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First Look: Leadership Books for April 2020

Leading Blog

Many leaders see their roles as presiders/managers, with a primary focus on keeping results consistent with past performance and on budget. They need to learn to launch new initiatives, inspire others, and champion innovative approaches. Rocket science is often celebrated as the ultimate triumph of technology. But it's not.

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The Next Wave of Hospital Innovation to Make Patients Safer

Harvard Business Review

We propose that older approaches to advancing surgical safety, focused on technical and structural improvements, have passed their peak; attention must now turn to innovations in how people enact their work “on the ground,” or how they organize in real time for reliable surgical performance. Standardizing procedures.

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

Strategy Driven

Ken Blanchard Co-author of The One Minute Manager and Golden Gavel Award recipient “Finally! Technology – social media specifically – allows for constant communication, but easy communication doesn’t necessarily translate to messages that are received, understood, and capable of driving action. Thanks, Nancy!”

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The Right Way to Rally Your Troops

Harvard Business Review

This was certainly not what CEO Ginni Rometty wanted or expected to face only one year into her job running one of the largest and best-known technology companies in the world. Repeatedly Armstrong told his staff that anyone not fully invested in Patch should leave. .” Communication Leadership Managing uncertainty'

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The September 2012 Leadership Development Carnival NFL Kick-off Edition

Great Leadership By Dan

Carrie Koens, from Weaving Influence, completes a pass to Julie Winkle Giulioni , who wrote Talent Management Systems: Sometimes the Cure Makes the Patient Sicker. Well-intentioned talent management systems are frequently to blame for undermining the quality of career conversations. Here are 4 challenges and how to manage them.".

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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 Both launched media and customer firestorms; both shook top management to its core. million followers. Here's how: Get your experts out front.

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Healthy Habits Of Successful Leaders – An Expert Roundup

Joseph Lalonde

Steven Armstrong of StevenArmstrong.ca. He could have attributed their success to more advanced technology, better marketing, or thinking differently. is a Senior Consultant with NextMove and Partner at Innovation Partners International and author of Conversations Worth Having. Palmer, which inspire me. Torres, Ph.D.,