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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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Leaders as Multipliers

QAspire

I was fascinated by this conversation between Tiffani Bova and Liz Wiseman because it outlined what many of us may have experienced in our work life – dealing with a boss who was a diminisher instead of being a multiplier – people who are smart but they don’t enable others around them to be as smart. Make people around them smarter.

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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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Revealing Leadership Insights From Thinkers50

Tanveer Naseer

Think about it: how organizations are run in 2014 is radically different from how they were run just ten years ago. More recently, Christensen has applied his ideas to healthcare and education to show how enlightened management thinking can tackle the big issues facing society.

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Meet My Next Group of Coaches!

Marshall Goldsmith

Liz Wiseman – Bestselling author of Multipliers, Thinkers 50 Top Ten Leadership Thinker 2015-17, Winner of the ATD Champion of Talent Award. Magazine nominee, founder and CEO, Corent Technologies, author The 10x Innovation Revolution: Inspiring a Culture of Disruption and Entrepreneurship Within Any Organization.

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Introducing 100 Coaches: Pay It Forward Champions

Marshall Goldsmith

Authority on new technology and communication. Liz Wiseman – Author of the best-selling books: Rookie Smarts and Multipliers. Author: How to Be Happy at Work. . Claire Diaz-Ortiz – Technology innovator and speaker. Alex Osterwalder – Co-founder Strategyzer. Faculty of Columbia Business School. Entrepreneurs.

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How CFOs Can Take the Long-Term View in a Short-Term Economy

Harvard Business Review

“We are trying to use the index to change corporate behavior,” said Mark Wiseman, chief executive of the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board, the lead investor in the initiative. Wiseman has helped start Focusing Capital on the Long Term , a new institute that also counts Barclays and Unilever as founding members.