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First Look: Leadership Books for January 2022

Leading Blog

Here's a look at some of the best leadership books to be released in January 2022. Win from Within : Build Organizational Culture for Competitive Advantage by James Heskett. James Heskett provides a roadmap for achievable and fast-paced culture change. Smart Leadership : Four Simple Choices to Scale Your Impact by Mark Miller.

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Quotes to Note on Purposeful Leadership

The Practical Leader

Leadership is an affair of the heart, not of the head.” ” Barry Posner and James M Kouzes, The Leadership Challenge: How to Keep Getting Extraordinary Things Done in Organizations. “These organizations make outsized profits without using profit as a purpose or even a starting point in planning efforts.

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Trusted Leaders Build High-Trust Cultures

The Practical Leader

In a Working Knowledge post, Harvard Business School professor Emeritus, James Heskett, raises a vital question, Can We Train for Trust? Create a plan for change with follow-up dates and accountability to someone you trust to support you. 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?” He points to all the uncertainty swirling around us today and observes, “we’ve always been certain about two things: (1) predictions are never accurate, and (2) plans are obsolete the moment they are made.”.

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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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How to Ignite and Sustain Organizational Growth

Skip Prichard

James Heskett and John Kotter found that organizations with strong corporate cultures realized over eleven years revenue growth of 682 percent, employment growth of 282 percent and stock price growth of 901 percent. Your role is to ensure that your culture has been planned for and developed purposefully and intentionally.

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How to Conduct a “Customer Listening Session” | Top Executive.

Tony Mayo

Plan to have 6-12 participants. Similarly, Hart, Heskett, and Sasser (1990) suggest that those with memories of poor service tell approximately 11 people while those with pleasant recollections tell only six. Invite two to three times as many customers as you want to attend. Use an independent, experienced facilitator.

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