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Top 30 Leadership Blogs 2010 | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

You’re undoubtedly thinking “who died and left Mike Myatt in charge of qualitatively assessing leadership blogs? You’re undoubtedly thinking “who died and left Mike Myatt in charge of qualitatively assessing leadership blogs?&# I know, I know - another list? Great question.

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Jim Collins, Meet Michael Porter

Harvard Business Review

I've just finished reading Jim Collins' latest book, Great By Choice (which he co-authored with Morten Hansen). Collins is a smart observer and a gifted writer. It's hard to put down a Collins book feeling anything but.well, inspired. Collins has a knack for asking good questions. Jim Collins, meet Mike Porter.

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Do You Speak the Language of Performance Driven Execution?

N2Growth Blog

But to the surprise of most leaders today, increasing overall performance has become a complex, and in some cases, a Bermuda Triangle-like mysterious process that continues to baffle even the smartest people in the field of leadership and change. Novo: Change the Lens of Thought-leadership and the Approach to Professional Development.

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12 Reads for 2012

LDRLB

Great by Choice by Jim Collins and Morten Hansen. Jim Collins much anticipated new release. Collins’ research methods may be criticized by academic scholars, but his insights give engaging analysis into how companies succeed in tough times. The Leadership Challenge by Jim Kouzes and Barry Posner.

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Good Leaders Acknowledge What Can't Be Done

Harvard Business Review

Saying you can't do it all is not a failure of leadership, it is effective leadership. But despite all the books and articles, like Jim Collins' Good to Great , that preach such reasonable humility, the culture of heroic leadership persists. Jeffrey Pfeffer is the Thomas D.

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