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Executive Level Book Synopsis Presentations – Maybe just what your Leadership Team(s) could use

First Friday Book Synopsis

How can this be—all this failure—after the thousands of leadership books, talks, blogs, classes, and leadership-development programs seeking to make leaders more effective? How can this be, after more than a century of research seeking to figure out how to select better leaders? 


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The Executive Checklist: A book review by Bob Morris

First Friday Book Synopsis

The Executive Checklist: A Guide for Setting Direction and Managing Change James M. Spitzer Enterprise Architecture as Strategy: Creating a Foundation for Business Execution Harvard School of Public Health James M. Kerr Jørgen Vig Knudstorp and his leadership team Jeanne W.

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Who Do You Need To Get Rid Of? – The Hard Work Of Executive Team Leadership

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Like many such good consultants, he meets with the executive team, in a series of sessions, helping them come [.]. I recently had lunch with a top-notch business consultant – you know, the kind who has the ability to listen well, diagnose really well, and then prescribe the next steps for the company to go forward.

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Questions for Leadership Team Members – Can You Answer all of These?

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So, if you are on an executive team – at or near […]. You know – “here are the 15 questions you should be able to answer right now… “ I tend to think “visually” more than in lists. But, sometimes, a list is just right. Randy''s blog entries'

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First, the Plan – then the Execution

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” Colonel Jon “Hannibal” Smith, The A-Team ——— Here’s Chapter Eight of Toy Box Leadership: Leadership Lessons from the Toys You Loved as a Child by Ron Hunter Jr. & “If you don’t want to go to Plan B, have a good Plan A.” Alex, on Nikita “I love it when a plan comes together.”

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First, the Plan – then the Execution

First Friday Book Synopsis

” Colonel Jon “Hannibal” Smith, The A-Team ——— Here’s Chapter Eight of Toy Box Leadership: Leadership Lessons from the Toys You Loved as a Child by Ron Hunter Jr. & “If you don’t want to go to Plan B, have a good Plan A.” Alex, on Nikita “I love it when a plan comes together.”

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Executive Transitions: The Importance of Relational Intelligence

First Friday Book Synopsis

Here’s another article written by Patricia Wheeler and featured by Marshall Goldsmith’s website, Leading News, one that “delivers state-of-the-art information and ideas about best practices in leadership, helping successful people become even more successful, not only for themselves but also for their teams and for their companies.