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First Look: Leadership Books for February 2024

Leading Blog

Higher Ground : How Business Can Do the Right Thing in a Turbulent World by Alison Taylor Today's headlines teem with employee unrest over racial injustice, communities infuriated by corporate environmental impacts, staff anxiety over surveillance, public outrage over corruption in business, and discoveries of child labor in supply chains.

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Texas Roadhouse and a Leader’s Legacy

Mark Sanborn

A personal note: This post is a tribute to Kent Taylor, founder and CEO of Texas Roadhouse who tragically passed in March 2021. Kent Taylor, founder of Texas Roadhouse, not only openly admits that three of his first five restaurants failed, but he has a memento from each mounted behind his desk with a plaque detailing the money lost. .

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Successful companies are “nice”

Lead on Purpose

We live in a world where information travels quickly and powerfully. “There’s no way to institutionalize or “corporatize” niceness…. It has to come from the top, and from there it will filter down…”. Nothing happens—good or bad—without the world knowing it. Your organization’s growth and success will increase as you apply these principles.

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When Are You Too Innovative?

CO2

Too Much Innovation? I have the privilege recently to work with a technology company that has one of their three core values as innovative. Are we too innovative? And at times it costs us money chasing down innovation at a cost of operational excellence. Technology and its role in travel 2.0

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Questions Are The Answer | Management Innovation eXchange

CO2

via Questions Are The Answer | Management Innovation eXchange. Technology and its role in travel 2.0 Technology and its role in travel 2.0 She sends’em abroad on her own affairs, From the second she opens her eyes— One million Hows, two million Wheres, And seven million Whys! Pulse Meme Feed What Is Your Brand Against?

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When Are You Too Innovative?

CO2

Too Much Innovation? I have the privilege recently to work with a technology company that has one of their three core values as innovative. Are we too innovative? And at times it costs us money chasing down innovation at a cost of operational excellence. Technology and its role in travel 2.0

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The Other Side of Innovation: Solving the Execution Challenge.

CO2

They have been studying over the past decade innovation within established organizations. In the process they have compiled perhaps the most extensive library of innovation case studies in the world. If you are struggling with innovation in your organization this is a must read. There is just one little problem.