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Leaders are trying to bring their best while organizations often put emphasis on results, before people. It doesn't have to be this way and the answer is here!
Becoming a Peaceful Powered Leader provides tools, research, and experienced advice provided to demolish the slag weighing leaders down and become a truly peaceful powered version of themselves. Becoming a Peaceful Powered Leader shares six actionable steps that help individuals
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The modern workplace is built on teamwork, but for many workers this structure feels like a necessary evil-an impediment rather than a perpetuator of success and fulfillment. The traditional approach to teamwork often pits individuals against one another with a "me-first" mentality, leading to dysfunctional teams that fail to accomplish their purpose. Fortunately, there is a better way to work. In this salient book, Russ Sarratt and Rusty Chadwick...
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Learn. Leap. Repeat.
Growth is the goal. Helping people develop their potential-enabling them to articulate and become the self they want to be, are capable of being, and that best serves them and others in the short and long term-is what we as individuals and leaders strive toward.
But how do we grow? It turns out it happens in a predictable way, which means we can understand where we are in our growth and chart a way forward. In this compact, complete...
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Position yourself for success.
Get more of the management ideas you want, from the authors you trust, with HBR's 10 Must Reads on Managing Yourself (Vol. 2). We've combed through hundreds of Harvard Business Review articles and selected the most important ones to help you stay engaged, be productive, and continue to grow throughout your working life.
With insights from leading experts including Susan David, Joseph Badaracco, and Laura Morgan Roberts,...
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Don't wait for someone else to manage your career.
The days of HR-sponsored development plans are over. Managing your career--and the skills you need to be successful--is your responsibility. If you're looking to push yourself to the next level, it can be hard to determine where to start.
The HBR Guide to Your Professional Growth will be your coach, transforming your abstract hopes and ideas into a concrete action plan. No matter where you are in...
6) HBR's 10 Must Reads on Lifelong Learning (with bonus article "The Right Mindset for Success" with
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Create and sustain a culture of learning.
If you read nothing else on learning, read these 10 articles by experts in the field. We've combed through hundreds of Harvard Business Review articles and selected the most important ones to help you keep your skills fresh and relevant, support continuous improvement on your team, and prepare everyone in the organization to thrive over the long term.
This book will inspire you to:
• Cultivate relentless...
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Are you frustrated or confused by who makes the decisions and how they are, made in your organization?
Are you ambitious and passionate, about your work and your life, and believe you can, make a great impact?
In this book, Mary Mavis shares thirteen principles that focus on how we create "remarkable" results. Her principles are, based on her years of coaching leaders and teams. She defines "remarkable" as exactly what you want to create. This book...
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Projects require managers, but programs warrant maestros. Tasked with overseeing multiple project teams and thousands of activities, program managers have one of the most challenging jobs in the market. Too many overburdened managers are leaving otherwise great jobs, even the field entirely, because they haven't equipped themselves with the right tools in hand to take on this complex but fulfilling job.
In order to see a program successfully through...
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It's tough to measure success for something that doesn't exist yetThe language of music meets the language of business in this unorthodox examination of the influences and impact that creativity, improvisation, and collaboration have within an organization.Using interviews with successful business people who also were (or still are) professional musicians, musician/ad tech thought-leader Todd Pasternack takes readers through Lessons From The Road:...
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Positive influence (without authority) is the superpower that most people never learn to use at work.
Millions of subject-matter experts, functional leaders, requirements gatherers, and problem solvers have opportunities to influence every day. Instead, too often they merely respond to requests and take orders from their stakeholders. By not exercising their unknown superpower, they miss opportunities to break down silos, improve collaboration, and...
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Stop running on empty.
Every day you juggle the many components that fill your life. Between work and family commitments, volunteer work, hobbies, and managing your physical and mental health, it's easy to feel overwhelmed and that you're letting someone down or neglecting some aspect of your life. But you can find ways to honor all of your commitments without collapsing.
The HBR Guide to Work-Life Balance will help you:
Evaluate and adjust your...
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The must-read summary of Donald Mitchell and Carol Coles' book: "The Ultimate Competitive Advantage: Secrets of Continually Developing a More Profitable Business Model".
This complete summary of the ideas from Donald Mitchell and Carol Coles' book "The Ultimate Competitive Advantage" shows that the most successful companies are consistently experimenting to improve and reinvent their business models. This usually has the potential to generate far...
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The must-read summary of Larry Myler's book: "Indispensable by Monday: Learn the Profit-Producing Behaviors that Will Help Your Company... and Yourself".
This complete summary of the ideas from Larry Myler's book "Indispensable by Monday" shows how, in today's climate, it's vital to make yourself indispensable at work. By making a big financial contribution to the company, and being able to quantify that contribution, you will make sure the firm...
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Choosing the right leader can mean the difference between unbelievable success or abysmal failure.
• When a company is in chaos or decline, it's time to call in a Fixer.
• When a company needs a creative jolt to jump out of stagnation, turn to an Artist.
• When a company needs new markets and big growth, hire a Builder.
• When a company reaches complexity and scale, align with a Strategist.
Which type of leader are you, and, if you're a...
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The must-read summary of Charles Duhigg's book: "The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do in Life and Business".
This complete summary of the ideas from Charles Duhigg's book "The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do in Life and Business" tells you how you can change your habits for the better just by understanding how they work. There is a basic 'Habit Loop' for all habits: clue, routine and reward. According to Duhigg, there are four steps you...
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The must-read summary of Deborah Perry Piscione's book: "Secrets of Silicon Valley: What Everyone Else Can Learn from the Innovation Capital of the World".
This complete summary of the ideas from Deborah Perry Piscione's book "Secrets of Silicon Valley" shows how we can all learn something from the world's most prosperous and successful group of companies. In this book, the author gives us an insight into the Silicon Valley ecosystem and highlights...
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This complete summary of the ideas from Dan Roam's book "The Back of the Napkin" shows that visual thinking is a whole new way of looking at and discussing business. It is harnessing and applying our innate ability to use our eyes and our imagination to discover, develop and share ideas with others. In his book, the author explains how a simple drawing on the back of a napkin can be more effective in visualizing the solution to some business problem...
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The must-read summary of Jason Fried and David Hansson's book: "Remote: Office Not Required".
This complete summary of the ideas from Jason Fried and David Hansson's book "Remote" shows that now is the right time for allowing more workers to do their work remotely, rather than keeping watch over them in a centralised office. Therefore, if you get your mindset right and put in place some robust operating rules for how remote work will happen, you...
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