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How to Ensure Your Organization’s Digital Transformation Succeeds

Leading Blog

To illustrate the potential impacts, in 2007, Nokia had a little over half the mobile phone market with an operating profit of about $7.8 In 2013, Nokia’s mobile phone business was sold to Microsoft. These transformations typically involve a profound change in how a business operates, encompassing people, process, and technology.

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The Secret: What Great Leaders Know and Do

Lead Change Blog

In the years since The Secret originally appeared on bookstore shelves, over 500 thousand copies have been sold to leaders and learners around the world, and several additional books have been published in this leadership series, including The Secret of Teams (2011), Great Leaders GROW (2012), and The Heart of Leadership (2013).

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Women Leadership Changes in 2013

Coaching Tip

Still, in the year that Facebook Chief Operating Officer Sheryl Sandberg published " Lean In: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead ," women everywhere made impressive economic and political gains. Source: Bloomberg BusinessWeek, December 19, 2013. Catalyst Take on Women Leaders in 2013. said Ilene H. Related articles.

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The Best Leadership Books of 2016

Leading Blog

Posner have written a new book that examines a fundamental question: How do people learn leadership? The book offers a concrete framework to help individuals of all levels, functions, and backgrounds take charge of their own leadership development and become the best leaders they can be. Kouzes and Barry Z. Blog Post ). Blog Post ).

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Fear Your Strengths: A book review by Bob Morris

First Friday Book Synopsis

Fear Your Strengths: What You Are Best at Could Be Your Biggest Problem Robert Kaplan and Robert Kaiser Berrett-Koehler Publishers (2013) Actually, what we should fear are complacency and self-satisfaction as well as the assumption that “just good enough” really is. As I began to read this book, I was reminded of the title of […].

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5 Must-Read Books For Business Leaders For Summer 2013

Eric Jacobson

Stumped for what business books to add to your summer reading list? Here are five must-read books for leaders well worth adding to your list: Lead With A Story -- A Guide To Crafting Business Narratives That Captivate, Convince, and Inspire. This book is a wake-up call for every business leader. I couldn''t put this book down.

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The CIO Paradox: A book review by Bob Morris

First Friday Book Synopsis

Ross Jeremy Hope Martha Heller Operations versus Strategy Oscar Wilde Peter Weill recruiting Reinventing the CFO: How Financial Managers Can Transform Their Roles and Add Greater Value Successor The CIO Paradox: Battling the Contradictions of IT Leadership'

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