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First Look: Leadership Books for February 2024

Leading Blog

H ERE'S A LOOK at some of the best leadership books to be released in February 2024 curated just for you. This book will reframe much of what you know about traditional leadership theory and practice, challenge some of your deeply held assumptions, and provide scores of practical and concrete ideas you can use today.

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First Look: Leadership Books for September 2021

Leading Blog

Here's a look at some of the best leadership books to be released in September 2021. Most organizations have created always-on work contexts that are burning people out and hurting performance rather than delivering productivity, innovation and engagement. They catch “product diseases” that often kill innovation.

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The Best Leadership Books of 2021

Leading Blog

Many of the books listed below help us to do just that. The books listed below help us to build the right foundation from which we can lead others. Drawing on principles from business and behavioral economics, the book shows readers from all walks of life how to provoke action as a mechanism to advance. Blog Post ). Blog Post ).

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Leadership Lessons From Kent Taylor, Founder Of Texas Roadhouse

Eric Jacobson

From cover-to-cover of Made From Scratch you’ll learn the leadership lessons of the late Kent Taylor , founder of the restaurant chain Texas Roadhouse. In the new book, Taylor recounts how he built the restaurant chain from the ground up after being rejected more than 80 times as he pitched the idea for the business.

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First Look: Leadership Books for October 2021

Leading Blog

Here's a look at some of the best leadership books to be released in October 2021. In this book, General McChrystal offers a battle-tested system for detecting and responding to risk. Ask those you trust what books have inspired them, and dig in. Don't miss out on other great new and future releases not listed here.

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I Am Out of Touch; You Probably Are Too

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This realization happened recently while reading the book Extremely Online by Taylor Lorenz. This is embarrassing, but I will admit it: I feel out of touch. Lorenz shares the history of influencers on the internet – primarily through social media – and how they impact our society.

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A Leader’s Guide To Work In An Age Of Upheaval

Eric Jacobson

Part call to action, part strategic roadmap, RESET , the book by Johnny C. Taylor, Jr. With the growth of remote work and an increased focus on diversity and inclusion, companies are increasingly finding themselves in ‘wars for talent’ as they source and recruit candidates from all over the world,” explains Taylor. Taylor, Jr.