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Alan M. Webber: An interview by Bob Morris

First Friday Book Synopsis

Webber is an award-winning, nationally-recognized editor, author, and columnist. In 1995, he launched Fast Company magazine, a fresh, dynamic entry in the business magazine category. Headquartered in Boston, MA, the magazine became the fastest growing, most successful business magazine in history.

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11 Books Every Young Leader Must Read

Harvard Business Review

Jim Collins, Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap.and Others Don't. Jim Collins introduced new rigor to the evaluation of business leadership in his instant classic Good to Great , with a research team reviewing "6,000 articles and generating 2,000 pages of interview transcripts."

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11 Books Every Young Leader Must Read

Harvard Business Review

Jim Collins, Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap.and Others Don't. Jim Collins introduced new rigor to the evaluation of business leadership in his instant classic Good to Great , with a research team reviewing "6,000 articles and generating 2,000 pages of interview transcripts."

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World Business Forum – Top 10 Speakers | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

Steve Levitt - Author of Freakanomics and Super Freakanomics , Steve was superb. Jim Collins, Al Gore, Joseph Stiglitz, Charlene Li, Bill McDermott, Mavin Odum and Luca Majocchi didn’t make my cut – do you think they should have, and/or do you think my list should be reordered?

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These are a few of our favorite … books!

Reality-Based Leadership

Levitt and Stephen J. Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap and Others Don’t , by Jim Collins. Start with Why: How Great Leaders Inspire Everyone to Take Action , by Simon Sinek. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything , by Steven D.

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