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First Look: Leadership Books for February 2024

Leading Blog

These stars perform across a wide variety of fields, but they all have something in common: when they are at work they know how to think clearly, stay focused, and shrug off setbacks under very high levels of stress. What these leaders need is a fresh take on how to unlock their full potential. It's time to fight back.

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First Look: Leadership Books for October 2021

Leading Blog

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. Play Nice But Win is a riveting account of the three battles waged for Dell Technologies: one to launch it, one to keep it, and one to transform it.

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The Best Leadership Books of 2021

Leading Blog

Emerging technologies, changing demographics, the data economy, automation, and other trends-the undercurrents of radical, systemic change-are crashing into each other. Drawing on principles from business and behavioral economics, the book shows readers from all walks of life how to provoke action as a mechanism to advance.

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How To Win With People Analytics

HR Digest

What sorts of “insight” are expected from technologies? How do organizations use personal data accumulated by machines and make predictions of different types of intelligence? The notable industrialists Taylor and the Gilbreths formulated plans to understand worker productivity.

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How to Spend 12 Days Tilting to the Good

Lead Change Blog

Tell someone how important her grace and courage are in speaking truth to power. In a world that is being reshaped by the relentless advance of technology, what stands out are acts of kindness and compassion that remind us what it means to be human. Day 12: Give a sincere thank you to three people.

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2020 Top CHRO List – The People Leaders To Watch

N2Growth Blog

While Chief Digital/Technology Officers or Chief Marketing Officers are often tagged with the innovator label, it is the CHRO who is the real innovator in 2020. Remember, it’s the people and culture who enable technology and marketing success – not the other way around. ?. Selection Methodology. Many things actually.

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3 tips for TED speakers (and other talkers)

First Friday Book Synopsis

but not too much Robert Leslie/TED Conference Say it like yourself Say something important TED FellowsTEDx programs the TED Conference TEDGlobal TED Talks video site three worlds: Technology/ Entertainment/Design To Sell Is Human: The Surprising Truth About Moving Others Wall Street Journal'

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