Leading Blog

JUNE 1, 2021

Here's a look at some of the best leadership books to be released in June 2021. This innovative resource features real-life examples of how today’s most successful companies are building upstanding character while increasing employee engagement, happiness, and performance. When we're moving at 115 MPH, we rarely see the wall coming.

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Lead Change Blog

MAY 4, 2021

Welcome to the May 2021 Leadership Development Carnival! We’re excited to share posts from leadership experts from around the globe on the topics of communication, development, engagement, motivation, productivity, team building, and more. Development. Communication. Find Sean on Twitter at @leadyourteam. Productivity.

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Leading Blog

MAY 1, 2020

Here's a look at some of the best leadership books to be released in May 2020. Perfectly Confident is the first book to bring together the best psychological and economic studies to explain exactly what confidence is, when it can be helpful, and when it can be destructive in our lives.

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Mills Scofield

JANUARY 29, 2024

For years, many of my clients, founders I’ve advised, and mentees have asked me to write a book; it took one of them to push me to do it*. So, I wrote a book , Value Proposition: Positioning for Success , on continually creating, testing, and building compelling value propositions that meet or exceed real customers’ real needs.

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Leading Blog

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

An empathetic approach to organizational culture has been proven to have positive business outcomes. Empathy has been shown to drive positive business results and has numerous therapeutic effects on stressed employees. She’s a leading voice in the fields of medicine, psychiatry, empathy, and intuitive development.

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Leading Blog

DECEMBER 1, 2019

Here's a look at some of the best leadership books to be released in December 2019. The Innovator's Book : Rules for Rebels, Mavericks and Innovators (Concise Advice) by Dr Max Mckeown. The intent of this book—the author's goal for you—is to understand the baseless underpinnings of almost all our fears.

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The Horizons Tracker

JANUARY 4, 2024

Innovation tends to follow the agglomeration effect, whereby scale plays a crucial role in how innovative an area is. A recent book from Trinity Business School’s Dr. A recent book from Trinity Business School’s Dr. Giulio Buciuni highlights how these secondary cities can fight back.

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Lead Change Blog

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

Welcome to the February 2021 Leadership Development Carnival! We’re excited to share posts from leadership experts from around the globe on the topics of communication, development, engagement, motivation, productivity, team building, and more. Development. Communication. Connect with Marina on LinkedIn. Productivity.

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Skip Prichard

JANUARY 3, 2024

It’s a chance to reset, redefine goals, and introduce positive actions that can significantly impact your business, your team, and most importantly, yourself. Positive Actions for Your Business Revisit your business mission and values to ensure they align with your current vision. For leaders, this period holds unique promise.

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Eric Jacobson

DECEMBER 5, 2023

Each year, after reading and reviewing dozens of new leadership books, I select my pick for the year's best new leadership book. For 2023, after reading nearly 40 leadership books, my pick for this year’s best new leadership book is When Everyone Leads. In the meantime, add this book to your must-read list.”

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Leading Blog

DECEMBER 4, 2023

Building on the shoulders of such philosophical giants and the subsequent research over millennia, science has further defined, assessed, and developed the concept of character to apply findings to organizational leadership. T HE contemplation of character has engaged great minds reaching back to Confucius, Aristotle, and Plato.

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Leading Blog

DECEMBER 13, 2019

L EADERSHIP development is a lifelong process. Books like Helping People Change and The Power of Bad , have the power to change forever how we work with others and address the things that hold us back. Unfortunately, this doesn't work well, if at all, to inspire sustained learning or positive change. Blog Post ). Blog Post ).

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The Horizons Tracker

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

For instance, a study from KU Leuven University and the European Central Bank found that large companies do understandably innovate more often and more successfully than SMEs. In relative terms, this may be a small number, but when set against the 20 million or so SMEs operating across Europe, it’s a vast number of innovative firms.

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Leading Blog

JULY 1, 2019

Here's a look at some of the best leadership books to be released in July 2019. The Coffee Bean : A Simple Lesson to Create Positive Change by Jon Gordon and Damon West. The Coffee Bean: an illustrated fable that teaches readers how to transform their environment, overcome challenges, and create positive change.

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Lead Change Blog

APRIL 12, 2018

The following is an excerpt from the introduction to The New Science of Radical Innovation. When an organization achieves a higher level of complexity, it increases the organization’s options and ability to respond to external challenges and produce radical innovation. This book is not about how to make incremental improvements.

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HR Digest

APRIL 11, 2024

From talent acquisition hacks to building a kickass company culture, these books will get you fired up to tackle the ever-evolving world of work. This list unveils the best HR books of 2024, packed with insights to help you navigate the hybrid model, understand the changing employee landscape, and future-proof your HR strategies.

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Let's Grow Leaders

MARCH 15, 2024

04:22) Cultivating a Thriving Workplace : Discover the secret to transforming stress into positive energy and the quest for the right fit in the workplace, emphasizing the importance of a culture that aligns with personal working styles for productivity, satisfaction, and employee motivation. (07:26)

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Lead Change Blog

JULY 9, 2019

Welcome to the July Leadership Development Carnival. We’re excited to share posts from leadership experts from around the globe on the topics of communication, development, engagement, team building, and more. Development. Marcella Bremer of Positive Culture provided Retention: does your Culture help them Stay?

