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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? Emerging technologies, changing demographics, the data economy, automation, and other trends-the undercurrents of radical, systemic change-are crashing into each other. Blog Post ).

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Leadership Evolution: In a World Of Big Change, Do The Great Lessons Endure?

Terry Starbucker

We must adapt to new technologies, new theories, new business models, new people and attitudes – sometimes within weeks, or even a day. Jim Collins’ epic work “Good To Great” (where this comes from) is still one of the best selling biz books out there. ‘Nuff said. As change happens, we must change.

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4 Steps for Thinking Critically About Data Measurements

Harvard Business Review

I have a clock in my office that synchronizes itself at 1:00 am every day using a signal sent out by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) in Fort Collins, Colorado, which has an advertised precision in the fraction-of-a-second range. It should be trustworthy, right? Not so — it can be wildly inaccurate.

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The Dell Deal Explained: What a Successful Turnaround Looks Like

Harvard Business Review

As Lerner summed it up for me in an interview, "There seemed to be a pretty positive track record in terms of technology companies after buyouts.". IBM''s transformation under CEO Lou Gerstner is the subject of an HBS case study by Lynda Applegate, Robert Austin, and Elizabeth Collins. This simple strategy proved wildly successful.

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Jim Hunter – Servant Leadership Interview Series

Modern Servant Leader

In fact, Jim Collins – best selling business book ever, “Good to Great” – on page 30 in that book, he says, “you know we debated calling these great leaders ‘servant leaders’”, he said. We’ll teach you our technology. America’s largest airline and the most profitable – the airline that love built. We’ll teach you how to fly airplanes.

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Jim Hunter – Servant Leadership Interview Series

Modern Servant Leader

In fact, Jim Collins – best selling business book ever, “Good to Great” – on page 30 in that book, he says, “you know we debated calling these great leaders ‘servant leaders’”, he said. We’ll teach you our technology. America’s largest airline and the most profitable – the airline that love built. We’ll teach you how to fly airplanes.