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"Two of today's most respected world-changers, leadership expert John C. Maxwell and global development leader Rob Hoskins, share their real-world experiences helping to transform millions of lives, communities, and businesses around the world to show people how to be the change the world needs and help others do the same" --
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In Leading Matters, current Chairman of Alphabet (Google's parent company), former President of Stanford University, and "Godfather of Silicon Valley," John L. Hennessy shares the core elements of leadership that helped him become a successful tech entrepreneur, esteemed academic, and venerated administrator.
Hennessy's approach to leadership is laser-focused on the journey rather than the destination. Each chapter in Leading Matters looks at valuable...
3) Effective leadership for nonprofit organizations: how executive directors and boards work together
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Essential Practices for Building the Successful NonprofitManaging a nonprofit organization has many challenges. One key to success is building a strong relationship between the executive director and the board of trustees. This book is a treasure trove of information for navigating the personal, political, and legal minefields that cause so many nonprofits to fail. Dozens of case studies illuminate the key issues that often impede the progress of...
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For the first time in modern history, women are making their way into strategic positions of influence and leadership within the church, public, corporate, charity and voluntary sectors, in unprecedented numbers. Women are called by God to flourish in these arenas. However, there are significant external and internal issues that hinder women in leadership in unique ways.
But if you think this book is only for women, you are gravely mistaken. While...
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Raising the Bar on Service Excellence concentrates on five crucial leadership actions that will shift your organization from good to great. Once again, Baird pushes the reader out of the theory mode and into action. Each chapter features case examples and concludes with specific leadership action steps that will bring the organization closer to living the mission, vision, values and brand promise.
6) Applied Wisdom: Bad News Is Good News and Other Insights That Can Help Anyone Be a Better Manager
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Success in business demands the effective management of people. James C. Morgan, who for nearly three decades led the high-tech powerhouse Applied Materials Inc. to both financial success and to the designation as one of America's most admired companies and best places to work, provides a simple, straightforward set of principles and tips that he says can help anyone be a better manager. Applied Materials is one of Silicon Valley's great success stories...
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Your Guide to Getting a Useful Evaluation, now updated and revised in this second edition.
Evaluation is vital and beneficial to any nonprofit organization. An effective evaluation can help identify an organization's successes, share information with key audiences, and improve services. It can confirm that an organization is truly making a difference, or what changes an organization needs to make in order to improve. This book describes what types...
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"Igniting Leadership is Engaging!"
Are you ready to take control of your life?
Are you ready to ignite change?
Are you ready to Ignite Leadership?
Fundamental leadership skills are untaught in classrooms, so as adults we are often, forced to figure out how to lead successfully in the world on our own and through our personal experiences. Without any guidance, so where do you start? How do lead in your life and work successfully?
START HERE!
Igniting...
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This book is a collection of leadership thoughts and principles that I know you will connect with in some way. But it wasn't intended to be read cover to cover in one sitting. I recommend you consider it like a devotional that you pick up and read a couple of times a week. For things like this I generally set a repeating calendar notice to remind me to spend a few minutes getting a bit of a leadership nugget or shot in the arm, so to speak. You could...
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The only limitation on your leadership potential is the one you create by how you think.
When a leader completes the necessary positive action to change the way they conduct business, the whole organization completes the same postive transformation. At the end of the day, "Leadership is all about you". But also remember, "It's more about the people in your organization who you influence and lead."
The individual who receives critical lessons...
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The idea of "conscious leadership" is becoming more widely recognized as a difference maker in leading organizations, not to mention something the global community is hungry for. But, how do you take conscious leadership from idea to practice? How do you make it your day-to-day operating system?
If these questions grab your imagination, then A Sacred Trust is an important book for you. Its pages expertly guide you in a profound personal discovery...
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Cuando somos adolecentes y nos queremos comer al mundo, estamos plenamente seguros de lo que debemos hacer de cuales son los pasos a seguir para alcanzar el éxito. Pero luego cuando nos enfrentanmos al mundo real descubrimos en realidad cuan poco preparados estamos. De alli nacen muchas de las frustraciones de nuestra vida adulta. Este libro es la hoja de ruta hacia una vida consciente y plena en la que desarrollaremos todo el potencial que tenemos...
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En Liderazgo abierto, Charlene Li aborda esta contradicción y explica como los líderes empresarios pueden a partir de la revolución de la tecnología social, utilizar las redes sociales para ser abierto y manteniendo el control. En este importante libro se expone como estas tecnologías, Twitter, Facebook, You Tube, los móviles inteligentes y tantas otras, pueden transformar la comunicación, hacerla más eficiente y optimizar la toma de decisiones...
14) Ser líder
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¿Qué nos hace falta para ser líderes? ¿Cuántos gerentes y directores conoces que no son líderes? Salimos de las universidades con formaciones técnicas impecables, lamentablemente no nos enseñaron a ser líderes. En este libro encontrarás la forma clara y sencilla cuáles son las habilidades del líder. Aquí podrás encontrar las 30 habilidades que requiere una persona para ser líder en la vida (personal y profesional) y una vez habiéndolas...
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Las siete reglas del Storytelling muestra cómo acercarse al arte de atraer y reunir a las personas en torno a ideas, y por tanto inspirarlas e influir en ellas de forma duradera. Compartir emociones, descubrir su personalidad y conocer su pasado con el objetivo de crear y utilizar una forma de expresión sincera, brindar a todos la oportunidad de participar en lo que se convertirá en una aventura común, ese es el secreto del "storytelling". John...
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Prepare to Soar!
Most organizations need 110% effort from their employees as they try to do more with less. So, why rely on only a portion of their employee's talents? Speckled eggs are the talents, gifts, and skills hidden under the wings of an organization that will help the organization soar.
Each person has unique abilities (speckled eggs) that when discovered, nurtured, and leveraged move the organization forward while simultaneously improving...
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Nonprofit leaders, particularly those who in their work must stare into the abyss of the human condition - health, safety, housing, hunger, abuse, grief - don't need a guide to running better meetings. They need support keeping the ship afloat and keeping themselves mentally and emotionally fit; they need a greater understanding of themselves and their colleagues more than just about anything else. Because the work can be so fraught, any conversation...
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Teams-when they work well there seems to be nothing they can't achieve and leading them is a joy. When things are not working well, teams can be places of low performance, low morale, and leading them can be exhausting. Who sets the team culture? In an increasingly complex and uncertain world, how do you as a leader build a culture that enables the team to maximise its potential?
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• Want your team to be fit for the challenges of the 21st...
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Do you feel like you're working harder than ever but not getting anywhere personally or professionally? If so, author Leon Drennan can help. In The Power of Purpose and Priorities, he explains how to reassess your mission, values, and purpose in order to gain focus in your activities and develop priorities. Drennan says, "less is more" when it comes to scheduling in business, family life, and social engagements. Wise people learn to prune away all...
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Tools, Tips, and Techniques for the Leader on the Go
Whether you lead in an office, a jobsite, a church, or a classroom, 101 Leadership Insights is a handy guidebook guaranteed to help you better handle the challenges and conundrums that come with being a leader.
Written by bestselling author Bob Phillips and business owner Del Walinga, this book is packed with wisdom that will help you improve your skills as a manager, mentor, and communicator....
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