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Clayton Christensen on “The Discipline of Managing Disruption”

First Friday Book Synopsis

To Harvard professor Clayton Christensen, coauthor of How Will You Measure Your Life?, a primary task of leadership is asking questions that anticipate great challenges. Here is a brief excerpt from an interview conducted by Art Kleiner for strategy+business magazine, published by Bain & Company.

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How do leaders make lasting change?

Lead on Purpose

One of the great leaders and thinkers of our time is Clayton Christensen , ”a down-to-earth” alum of BYU, Oxford and Harvard. I found two recent articles about Clayton Christensen that have increased my understanding about leadership: The first is published in the BYU Magazine’s Spring 2013 edition. (As

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LeadershipNow 140: October 2015 Compilation

Leading Blog

The Real Leadership Lessons of Steve Jobs via HBR. MIT: New research fundamentally challenges Clay Christensen's theory of disruptive innovation. Mark Leslie: Putting the “We” in Leadership via @StanfordBiz. Mark Leslie: Putting the “We” in Leadership via @StanfordBiz. 29 Lessons from the Past 29 years by @pauljsohn.

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Top Leadership Experts to Follow in 2015

Modern Servant Leader

Are you looking for the top leadership experts to follow in 2015? Maybe you need a leadership development expert or public speaker. Whether you need a leadership and management expert for yourself or your team, you’ll find someone great below. of the Center for the Development of Evangelical Leadership @GCTS_Charlotte.

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Blogging on Business Update from Bob Morris (Week of 12/10/12)

First Friday Book Synopsis

How to Create Leadership at Every Level L. I hope that at least a few of these recent posts will be of interest to you: BOOK REVIEWS Turn the Ship Around!: David Marquet The Dawn of Innovation: The First American Industrial Revolution Charles R. Morris Selling to China: A Guide to Doing Business in China [.].

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How Mormons Have Shaped Modern Management

Harvard Business Review

Consider the following examples: The #1 Management Thinker on the Thinkers 50 list is Clay Christensen , Harvard Business School professor and author of The Innovator's Dilemma , which introduced the idea of disruptive innovation. One of the reasons for this is that leadership responsibilities begin in earnest at the age of 12.

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Blogging on Business Update from Bob Morris (Week of 11/26/12)

First Friday Book Synopsis

I hope that at least a few of these recent posts will be of interest to you: BOOK REVIEWS The Complete Executive Karen Wright Harder Than I Thought Robert D. Austin, Richard L. Nolan, and Shannon O’Donnell HR Strategic Project Management SPOMP Leon M. Hielkema INTERVIEWS Matthew E. May: Second Interview, Part 1, by Bob [.].

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