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The Best Leadership Books of 2021

Leading Blog

Leadership is about hope. These foundational leadership skills will make all aspiring executives more effective in their roles today and lift the trajectory of their careers. The Power of Pressure : Why Pressure Isn't the Problem, It's the Solution by Dane Jensen (Collins, 2021) What’s the most pressure you’ve ever been under?

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Boosting Team Performance: 3 Ways to Make Your Team’s Engine More Powerful

RapidStart Leadership

Want to boost team performance? The post Boosting Team Performance: 3 Ways to Make Your Team’s Engine More Powerful appeared first on RapidStart Leadership. Here are three things leaders can learn from engineers who have figured out how to make jet engines go faster.

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Moving from Expert to Executive: Changes Great Leaders Learn to Make

Lead Change Blog

One of the great leadership challenges is making the transition from subject matter expert (SME) to leading teams of SMEs. So you’ll need a more collaborative style of leadership. So you’ll need a more collaborative style of leadership. How do we want to attack this as a team?” Shift from “Me” to “We”. News Flash!

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Discoverin?g Your Team Member's Talents

Great Leadership By Dan

Guest post by Joseph Lalonde: One of the best things we can do for our team is to discover our team member''s talents. The talents of our team members are usually what drives them to excel. Your team will find purpose and meaning when they begin putting their skills to work. Your team will be excited to come to work.

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Taking leadership to the next level

Lead on Purpose

In recent days I’m re-listening to Good to Great by Jim Collins. Though I love every part of this book, I’m most impressed with the chapter on Level 5 Leadership. Collins’ definition is simple: “Level 5 leaders blend the paradoxical combination of deep personal humility with intense professional will.”

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Aim Higher: Servant Leaders Develop Other Leaders

Skip Prichard

The Importance of Leadership Development. Talk to most people about the importance of leadership development and you will likely hear why it’s so important. Studies have proven that leadership development efforts help you: Retain emerging leaders. The only real leadership is servant leadership.

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5 Strategies for Building High Trust, High Performing Teams

Leading with Trust

Growing up playing sports, coaching my kids’ sports teams, and being a sports fan in general has taught me numerous lessons about life and leadership. However, the most important lesson I’ve learned about being part of a successful team, or leading one, is the need for trust. Great teams thrive on trust ( click to tweet ).

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