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First Look: Leadership Books for December 2021

Leading Blog

Luckily for us, these tactics work— no matter the problem’s scale or complexity. A global pandemic, economic volatility, natural disasters, civil and political unrest. Her unexpected, insightful, and often delightful methodology is sought after by leaders and professionals for whom failure is catastrophic.

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Property Rights Have A Big Impact On Microentrepreneurs

The Horizons Tracker

These businesses operate informally and are unstable, which has significant political implications. According to some estimates, more than half of the world’s poor people make their living by selling goods and services in this manner.

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What strategy is (and what it isn’t):

Strategy Driven

Sir Lawrence Freedman of Oxford University is one of the world’s preeminent international scholars on politics and war. This is why strategy is the central political art. They’re prescriptions for the way things might operate in an ideal world. Every conflict ever known has figured in some kind of attack or reaction.

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4 Strategic Planning Traps and How to Avoid Them

The Practical Leader

The session was focused on operational and tactical issues. These are often very touchy, political — and avoided. Planning and budgeting focus on maximizing capital and operational dollars. Nap by PowerPoint. Hopefully, the snores won’t wake others up. Smothering silence can be deadly.

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2020 Top CHRO List – The People Leaders To Watch

N2Growth Blog

We find ourselves amidst the challenges of living and working in a triple-threat world of a global pandemic, economic instability, and political unrest. Find HR’s hand (in a good way) in everything as an enabler and contributor to operations flowing all the way through to customer/client satisfaction. Leaders25 2020 Top CHRO Awards.

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4 Ways to a Better Bottom Line

Lead Change Blog

By this, I mean being aware of the nuances of political systems, cultural norms, and psychological mindsets of whom we do business with and for. Global mindset is truly having the desire, knowledge, and skills to operate effectively in business today. It fills a strategic tactical need of operating in today’s business setting.

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November 2020 Leadership Development Carnival

Lead Change Blog

Ken writes: “ Sadly, the fine art of debate is missing from much of today’s business and political landscape. Politics and social issues likely suffer the most from this approach but business and not for profit enterprises are just as guilty of unfettered and unproductive discourse. Neither are you.