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The Best Leadership Books of 2014

Leading Blog

We must be creative and innovative in our organizations but perhaps more importantly, in working on ourselves. Kotter For most companies, the hierarchy is the singular operating system at the heart of the firm. Baldoni also provides an appendix that works as a handbook to guide you in this. A S LEADERS we must learn and grow.

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‘Managers as Mentors’ Celebrates Publication Anniversary

Marshall Goldsmith

” Leadership guru Jim Kouzes called the book, “The essential handbook for all those who are trusted advisors to aspiring leaders.” The Marshall Goldsmith Thinkers50 Video Blog is now operational. ” Published by Berrett-Koehler Publishers Inc., Life is good. Marshall. . www.MarshallGoldsmith.com.

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The Failure of “The Livonia Philosophy” at my GM Plant

Deming Institute

One of my colleagues gave me a copy of a “Livonia Philosophy” handbook that was gathering dust, and I’ve kept to this day. Mark also co-authored Healthcare Kaizen: Engaging Front-Line Staff in Sustainable Continuous Improvements, which was released in June 2012 and also a Shingo Research Award recipient in 2013.

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Improve Decision-Making With Help From the Crowd

Harvard Business Review

IBM saw these online social systems for investing in new ventures and decided they would like to develop a similar system internally for selecting innovative projects. Given the success of the program in 2013, IBM’s CIO decided to invest $7 million to expand iFundIT in 2014. Decision making Operations'