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The Best Leadership Books of 2016

Leading Blog

Pre-Suasion : A Revolutionary Way to Influence and Persuade by Robert Cialdini The author of the legendary bestseller Influence, social psychologist Robert Cialdini shines a light on effective persuasion and reveals that the secret doesn’t lie in the message itself, but in the key moment before that message is delivered.

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11 Books Every Young Leader Must Read

Harvard Business Review

Jim Collins introduced new rigor to the evaluation of business leadership in his instant classic Good to Great , with a research team reviewing "6,000 articles and generating 2,000 pages of interview transcripts." Robert Cialdini, Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion.

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11 Books Every Young Leader Must Read

Harvard Business Review

Jim Collins introduced new rigor to the evaluation of business leadership in his instant classic Good to Great , with a research team reviewing "6,000 articles and generating 2,000 pages of interview transcripts." Robert Cialdini, Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion.

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