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First Look: Leadership Books for January 2024

Leading Blog

H ERE'S A LOOK at some of the best leadership books to be released in January 2024 curated just for you. In Optimal , Daniel Goleman and Cary Cherniss reveal how emotional intelligence can help us have a great day, any day. The Goodwill Jar : Reflections on Leadership and Legacy by Nick O. After all, humans are social creatures.

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New Year’s Leadership Development Goals 2017 Edition

Great Leadership By Dan

For many leaders, it’s a time to reflect on accomplishments for the past year and establish goals for the upcoming New Year. It’s also a good time to set leadership development goals, either as part of a formal development planning process, or just because it’s a proven way to continuously improve as a leader. Delegate more.

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Why Teams Often Don’t Work and How to Build Them

The Practical Leader

In Working with Emotional Intelligence , Daniel Goleman, reports, “a study by the Center for Creative Leadership of top American and European executives whose careers derailed, the inability to build and lead a team was one of the most common reasons for failure.” That takes leadership skill. Servant-leadership.

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LeadershipNow 140: January 2019 Compilation

Leading Blog

3 Steps For Dusting Off Your Leadership in the New Year by Linda Fisher Thornton @leadingincontxt. 5 Reasons You Should NOT Set Goals by @JesseLynStoner. How To Avoid the 3 Blows From a Leadership Shortcut by @WScottCochrane. Transition to Leadership: Well Begun is Half Done from @wallybock. Dejected and Defeated?

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Thoughts That Make You Go Hmmm on… Strong Leaders Boosting Positive Emotions

The Practical Leader

– Warren Bennis, An Invented Life: Reflections on Leadership and Change. Leadership is almost all emotional intelligence, especially in distinguishing between what managers do and what leaders do… – Daniel Goleman, Working with Emotional Intelligence. Emotions are contagious. – Winston Churchill.

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Emotional Intelligence and A Call-Up to the Big Leagues

General Leadership

A lofty goal? You are anxious and excited to take your leadership to the next level but you know you are facing some tough competition. He believed leadership was about walking the walk and talking the talk. Embedded in his leadership brand was a remarkably high degree of emotional intelligence (EQ). Naive on my part?

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Don’t Let STEMM Leadership Be an Oxymoron

The Practical Leader

For many years I’ve been facilitating a 360 assessment and leadership development process for a deeply technical science/engineering association. However, their overall leadership scores are generally well below those of other less technical groups. So weak STEMM leadership effectiveness is especially critical.