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10 Books You Should Read This Summer

Leading Blog

Listed below are ten books released this year that will entertain, make you think, and improve your leadership. Their goal in writing the book is “to start conversations, not end them, and to provide guidance and frameworks to help refine your thinking and strategies on the aspects of leadership that matter most.”.

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3 Things You Need to Control to Succeed as a Leader

Leading Blog

Daniel Kahneman, who won the Nobel Prize for his research on behavioral economics, calls them System 1 and 2. The autopilot system leads to us making too-optimistic plans and ignore weaknesses and threats in our businesses and our careers. Roughly speaking, we have two thinking systems.

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Book Recommendations: Some Must-Reads for HR Professionals

HR Digest

HR Rising: From Ownership to Leadership by Steve Browne. According to Browne, great leadership is not derived from a person’s position title but rather from their inherent character. Steve Browne’s goal is to motivate people to pursue a career in human resources. Thinking, Fast and Slow By Daniel Kahneman.

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Why Leaders Don’t Listen

Great Leadership By Dan

Although I have seen the words, “Embracing ambiguity,” on the list of leadership competencies for many companies worldwide, I have never met an executive who loves not knowing the answers. About the Author: Dr. Marcia Reynolds has over 30 years working with global corporations in executive coaching and leadership training.

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Book Recommendations: Some Must-Reads for HR Professionals

HR Digest

HR Rising: From Ownership to Leadership by Steve Browne. According to Browne, great leadership is not derived from a person’s position title but rather from their inherent character. Steve Browne’s goal is to motivate people to pursue a career in human resources. Thinking, Fast and Slow By Daniel Kahneman.

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How to Make Better Decisions

Leading Blog

A remarkable aspect of your mental life," says Daniel Kahneman, "is that you are rarely stumped." Forty-four percent of lawyers would not recommend a career in law to young people. The presentation is very well done.). * * * Like us on Facebook for additional leadership and personal development ideas. * * *.'

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Keep Experts on Tap, Not on Top

Harvard Business Review

The psychologists Daniel Kahneman and Amos Tversky demonstrated quite convincingly that we human beings are not the model-optimizing "rational" actors that many economists historically believed we are. Those who see the world probabilistically seem to better navigate volatile environments because they are wired to embrace uncertainty.