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First Look: Leadership Books for February 2024

Leading Blog

More often it's an implicit contract, a buildup of organizational and cultural norms and the adoption of new technologies that make it easy to tether people to work. Uncommon Greatness is the key many leaders have been searching for their entire career. It's time to fight back.

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Using Storytelling To Craft And Communicate Your Strategic Vision

Tanveer Naseer

I held that belief for most of my career, afraid that asking others for help crafting vision was a sign of intellectual weakness. For instance, Malcolm Gladwell explored the ties between choice and happiness by recounting the spectacular career of food scientist Howard Moscowitz. billion in annual revenue.

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Leading Matters: John L. Hennessy on the Leadership Journey

Leading Blog

Finally, he shows how collaboration, innovation, intellectual curiosity, storytelling, and creating change that lasts, helped him reach his goals. I ask them to tell me about their technology, and they answer, “Well, I don’t have it yet, but I want to do a start-up.” Storytelling. He then links them together with courage.

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Being a Self-Aware Leader: Tasha Eurich

QAspire

This combined with longer careers, rise in independent workers (gig workers) and disruptive changes only means that professionals have to take charge of their own careers and constantly map the changing self with a changing world to stay relevant. Technology and Being Human : Arianna Huffington.

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The Best Leadership Books of 2021

Leading Blog

These foundational leadership skills will make all aspiring executives more effective in their roles today and lift the trajectory of their careers. Emerging technologies, changing demographics, the data economy, automation, and other trends-the undercurrents of radical, systemic change-are crashing into each other. Blog Post ).

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The evolving job market: Jobs that will still exist in 2050

HR Digest

As technology continues to advance and automation becomes more prevalent, many people are concerned about the future of work. Additionally, healthcare technology is constantly advancing, which will create new job opportunities in areas such as telemedicine and medical research.

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Five Must-Read Business Books To Read This Summer

Eric Jacobson

Author Paul Smith explains why storytelling has emerged as a vital skill for every leader and manager. This book, by Brain Solis, details the incredible transformation happening in business today, driven by new social and mobile technologies. This book is a wake-up call for every business leader. Edited by Edward T.

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