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Scaling Leadership: A Manifesto

By Robert J. Anderson, William A. Adams

"Ineffective leadership caps the ability of an organization to grow. Leadership that works at one level of scale is likely to run into serious limitations at the next level. The men and women who may be well-suited to lead a 100-person business unit with $30 million in annual revenues may be unable to

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Enough of MORE: Better is Better

By Henry Mintzberg

"Economists insist that MORE is the way forward. No, it is the way backward, economically as well as socially. We don't have to destroy our progeny and our planet for the sake of a senseless dogma. Sure we need development and employment, but responsible development with robust employment. A healthy

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My Metacognitive Journey: The Power of Understanding Yourself

By Dave Mitchell

"Perhaps the most satisfying development associated with writing a book is when you as the author stumble upon a revelation in the middle of the process. For this book, I came to understand the answer to a question that I am often asked and have struggled to answer for many years. So many times, I am

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Weathering the Perfect Storm: How to Prosper in the Reputation Economy

"It is vital to understand that we are living in a perfect storm that is making our reputations more fragile than at any other time in human history! This perfect storm consists of the values-gap in behavior among leaders that litter the headlines, the fact that we are all now citizen journalists

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The Power of Positive Coaching

By Julie Davis-Colan

"It wasn't too long ago that having a business coach was like having a scarlet letter on your professional suit. Back then, most coaching was remedial—there was a problem that needed to be fixed. Today, having a coach has been elevated in status. Business leaders have realized what professional

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Live Big: The Entrepreneur's Guide to Passion, Practicality, and Purpose

By Ajit Nawalkha

"As an entrepreneur, you need to know that your business isn't an entity. It's an experience. It's unfolding at every moment. Every moment is vital. Critical. The only way to handle the chaos and the crazy beauty of it all is this: know that growing your business is actually about growing yourself. It's

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Stop Undermining Democracy and Your Business

By Carol Sanford

"This is the fork in the road. Here, those who advocate external feedback as the solution to life’s problems take one path, based on the belief that people cannot develop the awareness needed for change. Those who have seen the unlimited potential of a developmental approach based on a holistic, living-systems

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One Room, One Team, Different Purposes

"We preach collaboration, talk and train teamwork, but all the while organizations are optimized to manage, foster and reward individual effort. I'm not the first person to notice or write about this. Nonetheless, most approaches to team effectiveness aren't designed to directly confront this organizational

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The Teamwork Imperative

By Simon Mac Rory

"Teamwork is a (if not the) quintessential and critical element of organizational life. Over 90 percent of what we do in our work lives happens through collaborative effort. That makes teams and teamwork the most important means of output and productivity in the organization. I think most organizations

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The Case Against a General AI in 2019

By Byron Reese

"Artificial General Intelligence (AGI) is either possible or it isn't. The chasm that divides the two viewpoints couldn't be wider because it has to do with our core beliefs about the nature of reality, the identity of the self, and the essence of being human. There is no real way to bridge the gap on