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First Look: Leadership Books for April 2020

Leading Blog

Here's a look at some of the best leadership books to be released in April 2020. Entrepreneurial Leadership : The Art of Launching New Ventures, Inspiring Others, and Running Stuff by Joel Peterson. They need to learn to launch new initiatives, inspire others, and champion innovative approaches. But it's not.

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To Make Innovation Stick, Try Trying

Harvard Business Review

Why do some innovations flourish while others flounder? Atul Gawande tackles this question in The New Yorker , using the medical field — arguably one of the places where innovation is most important, given its life-saving capabilities — as ground zero. You have to use mentorship to make an innovative idea the norm.

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The September 2012 Leadership Development Carnival NFL Kick-off Edition

Great Leadership By Dan

So with apologies to those who don't share this passion, I present to you the September 2012 Leadership Development Carnival, NFL Kick-off Edition. I asked each leadership blogger to give me their favorite NFL team. The five suggestions I put forward in this post have leadership as the core, though I don’t dwell on leadership per se.

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Loud and Clear: Six Tips for Communicating in a Way That Truly.

Strategy Driven

Think about it this way: You likely spend countless hours collaborating and innovating to put forth really good ideas. For example, Neil Armstrong used the six hours and forty minutes between his moon landing and first step to craft his historic statement. Use catchy words. Take time to carefully craft a few messages with catchy words.

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The Right Way to Rally Your Troops

Harvard Business Review

We weathered that storm, and John’s leadership set the bar for me on how to effectively engage employees to overcome a crisis. The second story comes from AOL CEO Tim Armstrong, who last month hosted a meeting and call to address the 1,100 employees of Patch, a unit that had been losing money and was about to face some layoffs.

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Healthy Habits Of Successful Leaders – An Expert Roundup

Joseph Lalonde

I asked each of these leaders a single question about healthy leadership: What healthy habits do you attribute to your success as a leader? Discover a healthy leadership habit of @MichaelHyatt at Click To Tweet. Check out these healthy habits of #leadership experts @MichaelHyatt, @MarkTimm, and @48DaysTeam Click To Tweet.

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How to Harness the Customer Awakening

Harvard Business Review

Consider the "My Dell hell" diatribes by prominent blogger and journalist Jeff Jarvis, or Heather Armstrong's "Maytag Nightmare" that she described in vivid detail to her 1.5 Central in all HDS thought leadership efforts are customer stories. "If million followers. Here's how: Get your experts out front.

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