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First Look: Leadership Books for January 2023

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H ERE'S A LOOK at some of the best leadership books to be released in January 2023 curated just for you. Leadership is engaging others to solve daunting challenges. Because, leadership is an activity―small actions taken in moments of opportunity. The most trusted source of leadership wisdom, updated to address today's realities.

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First Look: Leadership Books for December 2022

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H ERE'S A LOOK at some of the best leadership books to be released in December 2022 curated just for you. Better Humans, Better Performance : Driving Leadership, Teamwork, and Culture with Intentionality by Peter Rea, James Stoller, and Alan Kolp. Be sure to check out the other great titles being offered this month.

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First Look: Leadership Books for March 2023

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H ERE'S A LOOK at some of the best leadership books to be released in March 2023 curated just for you. Consider the CEO who urges teamwork but designs incentives for individual success, who invites innovation but punishes failure, who emphasizes quality but pays for quantity. The result: mixed signals.

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Lessons in Leadership to Last a Lifetime

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A FTER 18 YEARS on the MIT faculty, I thought I knew a thing or two about leadership. That position humbled me and taught me lessons about leadership that I still use today, some 20 years later. Well, one collective deficit could, and did: The lack of effective leadership. Know thyself.

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First Look: Leadership Books for September 2021

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Here's a look at some of the best leadership books to be released in September 2021. But conventional wisdom on teamwork and collaboration has created too much of the wrong kind of collaboration, which hurts our performance, health and overall well-being. Build your leadership library with these specials on over 28 titles.

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The Best Leadership Books of 2021

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Leadership is about hope. These foundational leadership skills will make all aspiring executives more effective in their roles today and lift the trajectory of their careers. The political environment in the United States as elsewhere is driven by fear-based narratives. And that feeds our approach in society at large. Blog Post ).

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Into the Storm: Lessons in Teamwork from the Treacherous Sydney to Hobart Ocean Race

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The first is the importance of exceptional teamwork in overcoming challenges at The Edge. The second is the value of distributed leadership—a team culture that allows every person to provide direction when he or she has expertise that will help the team succeed. And they need to be able to do it all under pressure." Dennis N.T.

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