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First Look: Leadership Books for September 2020

Leading Blog

Here's a look at some of the best leadership books to be released in September 2020. The Grit Factor : Courage, Resilience, and Leadership in the Most Male-Dominated Organization in the World by Shannon Huffman Polson. Humility—a deep regard for the dignity of others—is the key, says distinguished leadership educator Marilyn Gist.

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Love and Leadership | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

David asked Becky, “How come no one ever talks about love as a leadership competency?&# While l ove and leadership are certainly two words you don’t often hear in the same sentence, I can assure you that rarely does great leadership exist without love being present and practiced. I think it’s a great question.

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8 Traits of Ineffective Leaders | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

The short answer is yes…There are in fact a great number of tests that can quickly assess leadership ability. Something as simple as a 360 Review, or as complex as a deep psychological profile (both with weighted emphasis on leadership aptitude) can point out an individual’s leadership capabilities.

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Is Your Business's Digital Communication Culture Working?

Great Leadership By Dan

Recently in Davos , Marissa Meyer, CEO of Yahoo smiled and shared that she checks her mobile device over a hundred and fifty times a day -- as though that many interruptions (within a work day) in her leadership rhythm and ability to focus were some badge of honor. Innovation never comes from chaotic interruption.

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How to Use Uncertainty and Surprise for Breakthroughs

LDRLB

Big visions, carefully crafted strategies, and detailed plans are signs of great leadership. Could we be ignoring the most fundamental tool that anyone can use to create disruptive innovation and change? But early on, CEO Scott Cook and his leadership team kept hearing that small businesses were using the product.

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Leadership Development Fundamentals

Innovation Excellence

Work Products GUEST POST from Mike Shipulski Leadership development is a good idea in principle, but not in practice. Assessing a person against a list of seven standard competencies does not a leadership development plan make. Nor does a Meyers-Briggs assessment or a strengths assessment.

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Nudity, Great Food and Disruptive Innovation

Innovation Excellence

Both Playboy magazine and restaurateur Danny Meyer have been in the news this week for disruptive business model innovations that challenge deeply help assumptions within the respective worlds. However, how many businesses would be able to embrace this kind of reinvention of their business models?