Leadership Development

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In 2022, Christine Clyne-Spraker, health tech co-CEO, mother, and wife, decided to listen to the voice that had been not-so-gently nudging her and make a drastic change. Despite her incredible personal and professional accomplishments, the accolades she had worked years to receive were no longer serving her in the ways her younger self had hoped. Well-intentioned childhood patterning and years of chasing success as defined by societal standards had pushed Christine to showcase perfectionism in every aspect of her life. But these realities were actually holding her back from the life she ...

Having difficult conversations at work is a necessary discomfort. Instead of avoiding these conversations with your boss, colleagues, or direct reports, you need a strategy that won't leave you feeling like you were being talked at or ignored. The key to solving this problem starts and ends with changing the conversation. Recognizing that it takes two people to engage in meaningful conversation, Can We Talk? outlines what each contributor needs to do to achieve the best possible result.

A veces te parece que nunca podrás terminar todas las tareas que tienes pendientes, sin importar lo mucho o lo duro que trabajes. Para tener más días productivos y eficientes en tu trabajo necesitas descubrir lo que funciona para ti: tus fortalezas, tus preferencias y tus objetivos.

_____________ Includes 10 Free Bonuses To many people, strategic planning is something meant only for big businesses, but it is equally applicable to small and medium businesses. Strategic planning is matching the strengths of your business to available opportunities. This guide will walk you step by step through all the essential phases of developing a results driven strategic plan. The book is packed with guides, worksheets and checklists that make it easy to apply all that knowledge to your business. Here's what’s in the book: * The Need for a Strategic Plan * How to Create a Mission ...

Unlock the Ancient Code of Leadership Mastery In Viking Leadership: Ancient Wisdom for Modern Warriors, G. Damon Wells takes readers on a thrilling journey through the powerful world of Viking-age leadership—where honor, courage, wisdom, and strategic alliances weren’t just ideals but survival essentials. Drawing on archaeological discoveries, medieval sagas, and historical records, this groundbreaking book uncovers the leadership principles that enabled Norse chieftains, kings, and captains to guide small communities into global forces stretching from North America to the Middle East. ...

In todays fastpaced and interconnected business environment technical expertise alone is insufficient for effective leadership Executive Edge Mastering Emotional Intelligence for Leadership Success provides a comprehensive guide to understanding and applying emotional intelligence EQ to enhance your leadership capabilities This insightful book explores the core components of EQselfawareness selfregulation motivation empathy and social skillsand demonstrates how these elements can significantly improve decisionmaking team dynamics and organizational performance Through a blend of ...

The book Becoming a Transformational Leader in the Post-Biden Era discusses the current state of American democracy and the need for transformational leaders to foster critical thinking and a sense of common good. It emphasizes the importance of educating the public about the dangers of partisanship and authoritarianism.

This book will help you lead from any level of your organization without sitting in the front chair. The book gives simple, clearly defined, and easily understandable practical steps on how you can influence the direction of your organization at your current level. The principles outlined in this book are applicable to any organization, church, company, or family. The simplicity of this well-researched book makes it an easy read. It is full of examples of great leaders who have influenced the world and changed many lives from the second chair. Dr. Manase explores interesting ideas like: How...

Sure! Here’s a compelling Amazon book description for “The Enneagram 1 Leader” that includes both the core message and all the supplemental tools the reader will gain: The Enneagram 1 Leader: Leading with Integrity and Impact Series: The Leader’s Toolbox Do you feel the weight of always needing to do what is right? Are you driven by a desire for excellence, justice, and meaningful change, but often feel exhausted by your inner critic? The Enneagram 1 Leader is a transformational guide explicitly designed for principled leaders who identify with the Type 1 Enneagram profile. This ...

Certainly! Here’s a compelling book description tailored for The Leader’s Toolbox series: The Introverted Leader Equipping the Quiet Leader with Tools for Bold Impact What if the best leaders are not the loudest in the room—but the most attentive? The Introverted Leader redefines what it means to lead with confidence, wisdom, and quiet authority in a world that often rewards charisma over character. This empowering guide is designed specifically for introverted professionals, emerging leaders, and anyone who has ever felt pressure to perform extroverted behaviors in order to succeed. ...

Amoral, cunning, ruthless, and instructive, this piercing work distills 3,000 years of the history of power into 48 well-explicated laws. This bold volume outlines the laws of power in their unvarnished essence, synthesizing the philosophies of Machiavelli, Sun Tzu, Carl von Clausewitz, and other infamous strategists. The 48 Laws of Power will fascinate any listener interested in gaining, observing, or defending against ultimate control.

What entrepreneur or founder doesn't aspire to build the next Amazon, Facebook, or Airbnb? Yet those who actually manage to do so are exceedingly rare. So what separates the start-ups that get disrupted and disappear from the ones who grow to become global giants? The secret is blitzscaling: a set of techniques for scaling up at a dizzying pace that blows competitors out of the water.

Making Futures brings together 18 young entrepreneurs from 14 countries doing incredible work across the continent. Their stories are both inspirational and aspirational, providing a template for listeners who might be interested in embarking on their own entrepreneurial journey, and allowing others to see the incredible energy and work that is happening across the continent.

In Grow from Within, two leading scholars from the Kellogg School of Management explain how your company can discover the right approach to corporate entrepreneurship and make it profitable. Taking innovation to the next level, corporate entrepreneurship is the process of building new businesses within an established organization - new businesses that are distinct from the core company but that leverage some of its most powerful assets.

For business leaders and public figures in any arena, The Speed of Trust offers an unprecedented and eminently practical look at exactly how trust functions in our every transaction and relationship - from the most personal to the broadest, most indirect interaction - and how to establish trust immediately so that you and your organization can forego the time - killing, bureaucratic check - and - balance processes so often deployed in lieu of actual trust.

Art Thinking combines the mind-sets of art and the tools of business to protect space for open-ended exploration and manage risks on your way to success. Art Thinking takes you from "Wouldn't it be cool if...?" to realizing your highest aims, helping you build creative skills you can apply across all facets of business and life. Warm, honest, and unexpected, Art Thinking will help you reimagine your work and life-and even change the world-while enjoying the journey from point A.

How does a suburban pizza joint end up profiled on national magazine covers and network TV news? (Hint: The secret is not in the sauce.) When Nick Sarillo decided to open a family-friendly pizza restaurant in the suburbs of Chicago, people thought he was nuts. Having worked as a carpenter for much of his adult life, he lacked any formal experience in restaurants or in managing a small business. Everyone told him no one else would ever care about his place the way he did.

Wir leben in einer technologischen Sackgasse. Zwar suggeriert die Globalisierung technischen Fortschritt, doch das vermeintlich Neue, sind vor allem Kopien des Bestehenden. Thiel, Peter, Silicon-Valley-Insider und in der Wirtschaftscommunity bestens bekannter Innovationstreiber ist überzeugt: Globalisierung ist kein Fortschritt, Konkurrenz ist schädlich und nur Monopole sind nachhaltig erfolgreich. Er zeigt: Wahre Innovation entsteht nicht horizontal, sondern sprunghaft - from Zero to One.

This book serves as a guided introduction to the richly diverse perspectives on leadership throughout the ages and throughout the world. Each of the selections, introduced by the editor, presents enlightening thoughts on a different aspect of leadership. Writings by Plato, Aristotle, Lao-tzu, and others demonstrate that the challenges of leadership are as old as civilization. Machiavelli, Ghandi, and W. E. B. Du Bois provide a wide range of insights into the eternal practice and problems of leadership. Modern masters of leadership such as James MacGregor Burns are also found.