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First Look: Leadership Books for September 2016

Leading Blog

Managing in the Gray : Five Timeless Questions for Resolving Your Toughest Problems at Work by Joseph L. Pre-Suasion : A Revolutionary Way to Influence and Persuade by Robert Cialdini. The Cheat Code : Going Off Script to Get More, Go Faster, and Shortcut Your Way to Success by Brian Wong. Badaracco Jr.

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Decision Making Scenarios

Coaching Tip

Before making an important decision, prudent managers evaluate the situations confronting them — and often fall into one of the eight traps of faulty thinking. This tit-for-tat mode of operation can produce success, but it doesn''t invoke the power of reciprocity and so fails to yield extraordinary success.". The Antidote.

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The Best Leadership Books of 2016

Leading Blog

Deep Work : Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World by Cal Newport To thrive in the new economy—the current information economy—you need to master these two core abilities: 1. How do we create the future while managing the present? What separates effective communicators from truly successful persuaders? Blog Post ).

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Givers give without expectation of immediate return.

Coaching Tip

This 'law of love' is identified in many different ways--for example, in Wayne Baker's bestseller, " Achieving Success Through Social Capital " (Jossey-Bass), this law of love in the workplace is described as the "law of reciprocity.". Cialdini, author of "The Psychology of Persuasion" (William Morrow, 1993). Grant Ph.D.:

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Talking with Each Other @ Work

Coaching Tip

Other successful companies build upon social interaction to develop innovative concepts leading to disruptive product and service developments. Most people have learned not to listen to what management says but to pay attention only to what is going on around them on a day-to-day basis. Success recognition. Source: Wayne E.

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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. Top executives have the vision, but often fail to get buy-in from managers who have to carry out the change initiative.

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New Managers Shouldn’t Be Afraid to Express Their Emotions

Harvard Business Review

He was on a succession plan for the C-suite and was looking to strengthen his executive leadership skills. Becoming a Manager. 5 Things New Managers Should Focus on First. New Managers Need a Philosophy About How They’ll Lead. New Managers Don’t Have to Have All the Answers. You and Your Team Series.