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First Look: Leadership Books for June 2020

Leading Blog

When leaders and aspiring leaders seek out advice, they're often told to try harder. They argue that this popular leadership advice glosses over the most important thing you do as a leader: build others up. frameworks that help make thoughtful decisions about starting, growing, managing, and selling a business. Dig deeper.

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Are You Falling for the Myth of "Failing to Plan is Planning to Fail"?

Great Leadership By Dan

Guest post from Dr. Gleb Tsipursky: You probably heard the advice for entrepreneurs that “failing to plan is planning to fail.” For instance, a 2002 study of major construction projects found that 86% went over budget. We suggested making it a requirement for project managers to use past project costs to inform future projections.

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Building Residual Income By Franchising Your Business

Strategy Driven

Franchising is a unique vehicle in that it allows businesses that traditionally are not scalable, such as restaurants, retail and service businesses to become scaled through franchisee’s investment and willingness to manage the local business. About the Author.

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The Importance Of Employee Engagement

Eric Jacobson

Debbie Laskey is my trusted resource for expert advice on marketing, customer service and leadership. She developed her marketing expertise while working in the high-tech industry, the Consumer Marketing Department at Disneyland Paris in France, the nonprofit arena, and the insurance industry.

Brand 65
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Building Residual Income By Franchising Your Business

Strategy Driven

Franchising is a unique vehicle in that it allows businesses that traditionally are not scalable, such as restaurants, retail and service businesses to become scaled through franchisee’s investment and willingness to manage the local business. About the Author.

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Social Media Demystified

N2Growth Blog

Blogging since 2002, being actively involved in digital marketing since the early 90′s, and being online since the days of the ARPANET I have a bit of history with most things digital. I forget who it was, but some researcher determined that a person can really only manage relationships with about 150 people.

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“How to Be Exceptional” is Destined to be a Landmark Leadership Book

The Practical Leader

As I wrote in the September issue of The Leader Letter , in more than three decades of watching countless leadership books come and go in this business, I can count on one hand — starting with Corporate Cultures and In Search of Excellence — the very few that marked a major turning point in development focus and approaches.

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