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LeadershipNow 140: April 2017 Compilation

Leading Blog

Jim Collins: Ten Lessons I Learned from Peter Drucker. Jim Collins’ Top Ten To-Dos for Young Leaders by @pauljsohn. If You Want To Innovate, Avoid These Myths by Greg Satell @Digitaltonto. Motivational speakers are WRONG about changing habits! Collaborative Thinking: Do You See Problem Solving as Collaboration?

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From Drucker To The Lean Startup: The (Literary) Evolution of Leadership Philosophy

Terry Starbucker

Good to Great – by Jim Collins. The 5 Dysfunctions of a Team – by Patrick Lencioni. Questions of Character – by Joseph L. Badaracco Jr. Radical Leap – by Steve Farber. The Lean Startup – by Eric Ries.

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Book Recommendations: Some Must-Reads for HR Professionals

HR Digest

They cover recruiting, hiring, managing employees, motivating workers, developing talent, managing diversity, and much more. According to Adams, disruptive HR is built on understanding what motivates people and why certain actions produce better results than others. This article will look at some of the best HR books for professionals.

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Your Leaders, Hubris or Humility?

Michael Lee Stallard

Published by Michael Lee Stallard on May 7, 2010 06:26 am under E Pluribus Partners , connection culture , employee engagement , intentional connectors At the Chick-fil-A Leadercast, Jim Collins just pointed out that great leaders in his research had the character strength of humility and those who fall could be described as having hubris.

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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? These foundational leadership skills will make all aspiring executives more effective in their roles today and lift the trajectory of their careers. Blog Post ). How did you react?

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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.

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25 Especially Inspiring and Empowering Quotes From Today’s Top Leaders

Lead from Within

You may have the best materials, the newest innovations, the most creative product –but those resources are meaningless without the core of your business: your employees. Poorly motivated and uninspired people can bring down even the most amazing organization. ” –Jim Collins, Good to Great. –Steve Jobs.

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