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Your Career is Your Responsibility

Nathan Magnuson

I’ve been thinking about career selection and management a lot recently. When I’m asked how I landed where I am, I’m quick to reply that I wouldn’t wish my career path on anyone but I sure do love where I am now. So what does career management have to do with leadership? Follow Your Passion.

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Top 16 Books for Human Resource and Talent Management Executives

Chart Your Course

Every HR, OD professional, and management consultant should at the very least be aware of their existence, if not well-versed in their ideas and theories. Covey (Stephen Covey’s Son). First, Break All the Rules: What the World’s Greatest Managers Do Differently (1999). Listed in no particular order. By Stephen R.

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How Great Leaders Value People

Lead Change Blog

Covey says that a team with high trust will produce results faster and at lower cost. The research behind what makes those companies get on that list is conducted by the folks at Great Place to Work , who report that 92 percent of employees surveyed at these companies believe that management is transparent in its business practices.

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43 Best Leadership Books to Skyrocket Your Career

Miles Anthony Smith

Do Leadership Books Really Help Advance Your Life and Career? Even if you manage to find what appears to be solid leadership advice, does it actually help you advance your career and become a better leader? shares the secrets to how executives and managers can become the leaders their company needs.

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The Art of Impartial Listening

Skip Prichard

Covey Imagine you’re leading a team. Early in my career I worked for a leader who handled conflicts with patience. Especially in leadership. Disputes arise in any setting. But resolving them requires a balanced approach. “Seek first to understand, then to be understood.” ” — Stephen R.

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Emily Bennington: An interview by Bob Morris

First Friday Book Synopsis

Emily Bennington specializes in two distinct forms of career transition: college students entering the workforce and women leaders entering executive management. Emily is the author of Who Says [.].

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Trust is a Funny Thing

Lead Change Blog

Covey, we should be generous yet sensible with giving trust. Most of us won’t outright betray a colleague, but what if we promise to write back and don’t, or put in a good word and forget, or make unrealistic projections and career promises that we can’t possibly deliver? Those same behaviors are directed at us when we’re not trusted.

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