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Unleash your leadership potential with this need-to-know guide, direct from the playbooks of America's most trusted leadership expert, John C. Maxwell.
No matter who you are, you can lead—and lead well. That is the message?New York Times?bestselling author John C. Maxwell gives in this power-packed guidebook
The consummate leader offers a succinct and inspiring framework for enhancing the leadership abilities
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" The highly anticipated follow-up to the acclaimed bestseller Start With Why Simon Sinek's mission is to help people wake up every day inspired to go to work and return home every night fulfilled by their work. His first book, Start With Why, offered the essential starting point, explaining the power of focusing on WHY we do what we do, before getting into the details of WHAT and HOW. Start With Why became an instant classic, with a loyal following...
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"A GOOD BOSS HITS HIS GOALS AND LEADS HIS TEAM. A SUPERBOSS BLOWS AWAY HER GOALS BY BUILDING AN ARMY OF NEW LEADERS. WHICH WOULD YOU RATHER BE? What do football coach Bill Walsh, restaurateur Alice Waters, television executive Lorne Michaels, technol-ogy CEO Larry Ellison, and fashion pioneer Ralph Lauren have in common? On the surface, not much, other than consistent success in their fields. But below the surface, they share a common approach to...
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For the past few years, mindfulness has begun to transform the American workplace. Many of our largest companies have built extensive programs to foster mindful practices among their workers. Gelles explains how all sorts of businesses and any kind of worker can benefit from meditation, yoga, and other mindful techniques. He shows that mindfulness lowers stress, increases mental focus, and alleviates depression among workers, with the added benefit...
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Bob Knight argues that the greatest leaders anticipate and prepare for a negative scenario. They succeed by expecting things to go wrong at any moment, and by building a realistic strategy that takes all potential obstacles into account. Knight uses fascinating behind-the-scenes examples from his long career to convey the power of negative thinking in sports, business, and life.
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The enemy is not lack of preparation, the difficulty of the project, the state of the marketplace, or the emptiness of one's bank account. The enemy is resistance in the brain, and if readers give it so much as a nanosecond, they will start producing excuses, alibis, transparent self-justifications, and a million reasons why they can't, shouldn't, or won't do what they know they need to do.
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Arguing that leaders are more effective when they take positive action, a volume of inspiring case stories cites such examples as Martin Luther King, Jr.'s commitment to non-violence, Sony's delay of unproven color television technology, and Southwest Airlines' no -layoffs policy.
10) Admired
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You deserve to be valued, respected, and admired for what matters to you. Here are twenty-one ways to make it happen. "Imagine how it would feel to be fully valued for what you do best. What if your boss, your customers, and your family really appreciated what you have to offer? How proud would you be if your organization won the top spot among Fortune Magazine's 'Most Admired Companies?' What if Jim Collins rated you a 'Level 5 leader?' You'll...
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"A renowned business expert examines decision-making in critical, big-time situations where the outcome shapes the destiny of companies, countries, sports teams, political campaigns, or the military Left Brain, Right Stuff is the book about decision making that takes off where others-Thinking, Fast and Slow, Predictably Irrational, and Decisive-leave off. It captures the essence of real-world decisions, where success only comes to those with the wisdom...
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What makes a great man great? Seven Men offers answers in the captivating stories of some of the greatest men who ever lived. What was their secret? The seven men in this volume evince one particular quality: that of surrendering themselves to a higher purpose, of giving something away that they might have kept. Having heroes and role models was always important for society, but in the last few decades this has changed, with troubling results. Eric...
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