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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. But you're ambitious. You want to cross that chasm.

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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. Resourcefulness is as much a mindset as it is a skill. Rebecca Knight. Ron Friedman.

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What Investment Bankers Can Learn From Stand-Up Comedians

Harvard Business Review

When I leave a club after a gig and think about the lessons I learned that night and the skills I'm sharpening as a standup comic, I can't help but think back to my i-banking days. I see a lot of connections between what I'm learning now and skills and traits that could have helped me then. Brutal honesty.

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What It Takes to Become a Great Product Manager

Harvard Business Review

These core competencies are the baseline for any PM and the best PMs hone these skills over years of defining, shipping, and iterating on products. In fact, it is taking these skills and personality traits and applying them to the right company that will ultimately guarantee success. Pricing and revenue modeling. Not necessarily.

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How to Work with a Bad Listener

Harvard Business Review

Should you talk to them about their poor listening skills? Earlier in Ash Norton’s career, she worked with a colleague — whom we’ll call Nancy — who had difficulty paying attention. Are there tactics you can use to encourage your colleagues to listen better? What the Experts Say.

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