Leadership | Journal by getAbstract

This 19 min. read saves you up to 6 hours

For your knowledge advantage, we put together the most actionable insights from one getAbstract summary (one book with a total of 272 pages) on this topic. If you did this work yourself, you would be busy for at least 308 minutes (about 6 hours). Learn more.

“You Can’t Just Tack on DEI Work Like You Add an App to Your Phone.”

Journalist and author of Speaking Of Race, Celeste Headlee, talks about improving DEI by doing the work of having difficult conversations.

How to Wield Power to Improve the Workplace

How you feel about power has consequences that extend beyond your individual career.

National Public Radio

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Kate Hartley

Communicate in a Crisis

How can a company prepare its brands for today’s crisis communications?

Kogan Page Publishers

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Lorraine Marchand

The Innovation Mindset

Discover how to create and inhabit the innovation mind-set.

Columbia Business School Publishing

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John H. Zenger and Joseph R. Folkman

The New Extraordinary Leader, 3rd Edition

Jack Zenger and Joseph Folkman update their classic on the keys to strong, ethical, effective leadership.

McGraw-Hill Education

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Carolyn Dewar, Scott Keller and Vikram Malhotra

CEO Excellence

Discover the six mind-sets that separate the best CEOs from the rest.

Scribner

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Rose M. Patten

Intentional Leadership

In difficult circumstances, the “Big 8” leadership capabilities are essential.

University of Toronto Press

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HOT TOPIC: BUILDING TOWARDS THE FUTURE

How Changes Here and Now Will Prepare You for Tomorrow

Reading List

This 13 min. read saves you up to 108 hours

For your knowledge advantage, we put together the most actionable insights from 23 getAbstract summaries (21 books with a total of 5395 pages and 2 articles) on this topic. If you did this work yourself, you would be busy for at least 6461 minutes (about 108 hours). Learn more.

In Bots, We Trust

AI initiatives in companies fail not only because of a lack of specialized experts in the workforce but also because of knowledge gaps and communication insufficiencies on the part of executives. Here’s how to change that.

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How to Transition to a Hybrid Work Model

This 8 min. read saves you up to 49 hours

For your knowledge advantage, we put together the most actionable insights from 14 getAbstract summaries (9 books with a total of 2450 pages and 5 articles) on this topic. If you did this work yourself, you would be busy for at least 2932 minutes (about 49 hours). Learn more.

How to Transition to a Hybrid Work Model

Making location-flexible work arrangements a success requires thoughtful planning and organization.

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This 13 min. read saves you up to 33 hours

For your knowledge advantage, we put together the most actionable insights from 12 getAbstract summaries (9 books with a total of 1646 pages and 3 articles) on this topic. If you did this work yourself, you would be busy for at least 1963 minutes (about 33 hours). Learn more.

Agile Communication

In the hybrid world of work, it’s all about agile networking among your employees – no matter where they are. This doesn’t require more digital tools but more clear rules.

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People Will Only Leave Their Comfort Zone from a Safe Place

This 7 min. read saves you up to 44 hours

For your knowledge advantage, we put together the most actionable insights from 15 getAbstract summaries (9 books with a total of 2159 pages, 2 articles, 2 videos and 2 podcasts) on this topic. If you did this work yourself, you would be busy for at least 2584 minutes (about 44 hours). Learn more.

People Will Only Leave Their Comfort Zone from a Safe Place

You don’t want your team to “play it safe.” You want people to feel safe to play – as in pitching their ideas, performing to their potential and challenging the status quo.

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A Trickle Down Effect That (Unfortunately) Works

This 11 min. read saves you up to 31 hours

For your knowledge advantage, we put together the most actionable insights from 11 getAbstract summaries (6 books with a total of 1555 pages, 3 articles, one video and one podcast) on this topic. If you did this work yourself, you would be busy for at least 1855 minutes (about 31 hours). Learn more.

A Trickle Down Effect That (Unfortunately) Works

Bad bosses make entire companies worse. But they are less numerous than you might think – and they mainly occur in corporate cultures with antiquated promotion strategies.

> FOCUS: DIVERSITY

This 3 min. read saves you up to 18 hours

For your knowledge advantage, we put together the most actionable insights from 5 getAbstract summaries (3 books with a total of 897 pages and 2 articles) on this topic. If you did this work yourself, you would be busy for at least 1074 minutes (about 18 hours). Learn more.

How to Set the Parameters for Inclusion

You can spend a lifetime trying to change individual mind-sets. When it comes to promoting inclusion, top-down approaches can win the day.

How to Unleash the Connective Power of ERGs

Employee Resource Groups are no longer nice-to-have options.

Having a robust diversity and inclusion policy is good business.

How to avoid errors in judgment and thinking.

> FOCUS: COMMUNICATION

This 7 min. read saves you up to 254 hours

For your knowledge advantage, we put together the most actionable insights from 58 getAbstract summaries (51 books with a total of 12659 pages, 4 articles, one video and one podcast) on this topic. If you did this work yourself, you would be busy for at least 15184 minutes (about 254 hours). Learn more.

What to Say?

A reading list about all kinds of conversations: light, naked, difficult and otherwise.

The dos and don'ts of successful communication in the hybrid workplace.

