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How to Humanize Leadership

Leading Blog

Humanizing Leadership Mentors. During the book writing process, I reflected on the multitude of individuals who graciously shared their time, words, wisdom, and encouragement with me along my personal leadership journey. How they showed up as leaders and how they engaged was critical to my leadership development.

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Flashback: Best New Leadership Book Of 2014

Eric Jacobson

Flashback to this post from early 2015 : After reading nearly 40 books about leadership released this year, my pick for the very best new leadership book of 2014 is, The Front-Line Leader: Building a High-Performance Organization from the Ground Up , by Chris Van Gorder. What he meant by that is that nobody owed us (me) a job.

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Flashback: Best New Leadership Book Of 2014

Eric Jacobson

Flashback to this post from early 2015 : After reading nearly 40 books about leadership released this year, my pick for the very best leadership book for 2014 is, The Front-Line Leader: Building a High-Performance Organization from the Ground Up , by Chris Van Gorder. My father always told me, “don’t steal from the hand that feeds you.”

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Flashback To Best New Leadership Book Of 2014

Eric Jacobson

Flashback to this post from early 2015 : After reading nearly 40 books about leadership released this year, my pick for the very best is the book, The Front-Line Leader: Building a High-Performance Organization from the Ground Up , by Chris Van Gorder. Question : How do you engage middle-managers to effectively reflect your philosophies?

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Best New Leadership Book Of 2014

Eric Jacobson

After reading nearly 40 books about leadership released this year, my pick for the very best is the book, The Font-Line Leader: Building a High-PerformanceOrganization from the Groumd Up , by Chris Van Gorder. He believed that it was a privilege to be employed and that we owed our loyalty, dedication and hard work to our employer.

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Guest Post: Begging For Leadership Won’t Get You A Pocket Full of Change

Lead on Purpose

People are often not welcoming of change unless it is implemented by leadership correctly. A successful leader who leads by example and keeps his promises will gain the trust and loyalty of his employees. Management and leadership are not synonymous. By Kaity Nakagoshi. The president of the U.S.

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How to Seize Opportunity in a World of Disruption

Skip Prichard

The combination of business and military leadership experience added insight and perspective to their book. . And, of course, organizations that lack agility may fail to effectively execute due to leadership mistakes, lack of cohesion, or requisite capabilities – a lack of a critical aspect of agility we call execution dexterity.

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