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5 Books Leaders Should Read In August 2022

Joseph Lalonde

The Long Game: How to Be a Long-Term Thinker in a Short-Term World by Dorie Clark: Today’s world tells us that the short-term is the most important. However, the tyranny of the urgent supersedes the importance of the long-term. You can buy The Long Game on Amazon by clicking here.

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Streamlining Warehouse Operations: The Role of Advanced Pallet Wrappers

Strategy Driven

These machines are equipped with features such as programmable settings, variable wrapping patterns, and automatic film cutting, eliminating the need for manual intervention. These machines use precise tension control and wrapping patterns to ensure that the film is applied uniformly, preventing shifting or damage during transit.

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How Leaders Become Strategists

Skip Prichard

The crux is the most important challenge you face that has a good chance of being solved or surmounted in the fairly near term. In addition, there is a common habit of thinking about strategy in terms of goals—desired end states. How should a leader start to identify the crux of the organization and form a long-term strategy?

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Stand Out From The Crowd With The Right Communication Skills.

Rich Gee Group

Maybe you think of the stereotypical, unrelenting salesperson, such as Ned Ryerson, the schoolmate turned insurance salesman intent on selling life insurance to poor Phil, Bill Murray’s character in the film, Groundhog Day. In my industry, there are a lot of product names, technical terms and acronyms. www.dynamainsurance.com.

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How A Sense Of Community Can Help Us Achieve Greatness

Tanveer Naseer

As long-time readers of my writings on leadership know, this is something that’s been an underlying theme in many of my insights into how we can be a better leader to those we serve – where we ensure that we’re creating an environment where our employees understand the value of their contributions and why we collectively do what we do.

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The #1 Obstacle to Great Workplace Culture

Michael Lee Stallard

Ironically, the SHRM event was held in the same location where the band OneRepublic had filmed its popular music video, “ Connection.” The song expresses a person’s longing to connect and the struggle to find others who will take time to engage in a meaningful way. So why is this life-giving type of workplace culture not more common?

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Creating a Cohesive Team for Corporate Transformation Projects

Harvard Business Review

Hollywood films have long been made by teams of independent contractors and employees of different production companies brought together for short-term projects. Companies have embraced this model for transformations, with data showing that 45% of the people on these projects are not regular employees.

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