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First Look: Leadership Books for October 2021

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Play Nice But Win : A CEO's Journey from Founder to Leader by Michael Dell with James Kaplan. From Michael Dell, renowned founder and chief executive of one of America’s largest technology companies, the inside story of the battles that defined him as a leader. It also undermines long-term business performance.

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The Best Leadership Books of 2021

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It leads to short-term thinking. What has emerged from these conversations is that while everyone’s experiences under pressure are unique, pressure follows patterns and develops in predictable ways. The result is that our beliefs get brittle long before our bones. And that feeds our approach in society at large. Blog Post ).

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Creating A Purpose-Driven Corporation

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Corporate financing should be of a form and duration that allows companies to fund more engaged and long-term investment in their purposes. Despite this, there is a growing desire for corporations to be better stakeholders, with Wharton’s Sarah Kaplan outlining as much in her latest book, The 360° Corporation.

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Leading for Innovation: Why Fighting Fires Burns Down the House

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This is a guest post form Soren Kaplan. Others experience the inherent tension but let short-term goals and fire-fighting consume their lives – at the expense of preparing for and positioning themselves for the future. Innovation innovation kaplan Leadership' Some leaders consciously acknowledge this fundamental paradox.

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Leading for Innovation: Why Fighting Fires Burns Down the House

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This is a guest post form Soren Kaplan. Others experience the inherent tension but let short-term goals and fire-fighting consume their lives – at the expense of preparing for and positioning themselves for the future. They’re say that since they’re not “measured” on long-term innovation they must live and die by quarterly results.

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Performance Measurement

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Good performance measurement can help overcome the short- term bias of financial measures by explicitly monitoring how well a company or business unit is positioned to sustain and improve its financial performance. Short-term value drivers are the immediate levers of ROIC and growth.

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For a Powerful Presentation, Begin with a Bang, Finish with a Flourish

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By developing their talent – their uniquely human ability to communicate – your organization will flourish in the digital age. Listening with their full attention, the audience members heard Mr. Halla talk about his concern about the economy, then lead to the need for managers to look for near-term opportunities for growth.

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