Let's Grow Leaders

JULY 10, 2023

We inventory the most-read leadership articles of 2023 and here’s what you’re most interested in so far. Which of our leadership articles, Leadership Without Losing Your Sou l podcast episodes, and Asking-for-a-Friend videos resonate most with you and why? We would love to hear from you. Got Workplace Gossip?

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Leading Blog

NOVEMBER 1, 2019

Here's a look at some of the best leadership books to be released in November 2019. This book will teach you how to spot and avoid it--and will give you scripts to respond when hollow arguments are being brandished against you, whether by well-intentioned friends, strangers on the internet, or political pundits.

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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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Eric Jacobson

APRIL 29, 2022

Each year, after reading and reviewing dozens of new leadership books, I select my pick for the year's best new leadership book. For 2019, that book is Paul Smith's, The 10 Stories Great Leaders Tell , released this past summer. You can read this book in an hour or less.

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Lead Change Blog

MAY 19, 2021

As organizations face more complex interdependent tasks, leadership must become more personal in order to ensure open trusting communication that will make more collaborative problem solving and innovation possible. Ensuring open trusting communication that will make more collaborative problem solving and innovation possible.

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Eric Jacobson

DECEMBER 17, 2019

Each year, after reading and reviewing dozens of new leadership books, I select my pick for the year's best new leadership book. For 2019, that book is Paul Smith's, The 10 Stories Great Leaders Tell , released this past summer. You can read this book in an hour or less.

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Great Leadership By Dan

MAY 14, 2020

Guest post from Sean Pillot de Chenecey : Innovation, on which any organisation is so reliant, is about to become more dynamic and challenging than ever. Major action is needed, with businesses in every industry, including the ever-widening area of innovation, having crucial roles to play.

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Lead Change Blog

JUNE 1, 2021

Welcome to the June 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. Robyn McLeod provided The Do’s and Dont’s of Inclusive Leadership.

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Skip Prichard

SEPTEMBER 20, 2020

That’s what Brand Positive co-founder Sean Pillot de Chencey teaches in his book Influencers & Revolutionaries: How Innovative Trailblazers, Trends and Catalysts Are Transforming Businesses. I recently had the opportunity to ask him about his work and his book. “Insight + Ideas + Impact = Innovation.”

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Michael Lee Stallard

SEPTEMBER 30, 2018

I highly recommend reading Stanford Professor Jeffrey Pfeffer’s recent books, Leadership B.S. In them he makes a compelling case that most leadership training has failed to produce effective leaders and that the poor state of the vast majority of workplace cultures today is harming the health of people. Below I explain why.

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HR Digest

OCTOBER 26, 2023

The HR Digest was fortunate enough to uncover how Olver’s diverse background has influenced her HR philosophy and the ways she implements innovative trends to stay ahead. Olver’s belief in the crucial role of HR to drive company success is evident in her innovative practices at Inspire.

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Leading Blog

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

I N HIS BOOK Thank You for Being Late , author and award-winning journalist Tom Friedman argues that to understand the twenty-first century, you must realize that “the planet’s three largest forces”—technology, globalization, and climate change—are accelerating all at once. As a business leader, you already get that.

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Coaching Tip

MARCH 20, 2014

Leaders who exhibit this ability are able to integrate seemingly uncorrelated trends and events, and blending intuition with probing analysis, come up with the issues that will require a solution five or ten years down the road, long before anyone even realizes such issues exist. " Can''t Get Enough Leadership. . . Source: G.

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Eric Jacobson

MARCH 5, 2020

March 10 brings the new book, Create The Future: Tactics For Disruptive Thinking, by J eremy Gutsche , CEO of Trend Hunter. Gutsche shares that, Create The Future , "is a book about Disruptive Thinking, so it makes sense that it shouldn't follow conventional norms. It's the ideal guide to turn your big idea into a reality.

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Great Leadership By Dan

APRIL 23, 2015

Guest post from Rowan Gibson : Not since the dawn of the Industrial Revolution has there been a greater need to learn the art of innovation leadership. But as execution capabilities become commodities, and the life cycles of new offerings get increasingly shorter, it’s precisely these innovation skills that need to be learned.

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Great Results Team Building

OCTOBER 12, 2023

And, while I speak about Leadership and Workplace Culture, I realize that other topics are timely and meaningful based on an organization’s specific situation. And it is an article I will continue to update – Because at every event I get the opportunity to meet and see new speakers that might be a great fit for past clients of mine.

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Leading Blog

APRIL 20, 2018

He has curated ideas from 45 internationally–known doers and thinkers on the topics of entrepreneurship, innovation, and authentic leadership. But here are several that I found interesting my first time through the book: Steve Blank: Startups Are Not a Smaller Version of a Large Company. Danny Lange: Becoming Truly Data Driven.

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Rich Gee Group

DECEMBER 21, 2021

I believe that staying abreast of new ideas, trends, and information is essential to a high-performing career and business. How I Built This weaves a narrative journey about innovators, entrepreneurs and idealists—and the movements they built. This is my gift to you. Stand Out Authors in 2021: 1. Stand Out Podcasters in 2021: 1.

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Lead Change Blog

NOVEMBER 22, 2019

A number of recent surveys from McKinsey research have identified three traits that are becoming leadership imperatives to respond to this growing demand for social accountability. The post Is Social Accountability Changing Leadership? This societal accountability is changing the face of business and how leaders behave. Transparency.

