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The Leaders We Need: And What Makes Us Follow Michael Macoby Harvard Business School Press (2007) The importance of “principled pragmatism” in a “market-dominated world” Note: I reviewed this book when it was first published and recently re-read it while…
Read MoreIn an interview conducted by Ann Graham for strategy+business magazine, published by Booz & Company, William J. O’Rourke explains why executives in international business practice, ethics and competitive advantage go hand in hand. Here is a brief excerpt. To read…
Read MoreErika Andersen is the founding partner of Proteus, a coaching, consulting and training firm that focuses on leader readiness. She and her colleagues at Proteus support leaders at all levels to get ready and stay ready to meet whatever the…
Read MoreAn interview of Peter B. Vaill conducted by Kerry A. Bunker and Laura Curnutt Santana is included in Extraordinary Leadership: Addressing the Gaps in Senior Executive Development published by Jossey-Bass (2010). Here is a brief excerpt: “By ‘permanent white water,’…
Read MoreHere is a brief excerpt from an interview of Douglas Conant by Art Kleiner, editor-in-chief of strategy+business magazine, published by Booz & Company. Art is also the author of The Age of Heretics: A History of the Radical Thinkers Who Reinvented Corporate…
Read MoreVital Voices: The Power of Women Leading Change Around the World Alyse Nelson Jossey-Bass (2012) How and why “women’s rights are human rights” and “women’s progress is global progress” for everyone Alyze Nelson wrote the Introduction and then devotes a separate chapter to each of…
Read MoreMost change initiatives either fail or fall far short of original expectations. Reasons vary but, more often than not, those who lead the initiatives are unable to avoid or overcome cultural resistance, the result of what James O’Toole so aptly…
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Nick Morgan on “The first step to brain mastery”
Here is a brief excerpt from the first of several articles written by Nick Morgan and featured by PublicWords, a family-owned and operated company. It was founded in 1997 by Morgan, one of America’s top communication theorists and coaches. Nick…
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