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4 Ways To End Destructive Pride

Tanveer Naseer

The following is a guest piece by Ritchie Norton. Brown continues, “Vulnerability is the birthplace of innovation, creativity and change.” In the book Good to Great, legendary business consultant Jim Collins uncovered what it takes for a company to be great. It’s] emotional risk, exposure, uncertainty. It fuels our daily lives.

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The Best Leadership Books of 2023

Leading Blog

In the book, you'll explore how leaders, at every level, can build a workplace culture that drives organizational excellence and unleashes the full potential of every employee. The Art of Clear Thinking is a book that will change how you interact with the world around you. Right Kind of Wrong : The Science of Failing Well by Amy C.

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Performance Measurement

Strategy Driven

We talked extensively in this book about how accounting profits or profit growth as a sole performance metric doesn’t lead to value creation. While you can find numerous books focused on the topic of corporate finance, few offer the type of information managers need to help them make important decisions day in and day out.

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Three Things that Actually Motivate Employees

Harvard Business Review

The most motivated and productive people I’ve seen recently work in an older company on the American East Coast deploying innovative technology products to transform a traditional industry. Yet leaders have turned change from exhausting to exhilarating by asking employees to open their imaginations. Managing people Motivation'