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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? Yet it can be shattered in an instant, with a devastating impact on a company’s market cap and reputation. Blog Post ). How did you react? What helped? What didn’t?

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Multiplying the Effective Intelligence of Your Organization

Great Leadership By Dan

Here is where you can gain a great competitive edge that is sustainable and also leads to more innovative and effective ways of getting things done. The status quo and old ways of thinking are the enemy of higher order processing, innovation and increased performance. of your organization. Expanding perspectives. in your enterprise.

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Vision and Leadership | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

Put simply, I believe that leadership absent vision is a train-wreck waiting to happen. Jim Collins did a good job of addressing this as have you in prior posts. In fact, I’d go so far as to say that you simply cannot decouple the two without causing an organizational implosion. Vision is often misunderstood. I Think Not.

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Finding Your Bigness Balance: Seven Ways to Properly Set the Size.

Kevin Eikenberry

These goals have been labeled by Jim Collins (and others) as a BHAG – a Big, Hairy, Audacious Goal. To be more specific, for each goal, consider setting a range of targets like this: Target A – This is a perfect world scenario, I/we absolutely want it goal. Target B – This is a big, but potentially believable goal.

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Love and Leadership | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

I believe the fear of public misperceptions have trained many people to completely avoid outward displays of compassion. link] Dan Collins Mike, This is a very, very important post. Social and societal stigmas are definitely in play when it comes to love and leadership. It’s as if it has been socialized out of them over time.

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The Fallacy of No | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

The word no ends discussions, stifles creativity, kills innovation, impedes learning, and gates initiative. link] Dan Collins Mike, If there is one characteristic I admire in leaders and respect in you it is the willingness to state in no uncertain terms (sorry for the play on words) their stance. I Think Not.

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Innovating the Toyota, and YouTube, Way

Harvard Business Review

As global innovators, however, they share a remarkable core value and best practice: they invest in the innovative capabilities of their suppliers. I just tell them, 'Please make something great,'" says Liam Collins, who oversees the Los Angeles facility, told the paper. "We We provide the space, equipment and expertise.