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What a Mechanical Shark Can Teach Us About Leadership and Innovation

Leading Blog

As I watched the documentary, I was struck by how closely the story mirrored case studies from the business world, and how perfectly it illustrated the points I try to emphasize in the leadership and innovation class I teach at MIT. In fact, an original, revolutionary vision isn’t innovation at all (and it certainly isn’t leadership).

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First Look: Leadership Books for July 2019

Leading Blog

Here's a look at some of the best leadership books to be released in July 2019. The Coffee Bean : A Simple Lesson to Create Positive Change by Jon Gordon and Damon West. It provides readers with the tools they need to design innovative and indelible experiences and to move their organizations into the experience economy.

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Leadership Matters

N2Growth Blog

In the text that follows you’ll hear Sam’s views on leadership, the state of the market, and you’ll be introduced to his retirement ambitions and the future challenges for the boardroom, following his return to Perth, Australia. Gordon Berridge: Would you please share what first attracted you to join Rio Tinto back in 1991?

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Curiosity Won’t Kill You, But…

Lead Change Blog

and your nine lives in leadership will expire quickly. Here are three, okay four, tricks of the leadership trade to boost your curiosity quotient right away. How would an alien’s insights on your team meetings, business practices, customer service, product innovation, etc., Polarizing your perspective is hasty leadership.

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Memorial Day Leadership Lessons

N2Growth Blog

As a veteran and lifelong student of leadership I have always found Memorial Day weekend to be one of the most meaningful and significant of all holidays. While this coming weekend simply signifies a long awaited prelude to summer for some, it is much more than that for me.

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LeadershipNow 140: January 2017 Compilation

Leading Blog

How Would You Answer This Question About Your Leadership? How Will Leadership Change in the Cognitive Era? The Ten Behaviors of Strong Personal Leadership by Scott Eblin @EblinGroup. Here's Why Emotions Are The Secret Sauce Of Innovation by ‏@HessEdward. 2 Self-Leadership Hacks for Positivity by @AlanDUtley.

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James Mattis: My Favorite Books

Leading Blog

G ENERAL JAMES MATTIS credits his leadership success to his prodigious reading habits. Reading lists are personal, but they do provide a guide as to what others have read to improve their leadership and their understanding of the human condition. Military Innovation in the Interwar Period by Williamson Murray.

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