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First Look: Leadership Books for January 2016

Leading Blog

The Right Kind of Crazy : A True Story of Teamwork, Leadership, and High-Stakes Innovation by Adam Steltzner with William Patrick. Here's a look at some of the best leadership books to be released in January. Deep Work : Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World by Cal Newport.

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July 2016 Leadership Development Carnival

Lead Change Blog

Welcome to the July 2016 edition of the Leadership Development Carnival! Chris summarizes: “Great bosses inspire growth, ensure accountability, spur teamwork and more. Neal recaps, “Leaders of creative and innovative businesses and organizations always have rules put in place. Let’s Get Started.

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Team Engagement Brings Competitive Advantage

Lead Change Blog

“Talent wins games, but teamwork and intelligence wins championships”. Team members make your company’s success and in an era that is so focused on technological advancements effective teamwork is your biggest competitive advantage. the business is losing marketshare and is failing to innovate. Michael Jordan. since 2000.

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The Best Leadership Books of 2016

Leading Blog

In this uncertain environment, including the mounting global economic concerns, a humble mindset will be the only thing that will unlock the most promising business, social and economic innovations. Anyone can innovate if given the opportunity and the support. He provides practical tools to “unleash” the hidden creativity in all of us.

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Just Who Should Be Responsible for Job Retraining Anyway?

Lead Change Blog

According to a 2016 Pew Research Center survey , “72 percent of Americans say ‘a lot’ of responsibility falls on individuals to make sure that they have the right skills and education to be successful in today’s economy.” The Innovators – While employers might innovate on their own, oftentimes they get outside help.

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Kellogg Company’s Melissa Howell on The Value of Recruiting Veteran Talent

HR Digest

Some of the other initiatives revolve around work-life flexibility, recruiting veteran talent and building a more diverse talent pipeline – all of which support the company’s long-term growth and innovation. Melissa Howell has been Senior Vice President, Chief Human Resources Officer, Kellogg Company, since June 2016.

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Connectivity Can Be A Matter Of Life And Death At Work

The Horizons Tracker

Relationships matter In a bid to assess the impact of training relationships on patient outcomes, the researchers examined electronic records encompassing nearly 10,000 visits to 502 specialists within a large hospital system between 2016 and 2019.