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"Learn success secrets on the mindset and strategy needed to build and grow successful remote organizations from the ground up. With the unprecedented rise in remote work from the pandemic, many businesses have struggled with how to transition effectively to a distributed format. Meanwhile, companies who had always been remote-first had a unique advantage: a highly scalable set of work processes, a unique communication style, and the proper 'async...

Outlines professional strategies that reveal how efficient organizations from Fortune 500 companies to the U.S. Army are benefitting from small allowances of unstructured space and disruption in their planning and decision-making processes.

In The 5% Rule of Leadership: Using Lean Decision-Making to Drive Superior Outcomes, Anil Singhal, co-founder of NetScout Systems, reveals his contrarian approach to creating a powerhouse organization that will thrive in any climate and stand the test of time. He asserts that, for a business to be able to withstand major environmental shifts and disruptions and last for decades, the leader only needs to be involved in the first 5% of any given project--whether...

Wakeman believes it is high time to reinvent leadership thinking. His straightforward strategies dispenses with unproven HR maxims and shows how time and energy can be recommissioned and put toward the value that hired talent is intended to provide. Happy employees are accountable-- and productive-- employees.

True North shows how anyone who follows his or her internal compass can become an authentic leader. This leadership tour de force is based on research and first-person interviews with 125 of today's top leaders - with some surprising results.
In this important audiobook, acclaimed former Medtronic CEO Bill George and coauthor Peter Sims share the wisdom of these outstanding leaders and describe how you can develop as an authentic leader. True...

"In 1986, Ed Catmull co-founded Pixar, a modest start-up with an immodest goal: to make the first-ever computer animated movie. Nine years later, Pixar released Toy Story, which went on to revolutionize the industry, gross $360 million, and establish Pixar as one of the most successful, innovative, and emulated companies on earth. This book details how Catmull built an enduring creative culture -- one that doesn't just pay lip service to the importance...

Get what you need to achieve your objectives and produce results Influence Without Authority is the classic guide to getting what you need from people you don't control. Getting things done requires collaboration, and convincing others to contribute requires political skill; this book introduces the Exchange Model, in which you get what you need by offering something of value in return. The key lies in knowing what the other person values-that's...

Strategies for overcoming the "sacred cows" that hold people back at work We all know the "sacred cows" at work. The conventional wisdom to try your best, work well with others, and produce excellent work. But these cherished nuggets of advice, in practice, have a dark side that can lead to career-limiting unintended consequences. Based on Jake Breeden's experience coaching thousands of leaders in 27 countries, and the latest scientific research in...

MANAGEMENT: LEADERSHIP & MOTIVATION. Most people associate performance management with the annual review, which is universally dreaded by employees, management, and HR professionals alike. It's a cookie - cutter, fear - based, top - down approach that emphasizes negatives over positives and stifles healthy career conversations. It's never been shown to motivate anyone to do anything but try to avoid it, but nobody feels like they have any alternative....

Forget what you know about the world of work… You crave feedback. Your organization's culture is the key to its success. Strategic planning is essential. Your competencies should be measured and your weaknesses shored up. Leadership is a thing. These may sound like basic truths of our work lives today. But actually, they're lies. As strengths guru and bestselling author Marcus Buckingham and Cisco Leadership and Team Intelligence head Ashley Goodall...