Leadership - Journal by getAbstract

How to avoid errors in judgment and thinking.

QUICK FIX >

Leadership

Quick Fixes: A Fast Track to Current Business FAQs and the Best Answers from Our Library.

What Seven Trends for the Future of Organizations Are Already Foreseeable Today?

When the World’s Divisions Spill Into the Workplace, What Can You Do to Reduce Anger?

Can You Read Other People’s Emotions?

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INTERVIEWS >

Leadership

Interviews: getAbstract in Conversation with Experts and Professionals.

“Sideways Is the New Up!”

“An Opportunity for Our Staff to Share Their Skills”

“You Have to Reach People Emotionally”

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SOFT SKILLS

Soft Skills Series: Here's What You Need to Get along with Others and Lead People More Effectively.

TOP SUMMARIES

Leadership Skills and Habits: Our Selection from getAbstract's Library

John C. Maxwell

Leadershift

John C. Maxwell says leaders can deal with baffling new challenges by making important “leadershifts.”

HarperCollins Leadership

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Gretchen Anderson

Mastering Collaboration

Formal collaboration inside organizations seldom works. Here’s what does.

O’Reilly Media

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Adrian Gostick and Chester Elton

Leading with Gratitude

When you “lead with gratitude” people will not only follow, they’ll also forge new and better paths.

HarperBusiness

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Michael Lopp

The Art of Leadership

Great leadership is a series of small steps executed correctly.

O’Reilly

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Alan Murray

America’s CEOs Seek a New Purpose for the Corporation

Big business is adding a more socially conscious mission to its pursuit of shareholder value.

Fortune

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Jacob Morgan

The 14 Principles of the Future Organization

A futurist identifies the keys to building a winning organization in a constantly changing world.

Jacob Morgan

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HOT TOPIC: CORPORATE CULTURE

How to Build, Expand and Maintain It

INTERVIEW

“Make Sure You Have 35 Years of Experience. And Not One Experience Repeated 35 Times.” — Ken Allen, CEO of DHL

Ken Allen, CEO at DHL, explains what executives will need tomorrow to be able to “deliver”.

FEATURE

“Hello, How Are You?” — You would be surprised how many employees know the difference between an artificial and a real smile. Even if you move the corners of your mouth remotely.

In times when the whole world is wondering how best to get through the current crisis, small things make the difference. For example, taking an honest interest in your employees.

MOTIVATION >

Misconceptions about motivation abound. Let’s take them on.

REWARDS >

The mechanisms of internal talent development and recognition are as diverse and varied as their demonstrable effects. What really works? And which “strategies” are a case for the storybook?

QUICK FIXES

“How Can I Build a True Learning Culture at my Organization?”

Goals: technology-enabled, self-directed, online, social, outcomes-oriented, measurable through …what?

“How Can I Personally Contribute to a Positive Company Culture?”

Every company has its culture. But if you haven’t yet realised, it’s up to you to change it.

“How Do I Prevent and Resolve Workplace Clashes?”

Yes, conflicts also occur at the fully digitized remote workplace – sometimes even more often and more severe. Here is how to deal with them.

SUMMARIES

Michael C. Bush CEO and The Great Place to Work Research Team

A Great Place to Work for All

Businesses must maximize their human potential to boost performance and gain a competitive edge.

Berrett-Koehler Publishers, Inc.

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L. David Marquet

Leadership Is Language

Reset the balance between your doing and your thinking.

Portfolio

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Simon Mac Rory

Wake Up and Smell the Coffee

A team development specialist provides a comprehensive guide to understanding and strengthening your teams.

LID Business Media

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Pamela Newkirk

Diversity, Inc.

Too often, companies, colleges and sports teams make diversity a buzzword – but not a reality.

Bold Type

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Bruce Anderson

Why Internal Mobility Needs to Be Part of Your Talent Strategy

Find out how an internal mobility program can benefit your organization – and what might stand in its way.

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FEATURES

A Dozen Books, Summarized in a Handful of Abstracts - in One Story: Our Longreads

B-CORPS

Saving the World Through Business

Patagonia’s founder Yvon Chouinard led his company down the road less traveled and became a model for businesses to do well while doing good.

CORONAVIRUS

The question of the vaccination status of colleagues receives ever greater attention and importance. How do companies deal with the new situation?

THE VIRTUAL LEADER

You don’t need a title to prepare for leadership.

CLASSIC ADVICE

A Victorian lesson on how to take control of your own narrative.

JOB CRAFTING

The concept has been around for 20 years. Yet the skills involved in job crafting are more pertinent to career success today than they have ever been before.