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First Look: Leadership Books for October 2021

Leading Blog

By closely monitoring these controls, we can maintain a healthy Risk Immune System that allows us to effectively anticipate, identify, analyze, and act upon the ever-present possibility that things will not go as planned. Play Nice But Win : A CEO's Journey from Founder to Leader by Michael Dell with James Kaplan.

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What to Ask the Person in the Mirror

Leading Blog

The difference, says Harvard professor Robert Kaplan, is “how they deal with these periods of confusion and uncertainty. Have you developed a clear vision and have you identified three to five clear priorities to achieve that vision? Succession Planning and Delegation. And un successful leaders go through the same thing.

Kaplan 280
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Seeking and Seeing Breakthrough Moments

Leadership Freak

Plan on staying the same. I asked the “expert on surprise,” Soren Kaplan, “If you could [.]. Hate surprises? Surprises propel into the future or drive into the past. Problem is, surprise signals uncertainty. Organizations hate uncertainty. Extraordinary leaders realize surprise is a catalyst not an enemy.

Kaplan 203
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The Strategy Book

Leading Blog

The problem is following a plan so closely without responding to events that you will “lead the company efficiently in the wrong direction.” Part of thinking like a strategist is learning to recognize unplanned opportunities and reacting. In fact, says McKeown, unplanned opportunities may be your best chance of creating a great strategy.

Strategy 280
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How to Avoid the 5 Career Derailers

Leading Blog

Cast relates a conversation he had with Stuart Kaplan, the director of leadership recruiting at Google to make this point: As you progress [in your career], your relationship with others is more important than your knowledge of and relationship with data. This includes being able to plan and prioritize tasks before a project is started.

Career 189
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A Closed-Loop Strategy Execution System

Six Disciplines

Kaplan and Dr. David P. By management system, they're referring to the integrated set of processes and tools that a company uses to develop its strategy, translate it into operational actions, and monitor and improve the effectiveness of both. Work The Plan ). Work The Plan , and Discipline V. Discipline I.

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A Closed-Loop Strategy Execution System

Six Disciplines

Kaplan and Dr. David P. By management system, they're referring to the integrated set of processes and tools that a company uses to develop its strategy, translate it into operational actions, and monitor and improve the effectiveness of both. Work The Plan ). Work The Plan , and Discipline V. Discipline I.

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