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First Look: Leadership Books for July 2023

Leading Blog

H ERE'S A LOOK at some of the best leadership books to be released in July 2023 curated just for you. The Leap to Leader : How Ambitious Managers Make the Jump to Leadership by Adam Bryant The chasm separating managers from leaders is widening as the skills required to be an effective leader grow in number and complexity.

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The Positive Runs Out

The Recovering Engineer

During the training class, I made the point that only positive reinforcements encourage people to give high-level, maximum effort. If you stop giving encouragement, praise, and other positive input to people; eventually the positive runs out.&# Me: “Yes, that’s exactly my point.&# Photo credit: [link] / CC BY 2.0

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Mary Schaefer: The Character-Based Leader Co-Author Interview

Lead Change Blog

Posted in Character Based Leader Book Check out this great interview with Author, Mary Schaefer: Chapter Title: ”Why is Character-Based Leadership Important?” Check out this great interview with Author, Mary Schaefer: Chapter Title: "Why is Character-Based Leadership Important?"

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2020 Top CHRO List – The People Leaders To Watch

N2Growth Blog

Whether leading an emerging growth company or a large multi-national corporation, aside from the CEO , there is arguably no position that has impact and contribution like the CHRO. Find a strong and well positioned employer brand. CHROs are making a bigger and more meaningful difference than ever.

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Leaders: Tame the Brain’s Fight-or-Flight Response and Give Helpful Feedback

Great Leadership By Dan

The task of giving feedback triggers so much fear and trepidation that brain cells rush from the frontal cerebral cortex where the brain’s reasoning ability is coordinated toward the emotional parts of the brain where cortisol and other emergency chemicals are shot off to fight or escape the feedback “enemy.”

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5 Office Etiquette to Live By

HR Digest

A 2007 study published in the Leadership and Organizational Development Journal by Yehuda Baruch and Stuart Jenkins of the University of East Anglia in Norwich, groups swearing into two types: social swearing and annoyance swearing. An excessive amount of smell can cause “multiple chemical sensitivity.”.

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These 4 Tips Will Increase Your Resiliency as a Leader

Center for Creative Leadership

It also turns on your body’s stress response, releasing a tsunami of chemicals and hormones. Our Leadership Development Program offers an opportunity to rethink your situation at work and provides a chance to consider alternative perspectives on both your situation and your response to it. Explore the power of positivity.

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