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First Look: Leadership Books for October 2021

Leading Blog

You were born to be an entrepreneur. Aspiring entrepreneurs are instinctively driven to be the master of their own fate and to explore the limits of their potential. Play Nice But Win : A CEO's Journey from Founder to Leader by Michael Dell with James Kaplan. Boss Brain : Unlock Your Entrepreneurial Instincts by Tra Williams.

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The Best Leadership Books of 2021

Leading Blog

Instead of keeping strategic deliberations within the C-Suite, they open up strategic initiatives to a diverse group of stakeholders—front-line employees, experts, suppliers, customers, entrepreneurs, and even competitors. While fear can drive short-term results, it does so at the cost of high employee burnout and turnover.

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Pain VS Gain: How to Best Motivate Buyers to Buy

The Empowered Buisness

Do you know how much money it costs? If you don’t have a team, brainstorm it with a networking group or fellow entrepreneurs. Dan is also the author of 5 books, including the #1 business best-seller, Sales Autopsy (Kaplan, 2006). I’m so glad you’re going to be a doctor.”. In contrast, how might Dad respond? “A

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What the Best Nonprofits Know About Strategy

Harvard Business Review

My experiences with nonprofit entrepreneurs have revealed patterns in the strategic choices that successful leaders make. Open-source and volunteer models can be interpreted as weaknesses, but sophisticated nonprofit entrepreneurs turn this to their advantage.

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How the U.S. Can Reduce Waste in Health Care Spending by $1 Trillion

Harvard Business Review

All will claim to reduce costs and improve quality. But, as Michael Porter and Robert Kaplan of Harvard Business School have argued , we need to examine costs at a more granular level at which clinical outcomes are matched with the business and administrative processes. Measuring Costs and Outcomes in Healthcare.

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The Dangers of Hiring a Nice CEO

Harvard Business Review

Unfortunately, by the time we met Gary, his habits as a “nice CEO” were about to cost him his job. But they rarely recognize the full cost of their behaviors. When he was first hired a couple of years ago, the board was deeply impressed by Gary’s values, trustworthy demeanor, and his collaborative approach.

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