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Coaching Tip

MAY 29, 2015

Although true genius is rare, the capacity to innovate is inherent in everyone, says business innovation expert Rowan Gibson in his new book, "THE 4 LENSES OF INNOVATION: A Power Tool for Creative Thinking." . It was an age in which invention and innovation could flourish.

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Great Leadership By Dan

APRIL 24, 2012

A colleague from another business school recommended the book, The Future of Leadership Development, Corporate Needs and the Role of Business Schools , edited by IESE Business School Dean Jordi Canals. The use of coaching in leadership development programs. Senior leadership development. Global leadership development.

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Lead Change Blog

AUGUST 7, 2018

Welcome to the August Leadership Development Carnival. We’re excited to share posts from leadership experts from around the globe on the topics of communication, creativity and inspiration, development, productivity, team building, and more. Dan McCarthy of Great Leadership provided A 5-Step Training Plan to Think like a Navy SEAL.

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Leading Blog

MARCH 27, 2020

Interconnect to Larger Trends and Events. How does the data relate to what you’re doing or to an emerging trend or a competitor’s product launch? Within many organizations, highly innovative, potentially game-changing ideas are born regularly. Restoring the Soul of Business is a much-needed book. Data is the commodity.

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Lead on Purpose

OCTOBER 8, 2011

To be honest, the first few chapters of the book are quite depressing. Grounded in findings from the Gallup World Poll, Clifton shows how the current job creation trends could land China as the world leader by the year 2040. Entrepreneurial innovation: “Entrepreneurs are the rainmakers,” says Clifton. Not according to Clifton.

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Lead Change Blog

DECEMBER 5, 2017

Welcome to the December Leadership Development Carnival! Wally Bock of Three Star Leadership provided The Big Power of Small Wins. Neal Burgis of Burgis Successful Solutions submitted Leaders Start an Innovation Revolution in Your Company. The themes for this month are as follows… Let’s get started! Productivity.

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Lead Change Blog

JUNE 5, 2019

Leadership today is more challenging than ever. Trends including the rapid pace of change, constant restructuring, and a 24/7 always-on work environment are creating overwhelmed employees and eroding trust in workplaces. Organizations need leaders who drive engagement, innovation, and outstanding client experiences.

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Skip Prichard

JANUARY 3, 2024

Positive Actions for Yourself Commit to lifelong learning, whether through books, courses, or seminars. Cultivate an innovative mindset, encouraging creativity in problem-solving. Stay informed about industry trends to keep your business competitive. Recognize and celebrate team and individual achievements regularly.

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Leadership Freak

NOVEMBER 27, 2017

The number of books in my library is huge. But don't dismiss the title of Seth Stephens-Davidowitz's new book, Everybody Lies , as just another study of how people make stuff up to get a job or pretend to be sick to miss work. Believe me—this book about the revolution of big data is so much bigger and more important than that.

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Experience to Lead

MAY 19, 2022

We asked our WDHB team about their favorite Learning & Development books of the year so that we could sharing these bold, thought-provoking publications with you. We hope these reports will open your mind to innovative development strategies, just like the books listed below. “Leaders Eat Last” by Simon Sinek.

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Skip Prichard

JULY 22, 2019

Innovation Capital. And one of the most overlooked reasons for entrepreneurial failure is innovation capital. That’s why I enjoyed talking with Jeff Dyer who, along with Nathan Furr and Curtis Lefrandt, wrote a new book, Innovation Capital: How to Compete and Win Like the World’s Innovative Leaders. Indra Nooyi.

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Tanveer Naseer

DECEMBER 18, 2012

As the cover story for Bloomberg Businessweek written shortly after his death recorded, “He was always able to discern trends — sometimes 20 years or more before they were visible to anyone else.” However, for a long time he seemed to acknowledge its importance, but ignored the concept of leadership. Drucker Avoided Leadership.

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Great Leadership By Dan

DECEMBER 24, 2020

We spent many years interviewing and writing about talented people and teams for our new book The Entrepreneur’s Faces: How Makers, Visionaries and Outsiders Succeed. They master challenges with a characteristic approach, and echo the habits of renowned innovators and entrepreneurs. Diversity and complementary skill sets are key.

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Eric Jacobson

FEBRUARY 7, 2021

“All businesses sooner or later face the need to reconstruct their future,” explain the authors of the book, The Phoenix Encounter Method. Therefore, this book shares a new method of leadership thinking – the Phoenix Encounter – relevant to all organizations in today’s ever-changing environment.

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 28, 2010

weeklyleader Wharton professor Mike Useem calls it the "Leadership Moment." " I believe that it's really one of the most significant keys to leadership. Take advantage of the moment to exercise leadership and you will rise above the rest. I appreciate you sharing your thoughts.

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Engaging Leader

NOVEMBER 15, 2012

Guest Bob Kelleher is an award winning speaker and author on employee engagement, workforce trends, and leadership. Bob’s first book, Louder Than Words: 10 Practical Employee Engagement Steps that Drive Results , has been one of the world’s best selling employee engagement books since its release in 2010.

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Lead Change Blog

JULY 4, 2016

Welcome to the July 2016 edition of the Leadership Development Carnival! Although mid-summer is a time when many of us slow down (as we should), this compilation of excellent cutting-edge leadership thinking will help motivate you to hit the ground running when your vacation or other summer relaxation period ends. Let’s Get Started.

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Coaching Tip

NOVEMBER 30, 2011

Leadership is changing as the old command and control models are being replaced by models that harness collective intelligence. This is leading to a profound change in the architecture of the corporation and how we orchestrate capability to innovate. Because companies must constantly innovate, product life cycles collapse.

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