides the following good advice in one of my favorite books of his, The Five Most Important Questions You Will Ever Ask About Your Organization :" Every mission statement has to reflect three things : Opportunities Competence Commitment In other words, he explains: What is our purpose? Author Peter F. Why do we do what we do?

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Ask These Five Questions

Eric Jacobson

Druckers book, The Five Most Important Questions You Will Ever Ask About Your Organization. Each of the five questions leads to sub-questions that are outlined in Druckers book, so its important to read the entire book to fully understand how to ask the questions and why they are so important.

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Definitions Of Key Business Terms

Eric Jacobson

Druckers definitions: Customers -- Those who must be satisfied in order for the organization to achieve results. I like Peter F. The primary customer is the person whose life is changed through the organizations work.

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Give Positive Feedback. Don't Praise.

Eric Jacobson

Good Books To Read "The Five Most Important Questions You Will Ever Ask About Your Organization" - By Drucker "The DNA Of Leadership" - By Glaser "Now Discover Your Strengths" - By Buckingham & Clifton "Law Dictionary" - By Gifis "Execution -- The Discipline Of Getting Things Done" - By Bossidy & Charan Mentoring Workbooks & Resources The (..)