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First Look: Leadership Books for April 2020

Leading Blog

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. The definitive book on leadership in the digital era: why digital technologies call for leadership that emphasizes creativity, collaboration, and inclusivity.

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The Value of Vision Series – Daniel Burrus

Jesse Lyn Stoner Blog

A few years ago, I had the opportunity to converse with Neil Armstrong, the first man to set foot on the moon. They kept solving those unsolvable problems,” Armstrong added, “until one day, there I was—walking the lunar surface.”. We are in a time of massive, technology-driven, transformational change, pregnant with opportunity.

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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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What Your Moonshot Can Learn from the Apollo Program

Harvard Business Review

. “Moonshots” is the term favored by the company’s exploratory arm, known as X, which states on its website : “Our mission is to invent and launch ‘moonshot’ technologies that we hope could someday make the world a radically better place.”

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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. .” in one day, its biggest drop in eight years.

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

Strategy Driven

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. Think about it this way: You likely spend countless hours collaborating and innovating to put forth really good ideas.

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The September 2012 Leadership Development Carnival NFL Kick-off Edition

Great Leadership By Dan

Sharlyn Lauby , from HR Bartender, gets a big hit with Your Company’s Next Innovation Will Be the Result of Empathy. While technology is fabulous, it doesn’t replace dealing with people.". Randy Conley , from Leading with Trust, runs for a TD with Five Leadership Lessons From The Life of Neil Armstrong. Miami Dolphins.