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LeadershipNow 140: June 2023 Compilation

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Podcast: @jamesstrock interviews Richard Norton Smith author of An Ordinary Man: The Surprising Life and Historic Presidency of Gerald R. Ford If AI Is Reading Your Mind, What Will It Learn?

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First Look: Leadership Books for April 2023

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Ford by Richard Norton Smith From the preeminent presidential scholar and acclaimed biographer of historical figures including George Washington, Herbert Hoover, and Nelson Rockefeller comes this eye-opening life of Gerald R. An Ordinary Man : The Surprising Life and Historic Presidency of Gerald R.

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An Ordinary Man: Gerald R. Ford

Leading Blog

Richard Norton Smith’s extraordinary biography of Gerald Ford, An Ordinary Man , pulls together multiple perspectives to give essential insights into Ford’s thinking and leadership. G ERALD FORD was an inner-directed leader that gave him quiet strength. He didn’t indulge his ego. Ford had moral authority because he lived his values. .

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The Best Leadership Books of 2023

Leading Blog

Martin's Press, 2023) In The Art of Clear Thinking , Hasard Lee distills what he’s learned during his career flying some of the Air Force’s most advanced aircraft. The Leap to Leader is your trusted playbook for making the biggest jump of your career. Change is not the exception, it’s the rule.

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The 5 Things All Great Salespeople Do

Harvard Business Review

I used to give a speech to new salespeople, earlier in my career, titled the “It’s your fault speech.” This area has been the hardest to coach in my career because it seems to be so deeply rooted in one’s personality. Regardless of where you are in your career, there is someone else you can help.

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Research: Performing a Ritual Before a Stressful Task Improves Performance

Harvard Business Review

Papi was known for his exceptional at-bats, hitting over 540 home runs in his career. In a series of experiments , I investigated this question with Juliana Schroeder, Jane Risen, Francesca Gino, Adam Galinsky, Michael Norton, and Maurice Schweitzer. But a zany, irrational ritual can’t actually improve performance, can it?

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How to Prioritize Your Work When Your Manager Doesn’t

Harvard Business Review

The frequently cited research of Robert Kaplan and David Norton shows that more than 90% of employees don’t fully understand their company’s strategy or know what’s expected of them to help achieve company goals. The irony is, as we progress in our careers, things that were once in quadrant I now belong in quadrant IV.