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First Look: Leadership Books for June 2021

Leading Blog

Kotter with Vanessa Akhtar and Gaurav Gupta. Kotter, Vanessa Akhtar, and Gaurav Gupta explore how to create non-linear, dramatic change in your organization. Culture clashes, infighting among executives and engineers, dueling corporate traditions, and government maneuvering constantly threatened the venture.

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Motivating, Mentoring and Measuring – Leading Unfamiliar Organizations

General Leadership

Alan Mulally , the former CEO of Boeing , started his career there as an aerospace engineer. As John Kotter wrote in his article Accelerate! , “Communicate the vision and the strategy to create buy-in and attract a growing volunteer army.” In 2006, he transitioned to the CEO of Ford Motor Company.

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Best Leadership Books To Read In 2015

Eric Jacobson

Not surprisingly, many well-known leadership book authors made the list, such as authors: Drucker Kotter Maxwell Welch Interestingly, the discussion thread, particularly within the Linked 2 Leadership group of LinkedIn, generated debate about the value and quality of some of the book recommendations.

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Recommendations For Your Business Books Summer Reading List

Eric Jacobson

Not surprisingly, many well-known leadership book authors made the list, such as authors: Drucker Kotter Maxwell Welch Interestingly, the discussion thread, particularly within the Linked 2 Leadership group of LinkedIn, generated debate about the value and quality of some of the book recommendations.

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What Leadership Book Will Be On Your 2014 Reading List?

Eric Jacobson

Not surprisingly, many well-known leadership book authors made the list, such as authors: Drucker Kotter Maxwell Welch Interestingly, the discussion thread, particularly within the Linked 2 Leadership group of LinkedIn, generated debate about the value and quality of some of the book recommendations.

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Did You Read Any Of These Leadership Books This Summer?

Eric Jacobson

Not surprisingly, many well-known leadership book authors made the list, such as authors: Drucker Kotter Maxwell Welch Interestingly, the discussion thread, particularly within the Linked 2 Leadership group of LinkedIn, generated debate about the value and quality of some of the book recommendations.

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Terry R. Bacon: An interview by Bob Morris

First Friday Book Synopsis

in engineering from West Point and a PhD in literary studies from The American University. Bacon is a Scholar in Residence in the Korn/Ferry Institute. Previously, he was founder and CEO of Lore International Institute. He has a B.S.