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10 Books You Should Read This Summer

Leading Blog

Listed below are ten books released this year that will entertain, make you think, and improve your leadership. Their goal in writing the book is “to start conversations, not end them, and to provide guidance and frameworks to help refine your thinking and strategies on the aspects of leadership that matter most.”.

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LeadershipNow 140: November 2018 Compilation

Leading Blog

Daniel Kahneman: Your Intuition Is Wrong, Unless These 3 Conditions Are Met via @ThinkAdvisor. Leadership Power-Up— Make Time to Think Deeply by @artpetty. 10 Powerful Ways to Give Thanks with Your Leadership by @DougConant. The Five Key Capabilities of Effective Leadership via @INSEADKnowledge. from @wallybock.

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Best Leadership Books of 2011

Leading Blog

W E HAVE more recorded information about leadership now than at any other time in history. In all of this information there is the sense too, that perhaps we have lost the wisdom we need and that maybe some new thing will help us to avoid what we already know and don’t want to do. Leadership matters now more than ever.

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3 Things You Need to Control to Succeed as a Leader

Leading Blog

So how do our minds work? Daniel Kahneman, who won the Nobel Prize for his research on behavioral economics, calls them System 1 and 2. True leaders learn to avoid simply trusting their gut to address autopilot system errors. Intuitively, our mind feels like a cohesive whole. Roughly speaking, we have two thinking systems.

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7 Ways for Leaders to Deal With Bias

Lead Change Blog

He loved having a team of outgoing individuals who didn’t hesitate to share their opinions, even if they had to talk over each other to do so. So, how do leaders avoid the thinking trap that the extrovert-preferring boss fell victim to? What methods have been successful for you in learning to mitigate the negative impacts of bias?

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Crack the Leadership Code

Skip Prichard

Decipher the Leadership Code. Many people are overwhelmed when they are studying leadership. Alain Hunkins has released Cracking the Leadership Code that helps you demystify leadership. Alain Hunkins has released Cracking the Leadership Code that helps you demystify leadership. Daniel Kahneman.

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Why Leaders Don’t Listen

Great Leadership By Dan

Although I have seen the words, “Embracing ambiguity,” on the list of leadership competencies for many companies worldwide, I have never met an executive who loves not knowing the answers. An open mind is willing to listen, learn, and grow. Do you have a friend you respect and trust enough to allow him or her to question your judgment?

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