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Let's Grow Leaders

JULY 30, 2021

3:55 – The importance of self-awareness and progress in your leadership development. 16:38 – A practical example of an innovative team member who was innovative because he regularly had a minute to think. But he lost his creativity when he joined the innovation team. Get Juliet’s Book.

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Leading Blog

JULY 25, 2019

Their greatest fear is no longer their closest competitor, but the startups which, although they live in metaphorical garages and have hardly taken off, have an innovation power that established organizations can only dream of possessing. The Three Tracks of Innovation. Optimizing innovation: Improving the past.

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Leading Blog

DECEMBER 15, 2023

In my younger years, I had many visions of the ideas, goals, and positions that I wanted to achieve. I’m not trying to downplay the incredible success these people have achieved, but I believe everyone is capable of being a visionary — you just need to develop the skills to identify the vision and then bring it to reality.

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Great Leadership By Dan

OCTOBER 13, 2016

Guest post by Randal Moss : Great leaders consistently talk about the need for their organization to ‘be innovative’ in their thinking. They recognize that innovation is a strategy for growth and that being able to harness that power will drive their organization’s success and their own as well. In some industries that is daunting.

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QAspire

JANUARY 13, 2020

I therefore picked up the book Ikigai – The Japanese Secret to a Long and Happy Life hoping to find ways to discover our calling, our reason for being, raison d’être. My Review of the Book. I feel that while the book covers a lot of good content, it lacks depth. Dr. Deming on Joy of Work, Innovation and Leadership.

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Lead Change Blog

DECEMBER 5, 2017

Welcome to the December Leadership Development Carnival! Neal Burgis of Burgis Successful Solutions submitted Leaders Start an Innovation Revolution in Your Company. David writes, “Developing clear, concise, credible, compelling, and consistent messages are critical to effective communications. Development. Productivity.

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QAspire

JUNE 26, 2023

I recently re-read the book “How to Think Like Leonardo Da Vinci” by Michael Gelb and realized how profoundly the book impacted my thinking about creativity, learning and well being back in time. This requires developing our sensory awareness and paying close attention to sights, sounds, smells, tastes and touch.

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Leading Blog

APRIL 17, 2023

Grace is critical to creating a connection with others that leads to positive forward movement. Good Leaders Prepare for the Future A crisis often elicits innovation. In the final section of the book, Baldoni presents pithy and practical chapters for practicing grace under pressure. And three, they prepare for the future.

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Skip Prichard

SEPTEMBER 20, 2020

Only those who are able to reinvent themselves, imagining new solutions, and developing new products and services to be relevant in the future will be poised to thrive. I recently had the opportunity to ask him about his work and his book. “Insight + Ideas + Impact = Innovation.” What’s your definition of innovation?

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Leading Blog

MARCH 22, 2021

The book is about what “individuals do to effect change and improvement.”. And this book is written for them – those people who can and should lead “without the benefit of hierarchical position and rank.”. Identify and remove self-imposed constraints and organizational conventions that block innovation and creativity.

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Leading Blog

DECEMBER 22, 2023

Large firms spend around $2,200 per employee per year on culture, yet only 30 percent of those efforts have a positive ROI. He is published widely in academic management journals and magazines, and has published three previous books on design thinking and innovation, coworking, and activity based working (ABW).

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Leading Blog

MARCH 6, 2023

In Good Power: Leading Positive Change in Our Lives, Work, and World , former Chairman and CEO of IBM Ginni Rometty redefines power as a way to “drive meaningful change in positive ways for ourselves, our organizations, and for the many, not just the few.” This could keep people from trusting themselves.

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Let's Grow Leaders

JUNE 16, 2023

We know that effective collaboration and cohesive teamwork lay the foundation for innovation, productivity, and overall organizational success. To truly take on building great teamwork into the fabric of your company or organization you might need to take this a step further and read David’s book Best Team Ever! And (drumroll please!)

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Rich Gee Group

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

Optimism, much like a mental version of the Cocktail Party Effect, allows individuals to tune into the positive and, thus, detect possibilities that pessimism might overshadow. It's not about being naive or ignoring the negatives; it's about choosing to amplify the positives.

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Leading Blog

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

P = Purpose People have an intrinsic need to know that what they do day in and day out has personal meaning for themselves and is meaningful to others; that what they do, in essence, has a positive impact on others and purpose. We "infect "people with our energy – be it toxic or positive – within a matter of minutes.

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HR Digest

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

There are many human resources books , but they often focus on specific industries or companies. This article will look at some of the best HR books for professionals. These include diversity and inclusion books that offer a comprehensive overview of the entire HRM field. Book Recommendations: What It Means For HR Professionals.

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Rich Gee Group

JULY 3, 2023

Pave the Way for a More Successful and Productive Working Relationship One-on-one meetings with your boss can be a powerful tool to enhance your career development , improve your relationship, and clarify work expectations. How do you evaluate success in my position? This can uncover opportunities for professional development.

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Eric Jacobson

MARCH 17, 2024

Forbes named, A New Way To Think , as one of the 10 must-read books for 2022. In the book, authored by Roger L. Strategy is the making of an integrated set of choices that positions the organization on a playing field of choice where it can be better than any other organization on that field.

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Skip Prichard

JANUARY 10, 2022

Radhika Dutt presents a different approach in her book Radical Product Thinking. In a growing economy where credit was plentiful, the tech industry has repeatedly chanted the innovation mantra “Fail fast, learn fast.” Methodologies such Lean Startup and Agile have taught us to innovate faster by harnessing the power of iteration.

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