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First Look: Leadership Books for November 2024

Leading Blog

Co-authored by Taylor Becker, this memoir provides a unique blend of personal anecdotes and professional wisdom from Wien's decades-long career. You have to be good at reading, and read good things.” — Paul Graham, Y Combinator co-founder * * * Follow us on Instagram and X for additional leadership and personal development ideas.

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Culture Counts

Leading Blog

I was struck not only by their disciplined approach but also by their freedom to discover, develop and design within broad operating parameters—conditions I did not typically associate with large, for-profit corporations. Several years ago, I had the privilege of spending a summer at Abbott Laboratories in North Chicago as a PhRMA Fellow.

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Changing The Talent Equation: From Expense to Asset

Rich Gee Group

Downsizing, salary cuts, and underinvestment in employee development can decrease morale, productivity, and overall company performance, ultimately impacting the bottom line. Discouraging Investments in Skills and Development By viewing employees as expenses, companies become reluctant to invest in training and development programs.

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9 Reasons Your Leadership Development Program is Failing

Nathan Magnuson

companies invest over $2,000 in leadership development initiatives per company leader. Just because an organization has a leadership development program doesn’t mean it’s successful, does it? Some executives don’t place a high value on investing in leadership development. That’s great news.

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Care for a white-water ride?

N2Growth Blog

Because of the complexities, we can always find excuses: Organizational developments did not always have the impact as expected, or employees/leaders turned out to be less suitable for the job than hoped for. Making plans flexible means that organizational developments and career plans have to be adjusted more frequently than we were used to.

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Happiness and Hierarchies

LDRLB

One of the developing branches of psychology is the study of happiness: positive psychology. Hsieh’s (2010) theory is that if you build ways for employees to take control over their career futures into organizational design, one lucky by-product is that these employees will be happier. But can this cross over into the workplace?

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Be Informed: 10 Job Titles You Won’t See In The Next Decade

Lead from Within

Middle Manager: The traditional hierarchical management structure is giving way to more agile, decentralized models. These developments reduce the need for dedicated corporate trainers. I have identified ten job titles within the realms of leadership and business operations. They are poised to become obsolete in the coming years.