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First Look: Leadership Books for December 2010

Leading Blog

Faster Cheaper Better : The 9 Levers for Transforming How Work Gets Done by Michael Hammer and Lisa Hershman. Build your leadership library with these specials on over 160 titles. Succeed : How We Can Reach Our Goals by Heidi Grant Halvorson. The Soul of Leadership : Unlocking Your Potential for Greatness by Deepak Chopra.

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Decision-Making Warning Flag 1b – Weak Analogies

Strategy Driven

Citizens have been asked to cast their vote for a referendum requiring those seeking to purchase a hammer to undergo a registration process similar to that for firearms. Supporters argue that because hammers, like guns, have metal parts and can be used to kill people that these tools should be legally controlled as guns are.

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The Case Against Competing

Harvard Business Review

There are libraries of books and articles offering counsel on how to steer clear of the profit-sucking aspects of competition—including via white spaces and blue oceans—and their advice can be invaluable. The lesson seems clear: If you can avoid competing, by all means do so. Buffet has done quite well following his own advice.