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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? Emerging technologies, changing demographics, the data economy, automation, and other trends-the undercurrents of radical, systemic change-are crashing into each other. Blog Post ).

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7 Leadership Questions That Will Move Your Needle in 2016

The Empowered Buisness

BHAG stands for Big Hairy Audacious Goal , a concept introduced by Jim Collins in his book, “Built to Last.” A bigger, bolder, more powerful outcome than goals with a target timeframe of 10 – 30 years from now. To learn how to develop and test your BHAG, refer to Collin’s book, Built to Last.

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How Dumb Is Your Business?

N2Growth Blog

As odd as it sounds, businesses that are not dependant on smart talent, capital, or technology can scale faster and easier than those businesses burdened with the aforementioned dependencies. The dumb factor not only applies to talent, capital, and technology, but it also extends throughout the entire value chain.

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

The Practical Leader

As with Collins’ first book, Built to Last , and with Good to Great (read my review of both books on LinkedIn or The Leader Letter archive ), they compared the outstanding companies to a control group of comparison companies in the very same industries and extreme environments that failed to thrive. Sounding familiar?

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Love and Leadership | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

Read on and find out… People who attempt to lead out of self-serving motivations or misplaced intentions are not really leading – they are pursuing power, glory and status. It is love for those you lead that allows for right thinking, proper perspective, and pure motivations. This is the antithesis of true leadership.

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Top Leadership Experts to Follow in 2015

Modern Servant Leader

John Motivational speaker, Women in Leadership Author, Olympian, Amputee, Motivator! 2 49,800 32,900 1,911 Jim Collins Business, Leadership Words of wisdom from Jim Collins, author of Good to Great, Built to Last, and Great by Choice. Get hands-on serious about achieving your goals. ~ 8 1,735 219 109 Bonnie St.

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Q&A With Millennial CEO And Book Author Rick Lindquist

Eric Jacobson

Lindquist : Professional will, which is defined in Jim Collins’ famous book, Good to Great. I’m so lucky to be able to lead (and be led by) a team of great people who share my number motivation: Zane Benefits’ mission to level the playing field for small businesses. Fifth, use technology to accelerate momentum. I love my job.

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