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Superbosses: How Exceptional Leaders Master the Flow of Talent
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Stanley McChrystal, Chris Fussell, Tantum Collins, David Silverman · 297 pages
As commander of Joint Special Operations Command (JSOC), General Stanley McChrystal played a crucial role in the War on Terror. But when he took the helm in 2004, America was losing that war badly: despite vastly inferior resources and technology, Al Qaeda was outmaneuvering America's most elite warriors. McChrystal came to realize that today's faster, more interdependent world had overwhelmed the
The Girl's Guide to Being a Boss (Without Being a Bitch): Valuable Lessons, Smart Suggestions, and True Stories for Succeeding as the Chick-in-Charge
Caitlin Friedman, Kimberly Yorio · 232 pages
Forget what you've heard. Nice girls can get the corner office.As women, we haven't always had the best role models at work. We've either worked for men or we've had female bosses who are, well, big bitches. Woman still don't have much of a road map right now when it comes to taking charge at the office, so the team who brought you the national bestseller The Girl's Guide to Starting Your Own Bus
The Power of Framing: Creating the Language of Leadership
Gail T. Fairhurst · 266 pages
"This updated edition explores the basic components of the framing process including communication goals, mental models, context, priming for spontaneity, language use, and believability frames (for ethical communication). This new edition is organized to emphasize the skills, science, art ethics and the history of research on framing. The author offers a better understanding of the subject, a dia
The 8th Habit: From Effectiveness to Greatness
Stephen R. Covey · 420 pages
A leading management consultant draws on his seven organizational rules for improving effectiveness to present an eighth principle, voice, that is based on the right balance of talent, need, conscience, and passion.
Organizational Culture and Leadership (The Jossey-Bass Business & Management Series)
Edgar H. Schein · 464 pages
In this third edition of his classic book, Edgar Schein shows how to transform the abstract concept of culture into a practical tool that managers and students can use to understand the dynamics of organizations and change. Organizational pioneer Schein updates his influential understanding of culture--what it is, how it is created, how it evolves, and how it can be changed. Focusing on today's bu
Adventures of an IT Leader
Robert D. Austin, Richard L. Nolan, Shannon O'Donnell · 314 pages
Leaders Eat Last
Simon Sinek · 368 pages
Why do only a few people get to say “I love my job?” It seems unfair that finding fulfillment at work is like winning a lottery; that only a few lucky ones get to feel valued by their organizations, to feel like they belong. Imagine a world where almost everyone wakes up inspired to go to work, feels trusted and valued during the day, then returns home feeling fulfilled. This is not a cra
The Secret: What Great Leaders Know - And Do
Kenneth H. Blanchard, Mark Miller · 137 pages
Explains the five essential practices exhibited by the best leaders and provides practical ideas on how to make these a reality.
Self Leadership and the One Minute Manager: Increasing Effectiveness Through Situational Self Leadership
Kenneth H. Blanchard, Lawrence Hawkins, Susan Fowler · 142 pages
Ken Blanchard's phenomenal bestselling classic The One Minute Manager explores the skills needed to become an effective self leader. Now, Self Leadership and the One Minute Manager clearly and thoroughly reveals how power, freedom, and autonomy come from having the right mind-set and the skills needed to take personal responsibility for success.In this captivating business parable, number one New
Leading in a Culture of Change
Michael Fullan · 176 pages
"Business, nonprofit, and public sector leaders are facing new and daunting challenges - rapid-paced developments in technology, sudden shifts in the marketplace, and crisis and contention in the public arena - if they are to survive in this chaotic environment, leaders must develop the skills they need to lead effectively no matter how fast the world around them is changing." "Leading in a Cultur
Coaching for Performance: GROWing Human Potential and Purpose - the Principles and Practice of Coaching and Leadership
John Whitmore · 52 pages
The Speed of Trust: The One Thing that Changes Everything
Stephen M.R. Covey · 384 pages
This book challenges our age-old assumption that trust is merely a soft, social virtue, and instead demonstrates that it is a hard-edged, economic driver--a learnable and measurable skill that makes organizations more profitable, people more promotable, and relationships more energizing. CEO Covey informs readers how to inspire lasting trust in their personal and professional relationships, and in
Jack: Straight from the Gut
Jack Welch, John A. Byrne, Mike Barnicle · 487 pages
The Coaching Habit: Say Less, Ask More & Change the Way You Lead Forever
Michael Bungay Stanier · 227 pages
Want to say less, work less, and have more impact? Stanier gives you the seven core questions that will help you provide more effective support to your employees and co-workers. By unlocking their potential, you'll be able to unlock your own.
Good Boss, Bad Boss: How to Be the Best... and Learn from the Worst
Robert I. Sutton
Credibility: How Leaders Gain and Lose It, Why People Demand It
James M. Kouzes, Barry Z. Posner · 332 pages
"The first true revision of the classic book from the bestselling author of The Leadership Challenge As the world falls deeper into economic downturns and warfare, the question of credibility (how leaders gain and lose it) is more important than ever. Building on their research from The Leadership Challenge, James Kouzes and Barry Posner explore in Credibility why leadership is above all a relatio
Leadership and Self-Deception: Getting Out of the Box
The Arbinger Institute · 199 pages
This phenomenal bestseller * over 700,000 copies sold * changes readers? lives and helps them transform their organizations. In this new edition, the text has been updated and revised throughout to make it even more readable and powerful and a new section has been added that details the many different ways that people are using the book.
What Got You Here Won't Get You There
Marshall Goldsmith · 256 pages
Powerful Conversations: How High Impact Leaders Communicate
Phil Harkins · 224 pages
Leading at a Higher Level: Blanchard on Leadership and Creating High Performing Organizations
Kenneth H. Blanchard, Eunice Parisi-Carew, Don Carew, Marjorie Blanchard, Scott Blanchard · 371 pages
The definitive "Blanchard on Leadership"25 years of breakthrough leadership insights in one extraordinary book!From The One Minute Manager® to Raving Fans, Ken Blanchard's books have helped millions of people unleash their power and the potential of everyone around them. The Ken Blanchard Companies has helped thousands of organizations become more people-oriented, customer-centered, and performanc
The Score Takes Care of Itself: My Philosophy of Leadership
Bill Walsh, Steve Jamison, Craig Walsh · 251 pages
The last words from the amazing coach known as "The Genius"Bill Walsh was perhaps the most influential and successful coach in NFL history, transforming the San Francisco 49ers from the worst franchise in sports to a dynasty that won five Super Bowls. He is acclaimed not only for his strategic brilliance but also for his advanced approach to leadership. His teams sustained a consistency of excelle
Becoming a Technical Leader
Gerald M. Weinberg · 284 pages
A personalized guide to developing the qualities that make a successful technical leader. We all possess the ingredients for leadership, some better developed than others. The book focuses on the problem-solving style–a unique blend of skills in 3 main areas: innovation, motivation, and organization. Ways to analyze your own leadership skills, with practical steps for developing those skills.