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First Look: Leadership Books for January 2022

Leading Blog

Win from Within : Build Organizational Culture for Competitive Advantage by James Heskett. They are discouraged by misguided beliefs that an executive’s tenure and an organization’s attention span are too short for meaningful transformation. James Heskett provides a roadmap for achievable and fast-paced culture change.

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How to Ignite and Sustain Organizational Growth

Skip Prichard

Yet, without the right culture, organizations cannot succeed short term, nor can they endure. With the ever-changing dynamics of the workforce, the stewardship of organizational culture is just as important as strategy, talent, product development, or customer service. Organizational culture is often seen as an elusive topic.

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‘Tis the Season of Prophecies, Forecasts, and Predictions

The Practical Leader

Harvard Business School professor, James Heskett, poses the right question in his blog Should Managers Bother Listening to Predictions? ” In providing provocative perspectives on this challenge, Heskett draws from three books on the folly of predictions, how some predictions can be made more accurate, and how to gain from disorder.

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To Be an Authentic Leader, Practice Every Day - SPONSOR CONTENT FROM DISNEY INSTITUTE

Harvard Business Review

” In the Leadership Excellence professional development course, we teach participants that if leadership is demonstrated through actions then, ultimately, every leader is telling a story about what he or she values by the way he or she behaves. .” Do not try to be someone you are not for a short-term gain (e.g.,