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Managing Yourself
Cognitive Fitness
Roderick Gilkey and Clint Kilts
New research in neuroscience shows how to stay sharp by exercising your brain.
Roderick Gilkey and Clint Kilts
New research in neuroscience shows how to stay sharp by exercising your brain.
Manage Your Energy, Not Your Time
Tony Schwartz and Catherine McCarthy
Thanks to the science of stamina, some straightforward endurance interventions can help you, your team, and your whole organization get things done.
Tony Schwartz and Catherine McCarthy
Thanks to the science of stamina, some straightforward endurance interventions can help you, your team, and your whole organization get things done.
Overloaded Circuits: Why Smart People Underperform
Edward M. Hallowell
Modern office life and an increasingly common condition called "attention deficit trait" are turning steady executives into frenzied underachievers.
Edward M. Hallowell
Modern office life and an increasingly common condition called "attention deficit trait" are turning steady executives into frenzied underachievers.
Moments of Greatness: Entering the Fundamental State of Leadership
Robert E. Quinn
Leaders are at the top of their game when they act from their deepest values and instincts. Usually they tap into these fundamental qualities during a crisis, but it’s possible to do so anytime—in the right frame of mind.
Robert E. Quinn
Leaders are at the top of their game when they act from their deepest values and instincts. Usually they tap into these fundamental qualities during a crisis, but it’s possible to do so anytime—in the right frame of mind.
Becoming a Better Leader
Eight Ways to Build Collaborative Teams
Lynda Gratton and Tamara J. Erickson
Even the largest and most complex teams can work together effectively if the right conditions are in place.
Lynda Gratton and Tamara J. Erickson
Even the largest and most complex teams can work together effectively if the right conditions are in place.
What Makes an Effective Executive
Peter F. Drucker
Great managers may be charismatic or dull, generous or tightfisted, visionary or numbers oriented. But every effective executive follows eight simple practices.
Peter F. Drucker
Great managers may be charismatic or dull, generous or tightfisted, visionary or numbers oriented. But every effective executive follows eight simple practices.
What Makes A Leader?
Daniel Goleman
IQ and technical skills are important, but emotional intelligence is truly essential for effective leadership.
Daniel Goleman
IQ and technical skills are important, but emotional intelligence is truly essential for effective leadership.
What Great Managers Do
Marcus Buckingham
Great leaders tap into the needs and fears we all share. Great managers, by contrast, perform their magic by discovering, developing, and celebrating what's different about each person who works for them. Here's how they do it.
Marcus Buckingham
Great leaders tap into the needs and fears we all share. Great managers, by contrast, perform their magic by discovering, developing, and celebrating what's different about each person who works for them. Here's how they do it.
Becoming the Boss
Linda A. Hill
The earliest test of leadership comes with that first assignment to manage others. Most new managers initially fail this test because of a set of common misconceptions about what it means to be in charge.
Linda A. Hill
The earliest test of leadership comes with that first assignment to manage others. Most new managers initially fail this test because of a set of common misconceptions about what it means to be in charge.
How Successful Leaders Think
Roger Martin
We look for lessons in the actions of great leaders. We should instead be examining what goes on in their heads—particularly the way they creatively build on the tensions among conflicting ideas.
Roger Martin
We look for lessons in the actions of great leaders. We should instead be examining what goes on in their heads—particularly the way they creatively build on the tensions among conflicting ideas.
Leading Change: Why Transformation Efforts Fail
John P. Kotter
Leaders who successfully transform businesses do eight things right (and they do them in the right order).
John P. Kotter
Leaders who successfully transform businesses do eight things right (and they do them in the right order).
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Effective leaders are alike in one crucial way: they all have a high degree of emotional intelligence.
