HR Digest

AUGUST 2, 2020

We bring you a list of books that women entrepreneurs must read to find the right balance between leadership and ownership of self. The same goes for women in leadership roles. Leadership qualities are not gender-based but rather on your personality traits, strengths, and superior intellect. by Ryan Holiday.

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Chart Your Course

OCTOBER 27, 2014

Entrepreneurs willing to invest the time and effort into satisfying the most valuable component of their business are setting themselves up for long-term success. But eConsultancy’s 2013 Cross-Channel Marketing Report found that 70 percent of business owners feel acquisitions are definitely more expensive than retention.

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Eric Jacobson

NOVEMBER 30, 2020

Read the informative and inspirational, The Entrepreneur’s Faces , to follow the intriguing stories of 10 real entrepreneurs from around the world as they reveal their personal entrepreneurial journeys – overcoming pain and setbacks, all the while demonstrating tremendous vision, imagine and drive.

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Great Leadership By Dan

SEPTEMBER 19, 2013

Listen," I said, "the company can be successful with you as CEO. It can be successful under the new CEO. For over 1000 years Trappist monks have been building highly successful businesses based on high quality products. And it relied on a leadership lesson I learned from the monks. It will kill the company.".

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Leading Blog

DECEMBER 25, 2016

O NCE AGAIN we see that despite our rhetoric, what we are is reflected in our leaders and leadership. Deep Work : Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World by Cal Newport To thrive in the new economy—the current information economy—you need to master these two core abilities: 1. The ability to quickly master hard things.

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Tanveer Naseer

DECEMBER 30, 2014

Not only did 2014 mark five years that I’ve been writing online for this blog, but this was also the year I finally added “author” to my list of credentials with the release of my first leadership book, “Leadership Vertigo”. Read more on this leadership insight here: Are You Creating Value Through Your Leadership?

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Leading Blog

DECEMBER 25, 2015

Return on Character : The Real Reason Leaders and Their Companies Win by Fred Kiel In Return on Character , Fred Kiel has put numbers to the notion that good leadership aimed at promoting the common good, not just individual, winner-take-all acquisition can be good business. H3 Leadership : Stay Hungry. Blog Post ). Blog Post ).

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Great Leadership By Dan

MARCH 27, 2014

I had just wrapped up a “Brief Leadership” seminar with a group of manufacturing managers and one of their senior leaders pulled me aside afterward. Who needs to get the message that talking less and listening more is an essential 21 st -Century leadership skill? communication Joe McCormack leadership communication'

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Lead on Purpose

NOVEMBER 9, 2013

This disenchantment is painfully clear in the Gallup 2013 State of the American Workplace survey. Ken Myers is a father, husband, and entrepreneur. The Product Management Perspective: Compelling products (or services) create success. To the extent you create great products, that people want to buy, you will achieve success.

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Great Leadership By Dan

FEBRUARY 20, 2014

Let the success of your little experiment become contagious. Put in place measurable goals to track success. He has been featured in the Wall Street Journal, Fast Company, Selling Magazine, the New York Times , and Business Week , and is a popular leadership contributor at Forbes.com. How can we get results like that?"

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First Friday Book Synopsis

OCTOBER 6, 2013

Shawn Hunter The Wisdom of Titans: Secrets of Success from Entrepreneurs Who Rose to the Top William Ferguson The CIO Paradox: Battling the Contradictions of IT Leadership […].

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Tanveer Naseer

MAY 6, 2014

Counter-intuitively, many successful entrepreneurs didn’t start with a compelling vision, a wow idea or indeed a workable business plan. The Pursuit of Xceptional Execution ”, I interview entrepreneurs from around the world. 500 entrepreneurs found 60% didn’t create a business plan before launching their companies.

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Great Leadership By Dan

AUGUST 5, 2013

Welcome to the August 5 th , 2013 edition of the Leadership Development Carnival! For this month’s Carnival, I asked an all-star collection of leadership experts the following question: What is one piece of advice would you give to a new leader/manager? Dan McCarthy, from Great Leadership : “ 25 Tips for New Managers.”.

