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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? Flux helps readers open this mindset—a flux mindset—and develop eight “flux superpowers” that flip conventional ideas about leadership, success, and well-being on their heads.

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45 Years of Leadership in Outer Space

Coaching Tip

Kennedy announced, before a special joint session of Congress, the dramatic and ambitious goal of sending an American safely to the Moon before the end of the decade. and Michael Collins aboard. Books Current Affairs Leadership Memes Safety & Security Science Success Travel Alan Shepard. Michael Collins Cyrus Durey Edwin e.

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7 Leadership Questions That Will Move Your Needle in 2016

The Empowered Buisness

These (or comparable) questions can make the difference between a successful 2016 and a disappointing one. 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.

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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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Who's In Charge?

N2Growth Blog

It was at this precise moment that I came to understand that the most important factor in determining whether or not something will be successful is who is charged with the responsibility for making it happen. The most important decision a leader can make with regard to any implementation, initiative, project, objective, goal, task, etc.

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Top Leadership Experts to Follow in 2015

Modern Servant Leader

11 2,410 220 2,346 Brian Tracy Personal Development Professional Speaker, Author, Success Expert, CEO of Brian Tracy International¬ô 12 254,000 20,600 1,064,000 Charles Duhigg Personal Development New York Times reporter ([link] ) and author of The Power of Habit ([link] ). Get hands-on serious about achieving your goals. ~