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Leaders as stewards of purpose

25 January 2009

 

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In the book “It’s not what you sell, it’s what you stand for” (the books website is here) by Roy Spence Jr. with Haley Rushing, is an interesting chapter, “stewards of purpose” which discusses the importance of purpose in leadership…
“The primary responsibility of a leader in a purpose-based organization is to build, [...]

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What Made Jack Welch…. JACK WELCH….?

6 September 2007

A post from Lisa from Management Craft on a book by Stephen H. Baum, “What Made jack welch JACK WELCH: How Ordinary People Become Extraordinary Leaders” below is an article from Stephen H. Baum discussing the book….
 
Shaping Experiencesby Stephen H. Baum
Your leadership core is nurtured and grown out of shaping experiences you encounter and [...]

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Peter Drucker on Effective Executives

7 August 2007

 
In his book “The Effective Executive” Peter Drucker discusses the five essential practices that are hallmarks of effective executives:
 

Effective executives know where their time goes. They work systematically at managing the little of their time that can be brought under their control.
Effective executives focus on outward contribution. They gear their efforts to results rather [...]

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Talent is Never Enough

5 April 2007

 
 
In John Maxwell’s valuable new book, Talent is Never Enough, he cites Peter Drucker on effectiveness, “There seems to be little correlation between a man’s effectiveness and his intelligence, his imagination, or his knowledge…Intelligence, imagination, and knowledge are essential resources, but only effectiveness converts them into results. By themselves, they only set limits to [...]

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8 Skills That Separate Leaders Who Perform from Those Who Don’t

23 January 2007

Ram Charan co-author of the popular book “Execution: The Discipline of Getting Things Done” which I previously reviewed here, has just released a new book on leadership titled “Know-How: The 8 Skills That Separate People Who Perform from Those Who Don’t“. Ram Charan’s insight into the real content of leadership provides you with the eight [...]

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Management f-LAWS

26 November 2006

What are f-LAWS you may ask? The f-LAWS website says that:
f-LAWS are truths about organizations that we might wish to deny or ignore – simple and more reliable guides to managers’ everyday behaviour than the complex truths proposed by scientists, economists, sociologists, politicians and philosophers.
In 1958, Professor Cyril Northcote Parkinson first articulated Parkinson’s Law, which [...]

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Book Review: Pour Your Heart Into It…

8 April 2006

A book of passion and inspiration, that’s my take on “Pour Your Heart into It : How Starbucks Built a Company One Cup at a Time” by the chairman and CEO of Starbucks Howard Schultz and Dori Jones Yang. The book is the story of the principles that made Starbucks the success it is today [...]

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Book Review: Winning ‘Em Over

3 April 2006

The book “Winning Em’ Over” is written by Jay Conger, a professor of management at the University of Southern California. In his book, Jay discusses that art of persuasion which is defined as “the ability to present a message in a way that leads others to support it.” The book is written specifically for managers, [...]

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Book Review: Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion

7 March 2006

The book Influence: Science and Practice (4th Edition) written by Robert B. Cialdini, who received his graduate and postgraduate training in persuasion and social influence from the University of North Carolina and Columbia University. The book shows how much of human behaviour is stereotyped and automatic, as we go through life we develop “rules of [...]

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Nine Lives of Leadership ebook

1 March 2006

800-CEO-Read has made the ebook the Nine Lives of Leadership, by Lisa Haneberg, from Management Craft fame, available for free. It’s a great leadership resource for all leaders and managers and the read. A sneak preview of the the Table of Contents for whet you appetite:

Go Deep Fast – Develop Strong Relationships As A [...]

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