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Lead Change Blog

DECEMBER 29, 2015

Perhaps it is some combination of them, some attainable format for effective leadership that requires work, certainly, but that also works. Bill George – He has taught leadership since 2004 and is a professor of management practice at Harvard Business School, where. He is the top ranked leadership blogger by Huffington Post.

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Eric Jacobson

APRIL 12, 2021

Read this invaluable book if you are an entrepreneur or business owner preparing to sell your business. Michelle Seiler Tucker Recently, Tucker answered the following questions: Question: Of the 6 essential components of a successful business, which one is typically the weakest going into a sale? She has appeared in Forbes, Inc.,

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First Friday Book Synopsis

APRIL 7, 2013

I hope that at least a few of these recent posts will be of interest to you: BOOK REVIEWS The Four Steps to the Epiphany: Successful Strategies for Products that Win Steven Gary Blank Your Survival Instinct Is Killing You: Retrain Your Brain to Conquer Fear, Make Better Decisions, and Thrive in the 21st [.].

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Eric Jacobson

AUGUST 22, 2021

Read this invaluable book if you are an entrepreneur or business owner preparing to sell your business. Michelle Seiler Tucker Recently, Tucker answered the following questions: Question: Of the 6 essential components of a successful business, which one is typically the weakest going into a sale? She has appeared in Forbes, Inc.,

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Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 4, 2020

Economists and entrepreneurs often tout economic recessions as an optimal time to launch a new business. Consider your most successful moment(s). BCC, is Leadership Coach and Educator with fifteen years of professional experience serving the nonprofit, corporate and higher education sectors. during an economic downturn?

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Eric Jacobson

JANUARY 20, 2021

Read this invaluable book if you are an entrepreneur or business owner preparing to sell your business. Michelle Seiler Tucker Today, Tucker answered the following questions: Question: Of the 6 essential components of a successful business, which one is typically the weakest going into a sale? She has appeared in Forbes, Inc.,

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QAspire

FEBRUARY 1, 2016

Liz Alexander (who I interviewed in 2013 on the topic of thought leadership ) and Naveen Lakkur (Director, Founder Institute, India) wrote a new book titled “ FOUND – Transforming Your Unlimited Ideas Into One Sustainable Business ”. success rate, which I think you will agree is shockingly low. success rate.

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Skip Prichard

JULY 22, 2019

It’s a fascinating study, one that echoes my constant inquiry of the difference between success and failure. You are teaching what separates successful innovators from those who struggle. If Tesla’s ideas ultimately had more impact, then why was Edison so much more successful? Lessons from Tesla versus Edison.

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Marshall Goldsmith

JUNE 2, 2014

Alex Von Bidder is co-owner of the Four Seasons in New York – one of the most famous and successful restaurants in the world. The participants at our sessions included leaders from the corporate, military, and human-services sectors, along with entrepreneurs and investment bankers. Innovation Leadership'

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Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 9, 2013

Too often, startup CEOs cling to old business models as their reason for success, when in reality it was their innovation and risk-taking that helped them succeed in the first place. You need the clarity and fearlessness of an entrepreneur to ensure you don’t fall into a trap, like Kodak. Don’t forget that business is a leap of faith.

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Marshall Goldsmith

JUNE 28, 2017

Herminia Ibarra – Thinkers 50 #8 Management Thinker 2015-17, #1 Leadership Thinker 2013-15, Professor at London Business School, former professor Harvard, best-selling author of Working Identity: Unconventional Strategies for Reinventing Your Career. Then Ayse asked us to describe what made us think of them as heroes.

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LDRLB

FEBRUARY 4, 2013

Welcome to the February 2013 Leadership Development Carnival. To help guide your way through, we’ve divided the posts up by the three categories we at LDRLB tend to see the world through: leadership, innovation, and strategy. Leadership. Wally Bock at Three Star Leadership on why Questions are Our Friends.

