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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. James Heskett provides a roadmap for achievable and fast-paced culture change. We the Leader : Build a Team of Equals Who All Lead AND Follow to Drive Creativity and Innovation by Jeffrey Spahn. Growth is the goal.

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A Trust Cause: Leadership Stimulates or Stifles Trust and Engagement

The Practical Leader

Recently I was asked if I could deliver an online workshop for executive team leaders to “relearn/develop trust and empowerment in his/her team members when the team members feel they are not getting the trust or empowerment from their leader to do their jobs. I haven’t yet found that magic wand.

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Trusted Leaders Build High-Trust Cultures

The Practical Leader

They were seen as less technically skilled, poorer problem solvers, and less able to develop others. In a Working Knowledge post, Harvard Business School professor Emeritus, James Heskett, raises a vital question, Can We Train for Trust? Leadership team dynamics are central to the organization’s trust account balance.

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Expecting the Unexpected: Meet Unpredictability with Agility and Adaptability

The Practical Leader

Harvard Business School professor, James Heskett, poses a vital question in “Should Managers Bother Listening to Predictions?” A major focus of my writing and leadership/culture development career has been dealing with change. Here’s a few blogs/articles evolving from that work: An Agile Culture Ripples Out From the Leadership Team.

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How Healthy Is Your Organization’s Culture?

Tanveer Naseer

And even though Kotter and Heskett showed that culture could account for a 20-30% better overall performance than similar competitors, many leaders and organizations don’t see how to develop a culture that enhances performance. No wonder that culture seems elusive, and not something you can get a grip on.

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How to Ignite and Sustain Organizational Growth

Skip Prichard

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. He helps companies build strong sustained revenue growth through by developing energizing office cultures. One Harvard Business School study conducted by Drs.

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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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