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First Look: Leadership Books for July 2023

Leading Blog

The Leap to Leader is your trusted playbook for making the biggest jump of your career. Power to the Middle : Why Managers Hold the Keys to the Future of Work by Bill Schaninger, Bryan Hancock and Emily Field If you're thinking of cutting your midlevel managers in the new world of work, think again. Middle manager."

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How Royal DSM Is Improving Its Geographic and Gender Diversity

Harvard Business Review

Most companies now have more gender-balanced talent pools, especially at the early-to-mid-career levels, and are looking for ways to make sure progress continues at the mid-to-upper levels. Companies are starting to acknowledge the pervasiveness of bias, as the proliferation of unconscious bias training for middle managers demonstrates.