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First Look: Leadership Books for September 2020

Leading Blog

No Rules Rules : Netflix and the Culture of Reinvention by Reed Hastings and Erin Meyer. She explores each of these questions in depth, as well as the six key qualities of leader humility: a balanced ego, integrity, a compelling vision, ethical strategies, generous inclusion, and a developmental focus.

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How to Use Uncertainty and Surprise for Breakthroughs

LDRLB

Could we be ignoring the most fundamental tool that anyone can use to create disruptive innovation and change? Danny Meyer, famed New York restaurateur, told OpenTable’s CEO, “Look, I don’t need more business. Could we be overlooking – even resisting – one of the most essential catalysts of personal and business breakthroughs?

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For Managers: Stop the Drama Storms by Bringing the Rules for Success to Life

Art Petty

Managers must work together with group members to define what it means to collaborate, communicate, problem-solve, and innovate in pursuit of their function's charter. Culture in a group is too important to be left to chance.

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8 Traits of Ineffective Leaders | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

The best leaders are focused on leading change and innovation to keep their organizations fresh, dynamic and growing. They find ways to consistently engage them and incorporate them into their innovation and planning initiatives. Others include a lack of focus on culture, failure to question assumptions, and poor innovation.

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Love and Leadership | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

Should the traits mentioned above be more formally cultivated in leadership development programs? And there’s no professional development without personal development… In this case, I suspect those leaders who find it difficult to express their compassion publicly could do so with some developmental work.

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Gregory Unruh: An interview by Bob Morris

First Friday Book Synopsis

Gregory Unruh is a thought leader dedicated to sustainability innovation for business and the world. An Associate Professor of Sustainability at the Thunderbird School of Global Management, he is a noted writer, speaker and educator in the areas of corporate social responsibility, environmental management and innovation management.

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What BMW’s Corporate VC Offers That Regular Investors Can’t

Harvard Business Review

Gimmy’s task was clear but highly demanding: to reimagine the way BMW innovates. To fill the void and build such a new BMW startup unit, Gimmy partnered with an experienced innovation manager from BMW, Matthias Meyer. At the time, BMW had no dedicated, company-spanning unit to leverage the creative power of startups.