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Best Leadership Books To Read In 2015

Eric Jacobson

A couple years ago, members of five groups on the professional social media web site LinkedIn voluntarily recommended their favorite books about leadership. But, the general consensus was that if someone recommended a book that inspired them or taught them how to be a better leader, the book was worth their time.

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What U2 and the US Navy Have in Common: Connecting with Core Employees

Michael Lee Stallard

This made it safe for people to disagree and express views that were outside of the consensus view. The Voice Bridge U2 is further unified by its participative, consensus-oriented decision-making style. Admiral Clark’s description of who sailors are as members of the U.S. He encouraged what he referred to as “constructive friction.”

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Recommendations For Your Business Books Summer Reading List

Eric Jacobson

Awhile back, members of five groups on the professional social media web site LinkedIn voluntarily recommended their favorite books about leadership. But, the general consensus was that if someone recommended a book that inspired them or taught them how to be a better leader, the book was worth their time.

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What Leadership Book Will Be On Your 2014 Reading List?

Eric Jacobson

Awhile back, members of five groups on the professional social media web site LinkedIn voluntarily recommended their favorite books about leadership. But, the general consensus was that if someone recommended a book that inspired them or taught them how to be a better leader, the book was worth their time.

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Did You Read Any Of These Leadership Books This Summer?

Eric Jacobson

Awhile back, members of five groups on the professional social media web site LinkedIn voluntarily recommended their favorite books about leadership. But, the general consensus was that if someone recommended a book that inspired them or taught them how to be a better leader, the book was worth their time.

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Advertisers Should Act More Like Newsrooms

Harvard Business Review

The industry experts had a varied take, but a remarkably consistent theme emerged: the rigid campaign-based model of advertising, perfected over decades of one-way mass media, is headed for extinction. For messages to be heard in 2020, brands will need to create an enormous amount of useful, appealing, and timely content. Getting There.

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NewTV Is the Antithesis of a Lean Startup. Can It Work?

Harvard Business Review

As a reminder, the dot-com crash was preceded by the dot-com bubble, a five-year period from August 1995 (the Netscape IPO) to March 2000 when there was massive wave of experiments on the then-new internet, including in commerce, entertainment, nascent social media, and search.

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