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The Best Leadership Books of 2021

Leading Blog

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? What has emerged from these conversations is that while everyone’s experiences under pressure are unique, pressure follows patterns and develops in predictable ways. Blog Post ).

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LeadershipNow 140: November 2017 Compilation

Leading Blog

The Importance of Embracing Uncertainty via @stanfordbiz. Jim Collins: On Leadership In America via @ChiefExecGrp. Like us on Facebook for additional leadership and personal development ideas. Deconstructing Delegation by @Julie_WG. 8 leadership lessons from history via @wef. Reflect before you leap via @thehrgoddess.

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Book Review: “Great by Choice: Uncertainty, Chaos, and Luck – Why Some Thrive Despite Them All”

The Practical Leader

In the turbulent times after 9/11, they talked further about their strong sense that "uncertainty is permanent, chaotic times are normal, change is accelerating, and instability will likely characterize the rest of our lives." " How true that’s proved to be in the last 10 years! Sounding familiar?

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4 Ways To End Destructive Pride

Tanveer Naseer

It’s] emotional risk, exposure, uncertainty. In the book Good to Great, legendary business consultant Jim Collins uncovered what it takes for a company to be great. After five years of colossal research, Collins and his team of researchers found something unexpected. It fuels our daily lives.

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Great by Choice

Leading Blog

We cannot control much of what happens around us, but the choices we make, as Jim Collins and Morten Hansen’s research confirms, determine our success. In Great by Choice , the authors rightfully assert that we have entered an extended period of uncertainty and turbulent disruption that might well characterize the rest of our lives.

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Do You Speak the Language of Performance Driven Execution?

N2Growth Blog

Chair, Organizational Development, N2Growth. The combination of these six words, derived from Latin, translates into an executable language leaders can use to overcome the challenges in overall organizational performance and development. Novo: Change the Lens of Thought-leadership and the Approach to Professional Development.

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Thoughts That Make You Go Hmmm on…Performance Excellence

The Practical Leader

Good to Great , Jim Collins, Harper Business, New York, 2001, pages 12-14. ” - Jim Collins and Morten Hansen, Great by Choice: Uncertainty, Chaos, and Luck — Why Some Thrive Despite Them All. They are more like Lincoln and Socrates than Patton or Caesar. “Excellence is an art won by training and habituation.