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Best Leadership Books of 2011

Leading Blog

Great by Choice : Uncertainty, Chaos, and Luck—Why Some Thrive Despite Them All by Jim Collins and Morten Hansen. Good Strategy Bad Strategy : The Difference and Why It Matters by Richard Rumelt. From Values to Action : The Four Principles of Values-Based Leadership by Harry M. Thinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman.

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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? Outside of the SEALs, he’s run meetings in the White House Situation Room, negotiated international arms treaties, and developed high-impact corporate strategies. Blog Post ).

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What Makes Six Disciplines for Excellence A Different Kind Of Business Book

Six Disciplines

“Full of incredibly useful tools and charts -- all about how small businesses execute strategy.” “The approach is current and I love that it ties technology and systems with strategy. Skip Angel, Random Thoughts of a CTO). ” (Gary Slinger, Slinger’s Thoughts). ” (Anita Campbell, SMB Trend Wire).

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HBR’s 10 Must Reads on Strategy: A book review by Bob Morris

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HBR’s Ten Must Reads on Strategy Various contributors Harvard Business Press (2011) How to create “a unique and valuable position” by deciding what to do…and not do This volume is one of several in a new series of anthologies of articles that initially appeared in the Harvard Business Review, in this instance from 1960 until [.].

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