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12 Reads for 2012

LDRLB

Influence by Robert Cialdini. Great by Choice by Jim Collins and Morten Hansen. Jim Collins much anticipated new release. Collins’ research methods may be criticized by academic scholars, but his insights give engaging analysis into how companies succeed in tough times.

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These are a few of our favorite … books!

Reality-Based Leadership

Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap and Others Don’t , by Jim Collins. Pre-Suasion: A Revolutionary Way to Influence and Persuade , by Robert Cialdini. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything , by Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Traveling Mercies: Some Thoughts on Faith , by Anne Lamott.

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11 Books Every Young Leader Must Read

Harvard Business Review

Jim Collins, Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap.and Others Don't. Jim Collins introduced new rigor to the evaluation of business leadership in his instant classic Good to Great , with a research team reviewing "6,000 articles and generating 2,000 pages of interview transcripts."

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11 Books Every Young Leader Must Read

Harvard Business Review

Jim Collins, Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap.and Others Don't. Jim Collins introduced new rigor to the evaluation of business leadership in his instant classic Good to Great , with a research team reviewing "6,000 articles and generating 2,000 pages of interview transcripts."

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