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The Best Leadership Books of 2016

Leading Blog

O NCE AGAIN we see that despite our rhetoric, what we are is reflected in our leaders and leadership. Superbosses : How Exceptional Leaders Master the Flow of Talent by Sydney Finkelstein Although Superbosses may differ in leadership styles, they share a playbook that leads to extraordinary success founded on making other people successful.

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When Leadership Coaching Works (And When It Doesn't)

Marshall Goldsmith

Q: When does leadership coaching work? CK Prahalad or Vijay Govindarajan), most - including me - are not. When will coaching aimed at changing leadership behavior be most effective? As an example, when my last book was the number one selling business book in the US the number one selling diet book sold ten times as many copies.

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Don’t Coach Integrity Violations – Fire Them!

Marshall Goldsmith

Almost all of the people I know who call themselves executive coaches are coaches in the area of leadership behavior. There are a few very excellent coaches in the corporate strategy domain, for instance Vijay Govindarajan and Michael Porter. For example, a pharmaceutical company called me recently. I said, “What’s his problem?”

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Negotiating Innovation and Control

Harvard Business Review

But you know, my leadership team is smart. There have been plenty of recent examples where shareholders would have been well served by systems to curtail wild risks. The other day I had coffee with a friend who was complaining about her company's ability to innovate. That iteration-itis post you wrote really hit home," she said.

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Why the World Needs Doctors with These 3 Qualities

Harvard Business Review

Vijay Govindarajan Ravi Ramamurti. Another example of a doctorpreneur is Atul Gawande. Further Reading. Reverse Innovation in Health Care: How to Make Value-Based Delivery Work. Innovation & Entrepreneurship Book. Add to Cart. Gawande was recently hired by Amazon, Berkshire Hathaway, and J.P.

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3 Entrepreneurs Who Made It Their Mission to Lower Health Care Costs

Harvard Business Review

It all starts, as the stories below show, with purpose-driven leadership: a determination to provide high-quality, ultra-affordable health care to all, regardless of ability to pay: Saving Eyesight at a Fraction of the Cost. Vijay Govindarajan Ravi Ramamurti. More need to follow examples like Rushika and Kristi. Add to Cart.

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Great Innovators Create the Future, Manage the Present, and Selectively Forget the Past

Harvard Business Review

Where problems arise is when the present crowds out other strategic priorities—for example, when the only skills brought into a business are those that serve today’s core. Success in each box requires a different set of skills, attitudes, practices, and leadership. Vijay Govindarajan. Excerpted from. Add to Cart.