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Great Leadership By Dan

JUNE 3, 2013

Welcome to the June 3rd, 2013 edition of the Leadership Development Carnival! Well, here''s your monthly dose of "speed leadership development". 30 leadership bloggers in 90 minutes. presents Iron Man vs. Athena for CEO - Leadership Battle of the Sexes. presents The Duality of Leadership. Karin Hurt.

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Mills Scofield

JANUARY 12, 2013

My friend, Doug Sundheim’s new book, Taking Smart Risks , is an early winner for 2013 Must Reads. That is why I truly believe that entrepreneurs, for instance, are not more risk-o-philic but fundamentally define risk like Doug does. The book’s practical wisdom, advice, and tools for how to take smart risks are critical.

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Skip Prichard

JUNE 3, 2020

Managers are no exception, especially when incentives favor finding causal relationships between variables that are difficult to measure, such as changes in leadership style and team performance. Consider Kohl’s, the large retailer, which in 2013 was looking for ways to decrease its operating costs. Any of these questions can go wrong.

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Women on Business

DECEMBER 20, 2012

I was recently asked to think about how 2013 trends will impact women in the work force and how women will impact the trends. As a female entrepreneur who has built a successful company over the past decade, I forced myself to look even further ahead and determine what might be coming, not just in 2013 but in the next five years or so.

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Strategy Driven

MARCH 16, 2016

They prove that the most economically disadvantaged people on the planet create a great market for social entrepreneurs – AND provide a terrific testing ground for innovation and cost control. As of February 28, 2013, the company claims: 13,638,438 “lives empowered”. This can be part of your strategy. 656,952 tons of CO2 offset.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 3, 2013

Easing into the New Year, one big hope we have for 2013 is that women continue to bridge the gender gap in terms of pay equality and access to leadership positions. Women have fewer leadership role models and they arguably have greater demands outside of work competing for their attention. That sounds like progress.

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Leading Blog

JANUARY 31, 2013

Here are a selection of tweets from January 2013 that you might have missed: 4 Attitude Choices Every Leader Must Make by @leadersbeacon. FT: From failure can come success. Ten Resolutions The Most Successful People Make And Then Keep by @theideamonkey. What Does Success Really Look Like? Leading Change by @LollyDaskal.

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Leading Blog

JULY 31, 2013

Here are a selection of tweets from July 2013 that you might have missed: From @knowledgwharton Bloomberg''s Peter Grauer: How the ''And Factor'' Defines Leadership. Why Honesty Is the Secret Ingredient of Successful Organizations by Halley Bock. 30 Outdated Leadership Practices Holding Your Company Back by @mikemyatt.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 5, 2016

Most companies make big investments in leadership development, rolling out intensive internal programs for high potentials, sending key leaders off to expensive executive education programs, or hiring personal coaches for those moving into key positions at the top of the company. Business is moving too fast. What works instead?

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Rajesh Setty

JULY 2, 2013

It was great way to start the second half of 2013 with a phone conversation with Richie Norton , the author of The Power of Starting Something Stupid. Richie shared with me that the book was the result of his quest to find out what makes some people successful. It was a reasonable success and “stupid suddenly became smart.”

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Eric Jacobson

MAY 9, 2021

And, about the hard-won lessons on discipline, success, teamwork, and triumph over adversity. Courtney then went on to be a volunteer football coach and operator of Classic American Hardwood s, a $40 million lumber company and 2013 inductee into the prestigious Society of Entrepreneurs. A real "gut check." Read this book.

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Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 2, 2013

I’m not a salesperson by title, but as GM turned entrepreneur, selling is a vital skill, and your insightful information is greatly appreciated, not to mention it just makes sense. Copyright 2007-2013 by StrategyDriven Enterprises, LLC. The POWER of Sales Success. Best regards, Jeffrey. Consider leaving a comment!

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