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First Look: Leadership Books for December 2013

Leading Blog

Boards That Lead : When to Take Charge, When to Partner, and When to Stay Out of the Way by Ram Charan, Dennis Carey and Michael Useem. Lead & Influence : Get More Ownership, Commitment, and Achievement From Your Team by Mark Fritz.

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Talent Wins: The New Playbook for Putting People First

Leading Blog

Ram Charan, Dominic Barton, and Dennis Carey write in Talent Wins : Most executives today recognize the competitive advantage of talent, yet the talent practices in their organizations use are vestiges of another era. Together, they “lead the way on anything where the deployment of talent influences the company’s results.”

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Blogging on Business Update from Bob Morris (Week of 2/25/13)

First Friday Book Synopsis

I hope that at least a few of these recent posts will be of interest to you: BOOK REVIEWS Global Tilt: Leading Your Business Through the Great Economic Power Shift Ram Charan The AIG Story Maurice R. Greenberg and Lawrence Cunningham Global Tilt: Leading Your Business Through the Great Economic Power Shift Ram Charan HBR’s [.].

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The Leadership Pipeline

CEO Blog

The Leadership Pipeline - How to Build the Leadership Powered Company by Ram Charan , Steve Drotter and Jim Noel was awesome. I like Ram Charans books. At this stage, leaders need to learn to influence more than control. This is great for stimulating thought but may cause an intermingling of thought on my book reviews.

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Video Book Club: The Leadership Pipeline

Next Level Blog

In the video review, I walk through the simple yet resonant model of career path transitions that the authors Charan, Drotter and Noel outline in the book. The book has been around for about ten years and it’s become a go to resource for anyone charged with developing senior leaders.

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Developing a Leadership Training Program for High Potentials: A Case Study

Great Leadership By Dan

Influencing skills. The Leadership Pipeline: How to Build the Leadership-Powered Company , Authors: Ram Charan, Stephen Drotter, James Noel; Publisher: Jossey-Bass, 2001. Successful organizations know what skills are required for a leader to be effective for the organization to meet its long term strategic goals and grow and prosper.

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Why Managers and HR Don’t Get Along

Harvard Business Review

The bottom line, as Ram Charan argued in his recent HBR article , is that many line managers are disappointed in their HR people. While there may be many factors influencing their complex relationship, these three stand out: First is the confusion about the role that HR is playing at any one time.