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Learning Leadership: The Five Fundamentals of Becoming an Exemplary Leader

By James M Kouzes, Barry Z Posner

The book offers a concrete framework to help individuals of all levels, functions, and backgrounds take charge of their own leadership development and become the best leaders they can be. Arguing that all individuals are born with the capacity to lead, Kouzes and Posner provide readers with a practical series of actions and specific coaching tips for harnessing that capacity and creating a context in which they can excel.

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Learning to Lead: The Journey to Leading Yourself, Leading Others, and Leading an Organization

By Ron Williams

In Learning to Lead: The Journey to Leading Yourself, Leading Others, and Leading an Organization, Ron Williams provides you with practical, tested leadership advice, whether you're searching for a new career, looking for proven management solutions, or seeking to transform your organization. Developed from Williams's own personal and professional journey, as well as the experiences of America's leading CEOs, these strategies emerge boldly from engaging stories, outlined with practical steps for you to accomplish goals.

Maestro A Surprising Story about Leading by Listening

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Harvard Business Review Project Management Handbook: How to Launch, Lead, and Sponsor Successful Projects

By Antonio Nieto-Rodriguez

"We're now living in the project economy. As the number of projects initiated in both the public and private sectors skyrockets, project management skills have become essential for all leaders and managers. But despite this project boom, the failure rate remains extremely high. Why? Leaders have too many projects and too little visibility into them, and they lack the project implementation competencies necessary to deliver their projects successfully. Project managers have the technical skills, but they often have trouble translating their hands-on know-how up to the leaders'-eye view. Worthy projects languish and fail to deliver benefits--starved of resources--while too much investment is made in projects with less merit or potential value. The HBR Project Management Handbook will help you bridge this gap"--

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Hbr's 10 Must Reads on Change Management (Including Featured Article "leading Change," by John P. Kotter)

By Harvard Business Review, John P Kotter, W Chan Kim

Most company's change initiatives fail. Yours don't have to. If you read nothing else on change management, read these 10 articles (featuring "Leading Change," by John P. Kotter). We've combed through hundreds of "Harvard Business Review" articles and selected the most important ones to help you spearhead change in your organization. "HBR's 10 Must Reads on Change Management" will inspire you to: - Lead change through eight critical stages - Establish a sense of urgency - Overcome addiction to the status quo - Mobilize commitment - Silence naysayers - Minimize the pain of change - Concentrate resources - Motivate change when business is good This collection of best-selling articles includes: featured article "Leading Change: Why Transformation Efforts Fail" by John P. Kotter, "Change Through Persuasion," "Leading Change When Business Is Good: An Interview with Samuel J. Palmisano," "Radical Change, the Quiet Way," "Tipping Point Leadership," "A Survival Guide for Leaders," "The Real Reason People Won't Change," "Cracking the Code of Change," "The Hard Side of Change Management," and "Why Change Programs Don't Produce Change.

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Hbr's 10 Must Reads on Communication, Vol. 2 (with Bonus Article Leadership Is a Conversation by Boris Groysberg and Michael Slind)

By Harvard Business Review, Heidi Grant, Scott Berinato, Tsedal Neeley, Erin Meyer

"Is your message getting through? The right communication tactics can motivate your people -- and fuel your business.Get more of the ideas you want, from the authors you trust, with HBR's 10 Must Reads on Communication (Vol. 2). We've combed through hundreds of Harvard Business Review articles and selected the most important ones to help you get your message across -- whether you're speaking face-to-face, or connecting with someone across the world."--From publisher's description.