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The Best Leadership Books of 2016

Leading Blog

O NCE AGAIN we see that despite our rhetoric, what we are is reflected in our leaders and leadership. Superbosses : How Exceptional Leaders Master the Flow of Talent by Sydney Finkelstein Although Superbosses may differ in leadership styles, they share a playbook that leads to extraordinary success founded on making other people successful.

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Dealing With Investors the Sam Palmisano Way

Harvard Business Review

At first investors didn’t trust them, but as IBM began meeting and surpassing the targets it set for itself, and Palmisano began inviting the company’s biggest shareholders in for day-long discussions of the company’s strategy, criticism of his leadership faded and the company’s stock began a long upswing.

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Lots of Employees Get Misclassified as Contractors. Here’s Why It Matters

Harvard Business Review

All of these issues rushed back to mind recently when the political leadership at the current U.S. For a deeper look into the distinctions under the Fair Labor Standards Act and the 2015 guidance document ). Lacking capital, truckers purchased new vehicles through financing provided by these very same trucking companies.

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Why GE, Boeing, Lowe’s, and Walmart Are Directly Buying Health Care for Employees

Harvard Business Review

Geisinger Health System began partnering with Walmart around cardiac surgery in 2012, and joined ECEN for spinal surgery in 2015. Support from the highest levels of an organization’s leadership provides “air cover” for building the necessary systems and cultural change necessary for this high-touch style of care.

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60 Countries’ Digital Competitiveness, Indexed

Harvard Business Review

We introduced the Digital Evolution Index in HBR in 2015 to trace the emergence of a “digital planet,” how physical interactions — in communications, social and political exchange, commerce, media and entertainment — are being displaced by digitally mediated ones. Today’s Digital Landscape. Innovation and change.