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The Best Leadership Books of 2021

Leading Blog

Leadership is about hope. All leaders face their own version of these tests, and the authors draw on the distilled wisdom, stories, and lessons from hundreds of chief executives to show how every aspiring leader can master these challenges and lead like a CEO. And that feeds our approach in society at large. That’s not the way to lead.

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Why Your Good Leadership Isn’t Great.

Rich Gee Group

An incredible book by Jim Collins — relates how certain companies overcame their obstacles and pushed themselves from being just good companies to the stars of their industry. It chronicles how they made the leap, what they did, and what they didn’t do. The post Why Your Good Leadership Isn’t Great.

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Collin Powell's 13 Rules of Leadership

CO2

Here is Collin Powell’s 13 Rules of Leadership. Gary Cohen grew the company from two people to 2,200 employees Currently, he is Managing Partner of CO2 Partners, LCC, operating as an executive coach and consultant. His book Just Ask Leadership - Why Great Managers Always Ask The Right Questions (McGraw Hill 2009).

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“In Search of Excellence” Revisited

Leading Blog

I IN 1982, Tom Peters and Bob Waterman released In Search of Excellence: Lessons from America’s Best-Run Companies. In spite of the times, some companies were pursuing excellence in the execution of their missions. Consider the timelessness of these key qualities: Eight Characteristics of Excellent Companies. Perhaps not.

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How To Be A Humble Leader

Eric Jacobson

From John Blakey 's book, The Trusted Executive , here are these four tips from Jim Collins for how to be a humble leader : Demonstrate a compelling modesty, shunning public adulation and never be boastful. Channel ambition into the company, not the self, and set up successors for even more greatness in the next generation.

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Quotes to Note on Purposeful Leadership

The Practical Leader

. “Profitability is a necessary condition for existence and a means to more important ends, but it is not the end in itself for many of the visionary companies. Collins and Jerry Porras, Built to Last: Successful Habits of Visionary Companies. Today, a growing number of companies comfortably embrace such terms.

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Executive Leadership: One Temptation Most Successful Executives Resist

Let's Grow Leaders

I usually write for your teams (and how to help them deal with you ;-) But today, I write to you. In a recent conversation, “Mary” a senior leader at a Fortune 15 company shared the moment she “Got it.” Yes, it starts with what Jim Collins calls “ Getting the right people on the bus. The Temptation.

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