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Values are Worthless Without These Four Things

Great Leadership By Dan

Without a focus in your values, a clear definition of each value, and integrating your values into your hiring and performance management system, your values will remain hollow words. One technique I recommend is from the book Traction , by Gino Wickman. Focus I remember many years ago going to visit a new client.

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Empathy-Driven Leadership: How to Be Compassionately Competitive in a For-Profit World

Leading Blog

The Empathy Edge definitively answers these questions showing how for-profit leaders can use empathy to gain the upper hand. Leaders are in a position to influence how we think about the relationship between empathy and industry. In the book, you will find seven simple ways to train yourself to lead more empathetically.

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Choosing Courage

Leading Blog

Acting courageously can help to solve problems, avert disasters and open the doors for opportunities. That definition could give one the impression that we should act courageously whenever we get the urge. If you take issue with everything (most things), you will be labeled as a troublemaker, and your influence will be compromised.

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Overriding Our Instincts in Order to Become Caring Leaders

Leading Blog

We follow the acronyms, rules, and checklists we’ve learned from the innumerable books we’ve read, classes and symposiums we’ve attended, and mentors whose wisdom we’ve sought. Recipes are, by definition, detailed processes that allow us to get to a final product — and voila, mission accomplished. Embrace positivity.

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10 Principles of Truly Great Leaders

Skip Prichard

If you want to take your leadership to new levels, I highly recommend you start with Kevin Kruse’s new book, Great Leaders Have No Rules. If you want to become a more effective leader, put down your device, close the door, and open the pages of this book to begin your leadership journey. Leadership is a superpower.” Kevin Kruse.

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I’m Optimistic About the Future of Leadership

Michael Lee Stallard

I highly recommend reading Stanford Professor Jeffrey Pfeffer’s recent books, Leadership B.S. You could read Professor Pfeffer’s books and become depressed, but I’m not. Another reason I’m optimistic is the success of Daniel Coyle’s book, The Culture Code , which makes the case that connection is why great teams succeed.

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Don’t Wait for Someone Else to Fix It

Skip Prichard

Compassionate Leadership The world today is in dire need of positive, empathetic, and compassionate leadership, and this need is beautifully addressed in the book, Don’t Wait for Someone Else to Fix It. The book explores eight key principles that form the foundation of empathetic leadership. That is leadership intelligence.