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33 Book Recommendations From My Friends

Joseph Lalonde

I love consuming the content of books. Men and women have poured their blood, sweat, and tears into crafting a book worth reading. Or new worlds are available to us when we crack open a book. Once I asked the question, the book recommendations poured in. In total, 33 books were recommended at the time I wrote this.

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How to Identify Leadership Potential

Great Leadership By Dan

Here’s a summary of three studies on how to identify leadership potential: Development Dimensions International DDI has developed a set of criteria that they say will accurately predict executive success, based on their own experience and research, and research by others, including work by Jim Collins for his book Good to Great ; Morgan W.

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How New Managers Can Send the Right Leadership Signals

Harvard Business Review

Leadership presence is dynamic and fluid, and encourages a two-way dialogue where we can give authentic voice to our views while staying open to the views and perspectives of others as we work towards a common goal, best outcome, or solution. New Managers Need a Philosophy About How They’ll Lead. Steven D’Souza and Diana Renner.

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How To Be An Open Leader

Eric Jacobson

Wednesday, June 2, 2010 How To Be An Open Leader Charlene Li, the author of the best-seller book, Groundswell , was kind enough to send me an advance copy of her newest book, Open Leadership , which she released for sale on May 24. My complete book review is on my Kansas City Leadership Examiner.com page.

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Ten Essential Tips for Hiring Your Next CEO

Harvard Business Review

Creating a culture entails many steps, including performance incentives for executives to build the system, a development capability that repeatedly reaches large numbers of managers, coaching and mentoring by both directors and executives, and an openness to both inside and outside candidates. The fate of the enterprise depends upon it.

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5 Open-Ended Questions To Ask Your Customers

Eric Jacobson

Friday, November 12, 2010 5 Open-Ended Questions To Ask Your Customers I really like author Paul R. Timms advice to stop asking your customers the "typical" questions and instead ask them open-ended questions. These open-ended questions will let your customers really express their ideas, opinions and needs. Don't Praise.

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Ask Your Customers To Help You Write Your Strategic Plan

Eric Jacobson

Posted by Eric Jacobson at 8:10 PM Labels: Books For Managers , Change Management , Customer Feedback , Customer Service , General Management Skills , Strategic Planning 1 comments: Maths private tutor said. "Great Places To Work" Employee Perks New Book Shows You How To Set A Goal And Then Reac. Don't Praise.