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Best Leadership Books of 2013

Leading Blog

The list below represents my picks for the best leadership books of 2013. * * *. Burkus debunks ten of these myths like the Eureka Myth, the Lone Creator Myth, and the Brainstorming Myth, to help us understand how to ignite what is already inside of us. Service and selflessness have the moral force to transcend market forces.

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Big Thinking for Small Business

Women on Business

The same goes for your print collateral, which despite the digital takeover still has a place in modern marketing. Granted, pretty packaging isn’t going to close a deal, but being up on graphic/design trends in print and online let perspective customers know that you’re in year 2013, and paying attention.

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Virtually Selling

Coaching Tip

As a business coach , I don’t sell “ coaching ” but do sell the results or benefits of engaging in a coaching relationship: improved business management, sales & marketing, planning, productivity/effectiveness and leadership. Source: Bloomberg BusinessWeek, January 14, 2013 and "Ask the Coach". 2013 Business Resolutions.

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The Problem with Good Ideas | Thoughts for the Everyday Leader

Nathan Magnuson

February 11, 2013. All too often this leads to a loss of trust, miscommunication, and a decrease in morale, not to mention loss of market share or revenue. Brainstorm: don’t just evaluate each idea as it comes. © 2013 Thoughts for the Everyday Leader — Standard by 8BIT. Thoughts for the Everyday Leader.

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6 Silent Productivity and Profitability Pitfalls, part 6 of 7

Strategy Driven

We should be encouraging our teams to approach every area of the business innovatively – including customer service, processes, organizational design, marketing, and leadership. Copyright 2007-2013 by StrategyDriven Enterprises, LLC. Consider leaving a comment! This content is intended for personal and non-commercial use only.

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Mary Barra Brings Teaming to General Motors

Harvard Business Review

GM’s bankruptcy and bailout four years ago earned it the nickname “Government Motors,” a reference to both the $80 billion lent by the US government (repaid in full in December, 2013) and to the bureaucratic, top-down management GM executives had used to try to reverse the company’s tailspin.

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Scaling Up is a Problem of Both More and Less

Harvard Business Review

Sales doubled in 2013. Until 2013, the rocks were reevaluated every 90 days. Recently, a “white space” brainstorm yielded a clever new idea for marketing, to cobble together a system that could combine customer-behavior insights gained through email, social media, pay-per-click marketing, and other sources.