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The World’s Top 50 Leadership and Management Thinkers

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Every two years since 2001, Thinkers50 has published their ranking of the world’s top 50 management and leadership thinkers. Those recognized previously have included Peter Drucker, Michael Porter, Bill Gates, Steve Jobs, Tom Peters, Richard Branson, Clayton Christensen and other esteemed thinkers.

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60 Top Leadership Quotes Of All Time

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Below are my top 60 favorite leadership quotes of all time. Leadership is not what you know or who you know, but how to transfer what you know into the hearts and minds of who you know.” – Mike Myatt. “A The most dangerous leadership myth is that leaders are born-that there is a genetic factor to leadership. “The

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How to Get Ahead: Self-Directed Learning

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As a leadership and strategy consultant, I challenge myself to explore subjects that have nothing to do with business. As Peter Drucker, famous business guru, once said: “ innovation is nothing more that the re-application of existing technology. ” To close, becoming an autodidact is a lot of work.

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Rethinking Good To Great

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In being true to my contrarian self, and with rare exception (Peter Drucker, Adam Smith, etc.), Level Five Leaders : Jim refers to a hierarchical matrix of leadership that describes 5 different types of leaders, and suggests that only with rare exception can anything other than a Level 5 leader take a company from good to great.

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20 Leadership Books You Might Not Have Read

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In fact, I would go so far as to say reading is simply a necessity if you’re serious about leadership. The list below (in no particular order) is comprised of leadership lessons from Ancient History, US History, Religious History, Military History, and yes, I threw in a few of my favorite business business classics as well.

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Why Consensus Kills Team Building | N2Growth Blog

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He is one of my favorite leadership bloggers, and hopefully we’ll still be on speaking terms after this post. It is the responsibility of executive leadership to set the tone for great teamwork by putting forth a clearly articulated vision, and then aligning every aspect of strategic and tactical decisioning with said vision.

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What All Great Leaders Have In Common | N2Growth Blog

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It includes books by Peter Drucker, Charles Handy, Charles Koch, Jack Welch, and Bob Sutton. When I teach MBA leadership courses I require all papers – on any leadership issues – to address key problems from opposing views. Thanks for encouraging and challenging the leadership community. Love what you do Mike.

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