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The Best Leadership Books of 2014

Leading Blog

Reinventing Organizations : A Guide to Creating Organizations Inspired by the Next Stage of Human Consciousness by Frederic Laloux Based on three years of research, Reinventing Organizations describes the emergence of a new management paradigm, a radically more soulful, purposeful and powerful ways to structure and run any organization.

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The Live Enterprise Model

Eric Jacobson

Authors Jeff Kavanaugh’s and Rafee Tarafdar’s new book, The Live Enterprise , is all about how to create a continuously evolving and learning organization. They explain that the very nature of organizations has come under pressure. What differentiates the Live Enterprise from other operating models?

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Speed Of Learning As The New Competitive Advantage

The Horizons Tracker

It’s created a world in which the speed of learning is a competitive advantage, both for individuals and organizations. Of course, learning organizations are not necessarily a new thing, but their nature has changed. Netflix, for instance, shifted from DVD rental to streaming.

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5 Behaviors of Leaders Who Embrace Change

Harvard Business Review

CEB reports that the average organization has undergone five enterprise-wide changes in the past three years and 73% expect change to accelerate (URL: [link] ). In this environment, change agility needs to be part of the new organization’s and leaders’ DNA. How to make your company more nimble and responsive.

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19 Key Leadership Competencies & Behaviors from 29 Top Experts

Miles Anthony Smith

Tim Magwood ( Leadership Coach & Musician ) I would say being an “agile learner” Things are moving fast in our VUCA world and we need more leaders who are learning WITH their people and helping to create deliberate learning organizations. I just read Multipliers this morning. I am sure you know this book.

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Corporate Learning Programs Need to Consider Context, Not Just Skills

Harvard Business Review

Despite the amount they invest in corporate learning, organizations continue to struggle to connect these programs with the day-to-day work of strategy execution. Learning departments are frequently part of the problem. Like many parts of large organizations, they are captive to a rich and debilitating status quo.

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Design How Your Team Thinks

Harvard Business Review

It’s a brain when we talk about a learning organization. As strategy and planning give way to execution and operations, those with a more micro orientation take the lead. When hiring, also consider more than what they know and how fast they learn. Do they have not only mental ability , but mental agility.

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