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5 Must-Read Books For Business Leaders For Summer 2013

Eric Jacobson

This book, by Brain Solis, details the incredible transformation happening in business today, driven by new social and mobile technologies. AMA Business Boot Camp -- Management and Leadership Fundamentals That Will See You Successfully Through Your Career. This book is a wake-up call for every business leader. Edited by Edward T.

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You Can’t Delegate Talent Management to the HR Department

Harvard Business Review

GE’s talent management people, for example, play a critical role, at both the corporate and business-unit level, in filling key positions, insuring smooth successions, driving company-wide review processes, and building tools that managers can use to direct their own careers. On paper, this approach makes perfect sense.

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The Best of September 2013

Harvard Business Review

But when the authors led 15 executives through a variation on the classic Start/Stop/Continue exercise — where they inventoried what they actually did each day, judged which tasks mattered most to them and their organization, and dropped or delegated the rest — they found they could free up as much as 20% of their time.

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When Personal Tragedy Strikes, Downshifting at Work Doesn’t Always Help

Harvard Business Review

In Lean In , her 2013 manifesto about how women need to forge ahead professionally, Sandberg credited her husband, David Goldberg, for providing the support she needed to thrive professionally. What are the most important tools or techniques you used to integrate an intense, demanding career with sudden single parenthood?