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First Look: Leadership Books for January 2022

Leading Blog

Win from Within : Build Organizational Culture for Competitive Advantage by James Heskett. James Heskett provides a roadmap for achievable and fast-paced culture change. Here's a look at some of the best leadership books to be released in January 2022. Be sure to check out the other great titles being offered this month.

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A Trust Cause: Leadership Stimulates or Stifles Trust and Engagement

The Practical Leader

Recently I was asked if I could deliver an online workshop for executive team leaders to “relearn/develop trust and empowerment in his/her team members when the team members feel they are not getting the trust or empowerment from their leader to do their jobs. ” Especially true for his company. .”

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How Healthy Is Your Organization’s Culture?

Tanveer Naseer

What this culture valued was hierarchical power and the intrinsic belief that higher leaders know more than lower folks and therefore, the higher ranks lead. Before we blame the CEO as a bad, old-fashioned leader, let’s check again: all other people complied. Maybe it was unpleasant for some, but it was normal.

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Book Review of “The Culture Cycle: How to Shape the Unseen Force that Transforms Performance”

The Practical Leader

John Kotter and James Heskett’s classic book, Corporate Culture and Performance , is an organization development classic. The book provided solid evidence of the payoffs that come from adaptive cultures and the negative power of unadaptive cultures. . leadership, recognition, job opportunity, personal development).

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How to Ignite and Sustain Organizational Growth

Skip Prichard

With the ever-changing dynamics of the workforce, the stewardship of organizational culture is just as important as strategy, talent, product development, or customer service. He helps companies build strong sustained revenue growth through by developing energizing office cultures. Simply put, culture drives performance.

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