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First Look: Leadership Books for October 2021

Leading Blog

Play Nice But Win : A CEO's Journey from Founder to Leader by Michael Dell with James Kaplan. For the first time, Dell reveals the highs and lows of the company's evolution amidst a rapidly changing industry—and his own, as he matured into the CEO it needed. If you think you know it, think again.

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The Best Leadership Books of 2021

Leading Blog

When they converge, they’ll produce sea changes that sink companies and wash away entire industries overnight. Emerging technologies, changing demographics, the data economy, automation, and other trends-the undercurrents of radical, systemic change-are crashing into each other. There are many lessons and takeaways to be found inside.

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Best Leadership Books of 2011

Leading Blog

Practically Radical : Not-So-Crazy Ways to Transform Your Company, Shake Up Your Industry, and Challenge Yourself by William C. What to Ask the Person in the Mirror : Critical Questions for Becoming a More Effective Leader and Reaching Your Potential by Robert Steven Kaplan.

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Don't Wait for Change

Harvard Business Review

trillion industry that employs 5.6 Yet most industry leaders were either in denial or didn't know what to do. Instead, Dirk decided that it was time to bring new thinking to the wholesale distribution industry through a series of conferences and videos that he called "Unleash WD."