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First Look: Leadership Books for July 2020

Leading Blog

The Art of Being Indispensable at Work : Win Influence, Beat Overcommitment, and Get the Right Things Done by Bruce Tulgan. All In : How Obsessive Leaders Achieve the Extraordinary by Robert Bruce Shaw. Shaw also provides insight into the dark side of obsession and its destructive potential.

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Seven Ways to Exploit Persistent Dissatisfaction

Leadership Freak

George Bernard Shaw writes, “As long as there is want, I have […]. Change Influence Leading Personal Growth Taking others higher dissatisfaction Growth Leadership Leadership Development organizational success' Dissatisfaction keeps us working.

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The 7 Failures That Will Make You a Better Leader

Terry Starbucker

That was a famous quote from George Bernard Shaw, and it has always stuck with me throughout my career as a leader and executive. Successful leaders learn that stepping into the breach to resolve them, rather than standing back or ignoring them, can avoid even bigger problems down the road, and build influence throughout an organization.

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How Smart Companies Can Close The Skills Gap

Eric Jacobson

In a highly personal and reflective manner, Mulligan, with Greg Shaw , details through stories, examples, insights and frameworks, how business leaders can prepare for and respond to technological disruption. How has this crisis influenced your thinking about the future of work?

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10 Guiding Principles That Will Lead You to Future Happiness and Success

Leading Blog

Bernard Shaw is credited with the adage “Youth is wasted on the young.” Get the facts before you make big purchases, cast your vote, or try to influence others. The compelling force for happiness and success in your life is you and only you. Never allow others to determine your ability and potential. #7. ALWAYS be a student.

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How Smart Companies Can Close The Skills Gap

Eric Jacobson

In a highly personal and reflective manner, Mulligan, with Greg Shaw , details through stories, examples, insights and frameworks, how business leaders can prepare for and respond to technological disruption. How has this crisis influenced your thinking about the future of work?

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Leaders need to Lead

Great Leadership By Dan

Another said that leaders “influence” while managers “direct.” George Bernard Shaw once said: “The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. There are tons of books and articles on the subject. I don’t buy it: good leaders do both.

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