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The Best Leadership Books of 2021

Leading Blog

Leadership is about hope. Many of the books listed below help us to do just that. Many of the books listed below help us to do just that. Others were included because they help us to think differently, opening us up to potential we might not have considered. That’s not the way to lead. Leaders are dealers in hope.

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The Secret Ingredients to Successful Leadership

Leading Blog

E FFECTIVE leadership is an art. Leadership requires keeping several balls in the air at once. After scientifically analyzing our compiled data, we determined eight qualities that are common to wise people and successful leadership. Leaders who are positive create an air of enthusiasm, openness, and high morale among employees.

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Leadership Vulnerability: A Personal Journey Through the Eye of the Storm

Leading Blog

I N THE HIGH-STAKES world of leadership, where every decision can be scrutinized and every failure magnified, the concept of vulnerability often takes on a negative connotation, especially among men, who are taught to equate emotional openness with weakness. It’s about strategic openness with boundaries.

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First Look: Leadership Books for July 2020

Leading Blog

Here's a look at some of the best leadership books to be released in July 2020. Leading with Feeling : Nine Strategies of Emotionally Intelligent Leadership by Cary Cherniss and Cornelia W. This book describes how 25 outstanding leaders used emotional intelligence to deal with critical challenges and opportunities.

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5 Tips for Inspiring Leadership

Great Leadership By Dan

Guest post from Karlin Sloan: As a leadership development consultant, I have spent my career with people in business, NGOs, government, and not-for-profits who are focused, competent, talented and who have a deep sense of their personal power to impact those around them. There is no more important time for inspiring leadership.

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Humble Leadership

Leading Blog

We tend to fall back on transactional relationships and rule-based leadership. Edgar Schein and Peter Schein call this Level 1 based leadership. What they advocate in Humble Leadership is moving to and developing an organizational culture based on Level 2 relationships. Leadership will be expressed as “we together.”

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May 2021 Leadership Development Carnival

Lead Change Blog

Welcome to the May 2021 Leadership Development Carnival! We’re excited to share posts from leadership experts from around the globe on the topics of communication, development, engagement, motivation, productivity, team building, and more. Marcia Reynolds of Covisioning Transformational Leadership provided Stop Saying Stupid Things.