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The Best Leadership Books of 2016

Leading Blog

O NCE AGAIN we see that despite our rhetoric, what we are is reflected in our leaders and leadership. Superbosses : How Exceptional Leaders Master the Flow of Talent by Sydney Finkelstein Although Superbosses may differ in leadership styles, they share a playbook that leads to extraordinary success founded on making other people successful.

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Great Innovators Create the Future, Manage the Present, and Selectively Forget the Past

Harvard Business Review

Success in each box requires a different set of skills, attitudes, practices, and leadership. As Karim Tabbouche, the chief strategy officer of VIVA Bahrain, told me: “Our planning process had become myopic and short term in nature, with our objectives becoming tactical and linear in nature. Vijay Govindarajan.

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The $300 House: The Marketing Challenge

Harvard Business Review

Editor's note: This post is one in an occasional series on Vijay Govindarajan's and Christian Sarkar's idea to create a scalable housing solution for the world's poor. He writes about the post-industrial revolution, the way ideas spread, marketing, quitting, leadership and most of all, changing everything. The Financial Challenge.