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LeadershipNow 140: January 2017 Compilation

Leading Blog

Here are a selection of tweets from January 2017 that you might have missed: Don’t you love the beginning of a new year? How Would You Answer This Question About Your Leadership? How Will Leadership Change in the Cognitive Era? The Ten Behaviors of Strong Personal Leadership by Scott Eblin @EblinGroup. by @mark_sanborn.

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New Year’s Leadership Development Goals 2017 Edition

Great Leadership By Dan

It’s also a good time to set leadership development goals, either as part of a formal development planning process, or just because it’s a proven way to continuously improve as a leader. I’ll s hift my leadership style away from always directing and telling and learn to guide and develop my direct reports. Develop my team. Lead Change.

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Five Foundational Truths of Youth Marketing (and Leadership)

Leading Blog

In The Gen Z Frequency , authors Gregg Witt and Derek Baird tackle this demographic which is projected to be the largest consumer demographic in history. In the book, they list the five foundational truths of youth marketing (and leadership). Their generational voice is diverse, engaged, knowledgeable, pragmatic, collaborative.

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Here’s a Leadership Hack for 2017: Start finding ways to Invert Control

Great Leadership By Dan

Other times it involves imbedding structural elements into your overall management and leadership system, but in both cases it works. A manager who changes a command from the general “get this project done,” to the specific by assigning one particular task to each team member likely automates a better outcome. Often instantly.

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Influence is the Value Force of Leadership

Lead Change Blog

This post is part of our 2017 Lead Change Group Guest Blogger Series. Because of this, there are many opportunities for just about anyone to have influence and thus to begin their own journey of leadership. This is a skill that is built up over time, as one embarks on their own leadership journey. Take the example the CEO role.

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The Best Leadership Books of 2018

Leading Blog

The Mind of the Leader : How to Lead Yourself, Your People, and Your Organization for Extraordinary Results by Rasmus Hougaard and Jacqueline Carter (Harvard Business Review Press, 2018) The Mind of the Leader offers a radical, yet practical, solution to solve the leadership crisis. Blog Post ). We fear rejection. Blog Post ). Blog Post ).

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Four Business, Communications And Leadership Books To Read In 2017

Eric Jacobson

To find the best business, communications and leadership books to add to my "to read" list for 2017, I reached out to some of the best experts in the field. I'd recommend this book to anyone faced with a critical job or project that will require 100% commitment," says Nathan. Individuals I admire and respect.

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