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129: Stand Out – How to Be a Thought Leader | with Dorie Clark

Engaging Leader

Jesse talks to author Dorie Clark about how to identify the ideas that set you apart and promote them successfully. “To The competition is fierce, but if you even begin to develop thought leadership, you'll dramatically outpace competitors, most of whom never even try." But becoming a “thought leader” seems like a mysterious process.

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The Best Leadership Books of 2016

Leading Blog

The book offers a concrete framework to help individuals of all levels, functions, and backgrounds take charge of their own leadership development and become the best leaders they can be. The Ideal Team Player : How to Recognize and Cultivate The Three Essential Virtues by Patrick M. Blog Post ).

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Buy-In – The Imperative Strategy

Strategy Driven

In providing research and developing training programs for various large corporations about managing change, we find that the biggest stumbling block for employees from top-down is lack of buy-in. In his book entitled Influence by Robert Cialdini he explains that one of the most influential words in the English language is ‘because’.

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How To Get Others To See Your Potential

Harvard Business Review

These days, we all have thousands of Facebook friends or LinkedIn connections; it''s just not realistic to keep up with everyone''s latest developments. It wasn''t their fault, however. But the fact that they weren''t aware of my new business meant I was losing out on referrals and potential clients. Find a wingman.

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A Consultant’s Guide to Firing a Client

Harvard Business Review

Here’s how to recognize when it’s time for your business relationship to end. Board development? If the client doesn’t respect your time, or your judgment about how best to help them, they’re treating you like a lackey. How to be more productive at work. Strategic planning? Sure, why not?

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Great Leaders Embrace Office Politics

Harvard Business Review

Robert Cialdini’s book Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion shows the tremendous benefits to understanding social psychology. The behavioral economists convincingly demonstrate how emotion, framing, and carrot-and-stick incentives can lead to “predictably irrational” behavior, as described in Dan Ariely’s book.

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11 Books Every Young Leader Must Read

Harvard Business Review

Reading has a host of benefits for those who wish to occupy positions of leadership and develop into more relaxed, empathetic, and well-rounded people. I've only included books I've actually read, and I tried to compile a list that includes history, literature, psychology, and how-to. Recently, I wrote that leaders should be readers.

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