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First Look: Leadership Books for June 2021

Leading Blog

In Japan it's called the "Ghosn Shock"—the stunning arrest of Carlos Ghosn, the jet-setting CEO who saved Nissan and made it part of a global automotive empire. Collision Course : Carlos Ghosn and the Culture Wars That Upended an Auto Empire by Hans Greimel and William Sposato.

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How Second-Tier Cities Can Close The Innovation Gap

The Horizons Tracker

“While inequality across countries is decreasing, inequality within countries is widening, posing serious threats to the economic and political stability of numerous countries.”

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Key post-Brexit tax and customs changes

Strategy Driven

The financial, political and tax world in the European Union has changed for good. The financial, political and tax world in the European Union has changed for good. The financial, political and tax world in the European Union has changed for good. For businesses, the most significant changes relate to customs and tax issues.

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Leadership – Unsafe at Any Speed?

Great Leadership By Dan

I don’t like Ralph Nader and I didn’t like the book, but there was definitely a role for government in automotive safety.” Lutz, who was a top executive at BMW, Ford Motor, Chrysler and General Motors, said in a telephone interview. “I Do we hire for character, or just for skills and experience and hope character comes along for the ride?

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Leaders, Want To Master Innovation? Then Get Funny!

Tanveer Naseer

Lilli Marten Christ is an energetic development manager who works for German automotive firm Daimler AG in China, and opens each of her weekly team meetings with a joke or a riddle. The sessions are frequently punctuated by laughter, but nobody pulls any punches to be polite.

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Assessment: How Successful Was Your Company’s Reorg?

Harvard Business Review

Think about the disruption being caused by electric and autonomous cars in automotive; by regulatory challenges in banking; by shale resources in oil and gas; and by a groundswell of public dissatisfaction in political institutions, to name just a few.

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Is Your Supply Chain Ready for a NAFTA Overhaul?

Harvard Business Review

political upheaval. companies in the automotive, agricultural, and textile industries by as much as one percentage point (assuming no pass-through of higher costs to consumers). Senior leaders who have learned to manage in uncertainty focus on the few risks that matter most.