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The Best Leadership Books of 2022

Leading Blog

Helping people develop their potential—enabling them to articulate and become the self they want to be, are capable of being, and that best serves them and others in the short and long term—is what we as individuals and leaders strive toward. People don’t want to be managed; they want to be led. Blog Post ). Blog Post ). Blog Post ).

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The Flawed “Customer First” Focus (and Other Management Practices to Question)

Michael Lee Stallard

“It isn’t what we don’t know that gives us trouble, it’s what we know that ain’t so.” – Will Rogers. In his latest book, Under New Management , David Burkus challenges a number of conventional business practices. Under New Management is well worth reading. Under New Management is well worth reading.

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Why Leaders Should Depersonalize Communication

Tanveer Naseer

The following is a guest piece by Dr. Derek Roger and Nick Petrie. Our book, “ Work Without Stress: Building a Resilient Mindset for Lasting Success ”, describes the Challenge of Change Resilience Training™ program that Derek Roger developed from research on stress and resilience that he began over 30 years ago.

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The Danger In Safety

Lead Change Blog

.” Accepting losses and missteps as inevitable opens time for managers to plan restoration and even unexpected improvements. Roger Boisjoly was a booster rocket engineer at NASA contractor Morton Thiokol in Utah in January 1986 prior to the launch of the space shuttle Challenger. Every night I both lost and learned.

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You Are What You Eat … And What You Read

Frank Sonnenberg Online

In it, he interviewed me about my approach to personal development. I reached out to him to learn more about his approach to personal development. Duncan: In one of your essays titled “You Get What You Expect” you write about Roger Bannister, the great runner who proved that a four-minute mile is possible. Frank Sonnenberg.

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Why Leadership Development Isn’t Developing Leaders

Harvard Business Review

Edelman estimates that one in three employees doesn’t trust their employer — despite the fact that billions are spent every year on leadership development. Part of the problem: Our primary method of developing leaders is antithetical to the type of leadership we need. Developing Tomorrow’s Leaders.

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Game Changers | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

Sure, great leaders never lose sight of their core business, they pay attention to managing risk, etc., Real game changers understand the power of people and relationships, and they embody this in both their construction and implementation. What’s interesting is that the best leaders proactively focus on looking for game changers.

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