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First Look: Leadership Books for June 2021

Leading Blog

Whether it's the death of a friend, loss of a job, a bad break-up, or the isolation of Covid-19, those who manage to be where their feet are will grow, stretch and emerge stronger, smarter, and more prepared as we find peace and gratitude in the pause. Kotter with Vanessa Akhtar and Gaurav Gupta. We need to make our interactions count.

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Does a Mentor have to Breathe?

In the CEO Afterlife

To most of us, mentors are people of experience and knowledge who help the less experienced advance their careers and/or their education. In the early days of my 40 year business career, I was lucky to work under two gentlemen who instilled several critical success factors that guided me from Brand Manager to CEO. Strategy.

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A Selection of Readings From The Core Masterclass

The Office Blend Blog

1 is setting — micro-nourishing one day, one hour, one minute at a time — an effective people-truly-first, innovate-or-die, excellence-or-bust corporate culture.” – Tom Peters. The same idea applies for both people and career paths.). Management is (Still) Not Leadership. John Kotter. “CEO job No. Happy reading.

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Retain Your Top Performers

Marshall Goldsmith

Leaders are debating the changing nature of work and the perceived decline in job security (the lifelong career at a benevolent company is a fading memory) and the erosion of corporate loyalty. ” In fact, many managers cited cases of younger employees who were contributing more to the company but made less money than older employees.

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100 Answers to the Question: What Is Leadership?

Lead from Within

” –John Kotter. “Innovation distinguishes between a leader and a follower.” “Management is about arranging and telling. Effective management is discipline, carrying it out.” .” –Warren Bennis. ” –Ralph Nader. ” –Peter F. ” –Dennis Peer.

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Top 16 Books for Human Resource and Talent Management Executives

Chart Your Course

Every HR, OD professional, and management consultant should at the very least be aware of their existence, if not well-versed in their ideas and theories. In one of the defining management studies carried out in the 90s, Collins and his team complied a list of 1,435 companies in search of those special few that could truly be called “great.”

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The Best Leadership Books of 2014

Leading Blog

We must be creative and innovative in our organizations but perhaps more importantly, in working on ourselves. Kotter For most companies, the hierarchy is the singular operating system at the heart of the firm. We need get off the career ladder and get onto a learning curve. A S LEADERS we must learn and grow. Blog Post ).

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