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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. These stars perform across a wide variety of fields, but they all have something in common: when they are at work they know how to think clearly, stay focused, and shrug off setbacks under very high levels of stress.

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First Look: Leadership Books for September 2020

Leading Blog

Here's a look at some of the best leadership books to be released in September 2020. Hyper-Learning : How to Adapt to the Speed of Change by Edward D. The Digital Age will raise the question of how we humans will stay relevant in the workplace. Don't miss out on other great new and future releases not listed here.

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Why Consensus Kills Team Building | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

Where Dan lost me was on point #4 – Teams Decide by Consensus. And as odd as it may sound, one of the greatest impediments to building productive teams is practicing management by consensus. He is one of my favorite leadership bloggers, and hopefully we’ll still be on speaking terms after this post.

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Why Teams Often Don’t Work and How to Build Them

The Practical Leader

In Working with Emotional Intelligence , Daniel Goleman, reports, “a study by the Center for Creative Leadership of top American and European executives whose careers derailed, the inability to build and lead a team was one of the most common reasons for failure.” That takes leadership skill. Servant-leadership.

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7 Ways Successful Leaders Can Create A Culture Of Diverse Thinking

Lead from Within

As an executive leadership coach, I emphasize the significance of implementing seven unconventional methods to cultivate diverse thinking in organizations. Here are my top recommendations: Encourage Dissent and Debate: Instead of seeking consensus, encourage healthy dissent and open debate within your team.

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What the Research Shows on What Employees Want When They Return to the Office

Lead Change Blog

Unfortunately, it’s too easy to make false assumptions about the desires of others due to a dangerous judgment error termed the false consensus effect. The false consensus effect is one of over 100 misleading mental patterns that researchers in behavioral economics and cognitive neuroscience call cognitive biases. Survey Says….

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How to Start Planning for Your Succession

Lead from Within

So if you are wondering how to start planning for your succession, this is how. Start early: It can take time to find and prepare a promising candidate for a leadership role. Map out a vision of the future leadership team: An active development process to prepare people for next-level jobs.

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