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Head, Heart and Guts
How the World's Best Companies Develop Complete Leaders
Language: English
Release Date: March 18, 2010
This book reveals the three most important capabilities leaders must demonstrate today: the ability to set strategy, empathize with others, and take risks—all at the same time. In Head, Heart, and Guts, leadership experts David Dotlich, Peter Cairo, and Stephen Rhinesmith—who teach and coach CEOs...
Seven Secrets of the Savvy School Leader
A Guide to Surviving and Thriving
Language: English
Release Date: January 5, 2010
The keys to having an outstanding career as a school leader.
The American educational system is in crisis; trends of recent years have been extraordinarily hard on educators. An entire generation of school leaders is retiring, many of them early, and the number of candidates applying to replace...
Discovering the Leader in You
How to realize Your Leadership Potential
Language: English
Release Date: January 13, 2011
From the Center for Creative Leadership's most popular and best known leadership program Leadership Development Program comes a book for anyone who wants to have a competitive edge in today's complex marketplace. Discovering the Leader in You shows what it looks like to fit in a leadership role and...
No Excuses
How You Can Turn Any Workplace into a Great One
Language: English
Release Date: October 8, 2013
The business leader's guide to creating a great workplace from the Great Place to Work Institute
In this follow-up guide to The Great Workplace, experts from Great Place to Work® Institute, Inc. reveal the most common excuses managers use for why they can't create a great workplace. Authors...
Leadership Passages
The Personal and Professional Transitions That Make or Break a Leader
Language: English
Release Date: January 20, 2011
Leaders face numerous critical crossroads in their careers, moments that can provide extraordinary learning and growth opportunities or ensnare them and prevent further development. The good thing about these passages is that they’re predictable, and with proper preparation, leaders not only can...
Awesomely Simple
Essential Business Strategies for Turning Ideas Into Action
Language: English
Release Date: August 6, 2009
The six core strategies to elevate any business-and how to implement them-made simple
What do the world's most successful companies and organization have in common? And what can you actually take away and use from their examples? Distilling the best fundamental business strategies, trusted...
Leaders at All Levels
Deepening Your Talent Pool to Solve the Succession Crisis
Language: English
Release Date: January 6, 2011
Learn how top companies solve the problem of leadership succession from corporate America's leading consultant.
A serious crisis looms in American management today. More and more CEOs are failing; there remains an acute shortage of capable replacements. The true dilemma in leadership is the...
The Power of Social Innovation
How Civic Entrepreneurs Ignite Community Networks for Good
Language: English
Release Date: January 21, 2010
Praise for The Power of Social Innovation
"Goldsmith guided us in Florida on our successful faith-based initiatives. His bold approaches continue to inspire public officials and community groups alike with keys to activating citizens and expanding opportunity for all."
—Jeb Bush,...
Smart Communities
How Citizens and Local Leaders Can Use Strategic Thinking to Build a Brighter Future
Language: English
Release Date: February 26, 2014
The new edition of the acclaimed guide to strategic decision-making in community planning, development, and collaboration
Based on the results of more than a decade of research by the Pew Partnership for Civic Change, Smart Communities provides directions for strategic decision-making and outlines...
The World that Changes the World
How Philanthropy, Innovation, and Entrepreneurship are Transforming the Social Ecosystem
Language: English
Release Date: November 2, 2010
If there is an X PRIZE for collaborative thought leadership of the social ecosystem, this book would get it.
Dr. Peter H. Diamandis
Chairman and CEO, X PRIZE Foundation
The World that Changes the World is thought leadership at its best—envisioning the future through reflection and analysis...
The Reality-Based Rules of the Workplace
Know What Boosts Your Value, Kills Your Chances, and Will Make You Happier
Language: English
Release Date: April 16, 2013
The key to understanding how your manager calculates your real value—and how to boost it
More than anything else, you need to understand exactly how your employer evaluates you, and your annual performance review doesn't tell the whole story. In The Reality-Based Rules of the Workplace, Cy...
Unusually Excellent
The Necessary Nine Skills Required for the Practice of Great Leadership
Language: English
Release Date: January 11, 2011
Master the fundamentals of leadership-at every stage in your career
Often, when leaders experience trouble, they look to blame an outside source or expect a small tweak to right their ship. But many times they've actually lost their grip on the very basic foundation of leadership. The business...
by Hal G. Rainey
Language: English
Release Date: January 24, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: January 24, 2014
UNDERSTANDING AND MANAGING PUBLIC ORGANIZATIONS, FIFTH EDITION
“This is the definitive place for all serious students of public administration to start. It is the most comprehensive book in the field. It is required reading for MPA students, Ph.D. students, and all scholars in the field.”
—Kenneth...
The Six Secrets of Change
What the Best Leaders Do to Help Their Organizations Survive and Thrive
Language: English
Release Date: November 29, 2011
From bestselling author Michael Fullan, wisdom for thriving in today's complex environment
Successful organizations adjust quickly and intelligently to shifts in consumer tastes, political climate, and economic opportunity. How do they do it? The Six Secrets of Change explores essential lessons...