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Cognitive Reappraisal for Wild Success

Leading Blog

The same qualities that help them succeed will help any leader perform at a higher level and especially in a crisis situation. Wild Success by Amy Posey and Kevin Vallely illustrates seven leadership lessons we can learn from the harrowing experiences of extreme athletes. They must be able to execute a plan under pressure.

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First Look: Leadership Books for June 2024

Leading Blog

H ERE'S A LOOK at some of the best leadership books to be released in June 2024 curated just for you. In this book, he presents a roadmap that leaders can adapt to any industry, empowering readers to create high-quality relationships and elevate their organization's performance beyond expectations.

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The Leaders Our Companies Need: Lessons We Can Learn from Historical Luminaries

Leading Blog

It’s hard to escape this view of leaders and leadership. But what qualities do our celebrated leaders of industry embody that make them successful? And, importantly, what qualities can others emulate to themselves become more effective leaders? Is it their ability to increase the company’s value?

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8 Conflicting Habits of Wildly Successful People

Lead from Within

To achieve your own wild success, you need to understand how they all fit together. ” As you work to develop your own style of leadership and success, learn to embrace your own contradictions and let them add depth and texture to everything you do. THE LEADERSHIP GAP. A Leadership Manifesto: A Guide To Greatness.

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The Super Clever Strategy for Winning Wild Success

Lead from Within

When you’re constantly growing, developing, and learning, you are improving on the quality of what you have to offer. THE LEADERSHIP GAP. Additional Reading you might enjoy: 12 Successful Leadership Principles That Never Grow Old. A Leadership Manifesto: A Guide To Greatness. The Deception Trap of Leadership.

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The Best Leadership Books of 2021

Leading Blog

Leadership is about hope. These foundational leadership skills will make all aspiring executives more effective in their roles today and lift the trajectory of their careers. Emerging Theme: Considering the current state of our private and public discourse, it is not surprising that the quality of grace has surfaced.

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Embrace Wild Thinking to Grow Your Business

Skip Prichard

I spoke with Nick about their research and their book, WILD THINKING: 25 Unconventional Ideas To Grow Your Brand and Your Business. What is wild thinking? Wild thinking is what happens when you pose 25 thought-provoking questions to 25 intelligent, creative leaders in organizations as diverse as Google, Gap, Time Out and Twinings.

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