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Book Notes – Blue Ocean Strategy: How Leaders Drive Change

RapidStart Leadership

Leadership is about influencing people in a specific direction, but sometimes that direction needs to change. When I picked up Blue Ocean Strategy by W. He invited the General Manager to ride with him to see his district. Bratton picked up the manager in a small car, just like the ones he proposed buying.

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First Look: Leadership Books for May 2023

Leading Blog

This book helps managers understand the postmodern worldview held by generation Z and younger millennials, how it influences their behaviour at work, and how they want to be led in the workplace. Mauborgne Blue Ocean Strategy forever changed how the world thinks about strategy. Chan Kim and Renée A.

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Revealing Leadership Insights From Thinkers50

Tanveer Naseer

State of the art management and leadership techniques are continually evolving. Technology has clearly paid a huge part in this, but the biggest driver of change in how organizations are run is the ceaseless quest for improvement; to manage more efficiently and effectively to better achieve business results.

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Uniqueness Helps When It Comes To Getting Investment

The Horizons Tracker

Chan Kim and Renée Mauborgne published their hugely influential book Blue Ocean Strategy, in which they popularize the concept of seeking unknown market spaces that are untainted by competition. “They are more likely to encourage management to implement these strategies, ” the researchers say.

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Why Management Ideas Matter

Harvard Business Review

Who is the most influential living management thinker? That is the question that the Thinkers50, the biennial global ranking of management thinkers , seeks to answer. But, celebrating the very best new thinking in management matters for three reasons. Second, management matters. It's a fair question.

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Business Model Generation : Blog | Executive Coaching | CO2 Partners

CO2

Process : This business model design has 5 phases; Mobilize, Understand, Design, Implement and Manage. Gary Cohen grew the company from two people to 2,200 employees Currently, he is Managing Partner of CO2 Partners, LCC, operating as an executive coach and consultant. This final chapter puts it all together.

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World Business Forum – Top 10 Speakers | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

Joseph Grenny - Joe spoke about the need for, and power of influence. A great presenter and story-teller, Joe has complete command of his subject matter and gave the audience actionable instruction on how to create influence. My favorite quote from Joe was “ creating influence is about creating a magical experience.&#

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