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Kenny Rogers on Strategy

thoughtLEADERS, LLC

But in the process of watching them learn to play, I gained some fascinating insights both about how novices approach poker and, by analogy, how many companies appear to approach strategy. It didn’t take too long for my children to get a grasp of the basic rules and hand rankings (three of a kind beats two pair, etc.),

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First Look: Leadership Books for December 2018

Leading Blog

Here's a look at some of the best leadership books to be released in December 2018. Master Your Mind : Counterintuitive Strategies to Refocus and Re-Energize Your Runaway Brain by Roger Seip and Robb Zbierski. Build your leadership library with these specials on over 39 titles. The Infinite Game by Simon Sinek.

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A New Way To Think For Business Leaders

Eric Jacobson

In the book, authored by Roger L. Martin , he urges business leaders to toss out the old ways of thinking, and instead try new models in every domain of management – from competition and customers to strategy, data, culture, talent, mergers and acquisitions, and everything in-between.

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First Look: Leadership Books for February 2013

Leading Blog

Here's a look at some of the best leadership books to be released in February. Leadership Conversations : Challenging High Potential Managers to Become Great Leaders by Alan S. Playing to Win : How Strategy Really Works by A.G. Lafley and Roger L. Build your leadership library with these specials on over 120 titles.

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The Key to Change is a People Focus

Lead Change Blog

My experience of decades of change leadership tells me that, similarly, the same can be said of a workforce interacting for the first time with any change plan. I believe the book, written by Roger Plant, is now out of print, but you may pick up an old copy via the hyperlink.

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Five Change Leadership Practices for the Next Decade

Lead Change Blog

As we move towards a new decade, my mind turns to the leadership practices needed to make transformational change a reality. At the heart of the first leadership practice lies the notion of intent. So, my second leadership practice is creating a culture in your organisation to match your intent. These are my observations.

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0706 | How Transformation Works with Roger Martin & Sally Osberg

LDRLB

Strategy guru Roger L. Martin and Skoll Foundation President and CEO Sally R. Osberg are co-authors of Getting Beyond Better: How Social Entrepreneurship Works.

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