Resolve Conflict with Compassionate Communication

Conflict is bound to arise in the workplace. Here’s how to nip it in the bud or, better yet, channel it productively.

In a remote work environment, one skill becomes particularly important: Writing.

> FOCUS: TRENDS

Creativity Is a Journey, Not a Destination

This 4 min. read saves you up to 34 hours

For your knowledge advantage, we put together the most actionable insights from 16 getAbstract summaries (7 books with a total of 1692 pages, 4 articles, 4 videos and one podcast) on this topic. If you did this work yourself, you would be busy for at least 2027 minutes (about 34 hours). Learn more.

Creativity Is a Journey, Not a Destination

A Reading List to Get the Creative Juices Flowing

Several technological innovations converge to create the next phase of the Internet, known as the Metaverse

What you need to know to digitalize your processes, keep your workforce healthy, motivated and up-to-date.

Better Customer Retention through Personalization

Give shoppers the right message on the right platform at the right time.

> EXPERT INTERVIEWS

This 15 min. read saves you up to 6 hours

For your knowledge advantage, we put together the most actionable insights from 2 getAbstract summaries (one book with a total of 304 pages and one article) on this topic. If you did this work yourself, you would be busy for at least 350 minutes (about 6 hours). Learn more.

“Structure Begets Flexibility.”

We're drowning in emails, text messages, and more and more new collaboration tools. Cal Newport advises organizations to pull the emergency brake now.

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“We Need to Relearn How to Build Authentic Relationships.”

This 7 min. read saves you up to 5 hours

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“We Need to Relearn How to Build Authentic Relationships.”

Leadership coach Maya Hu-Chan explains how an ancient Chinese concept can help leaders build the human skills necessary to thrive in today’s multicultural and multigenerational work environment.

EXPERT INTERVIEWS

This 17 min. read saves you up to 6 hours

“Sideways Is the New Up!”

Most organizations still assess employees' skills by looking at their current roles and job titles. Edie Goldberg and Kelley Steven-Waiss propose a tried-and-tested alternative.

EXPERT INTERVIEWS

This 8 min. read saves you up to 5 hours

“The Way to Success Is Knowing Your Strengths and Using Them.”

Women are still passed up for promotion way too often, and men dominate the leadership levels in the workplace. Are hybrid work arrangements going to help level the playing field? Gill Whitty-Collins, author of Why…

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FEATURES

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

PRODUCTIVITY

This 6 min. read saves you up to 46 hours

For your knowledge advantage, we put together the most actionable insights from 10 getAbstract summaries (10 books with a total of 2288 pages) on this topic. If you did this work yourself, you would be busy for at least 2740 minutes (about 46 hours). Learn more.

The 80/20 Principle, Or: Less Is More

The Pareto Law has powerful applications in almost any field of life.

DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION

This 7 min. read saves you up to 56 hours

For your knowledge advantage, we put together the most actionable insights from 13 getAbstract summaries (8 books with a total of 2776 pages, 2 articles and 2 videos) on this topic. If you did this work yourself, you would be busy for at least 3325 minutes (about 56 hours). Learn more.

Flying Blind Into Technical Deficit

Just because it ain’t broke doesn’t mean you shouldn’t fix it.

SKILLS

This 9 min. read saves you up to 36 hours

For your knowledge advantage, we put together the most actionable insights from 10 getAbstract summaries (7 books with a total of 1793 pages and 2 videos) on this topic. If you did this work yourself, you would be busy for at least 2143 minutes (about 36 hours). Learn more.

How to Cultivate Grit

You have the talent and the skill, but do you have the drive to succeed?

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THOUGHT LEADER PROFILES

Instant Practical Insights into the Thinking of Important Contemporaries

This 9 min. read saves you up to 39 hours

For your knowledge advantage, we put together the most actionable insights from 14 getAbstract summaries (9 books with a total of 1912 pages and 5 videos) on this topic. If you did this work yourself, you would be busy for at least 2286 minutes (about 39 hours). Learn more.

Simon Sinek

On purpose, leadership and empathy.

On facing fears and learning anything.

This 7 min. read saves you up to 25 hours

For your knowledge advantage, we put together the most actionable insights from 4 getAbstract summaries (4 books with a total of 1215 pages) on this topic. If you did this work yourself, you would be busy for at least 1451 minutes (about 25 hours). Learn more.

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

There are many stories and there are many feminisms.

This 8 min. read saves you up to 33 hours

For your knowledge advantage, we put together the most actionable insights from 9 getAbstract summaries (7 books with a total of 1630 pages and one video) on this topic. If you did this work yourself, you would be busy for at least 1948 minutes (about 33 hours). Learn more.

Carol Dweck

On the foundations of a growth mind-set, or, why we are “born to learn.”

This 9 min. read saves you up to 41 hours

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Josh Bersin

On finding and empowering top talent.

This 7 min. read saves you up to 23 hours

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Brené Brown

On vulnerability, psychological safety and other leadership skills.

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CLASSIC ADVICE

Literary Classics and Their Value in Contemporary (Professional) Life

This 5 min. read saves you up to 37 hours

For your knowledge advantage, we put together the most actionable insights from 9 getAbstract summaries (8 books with a total of 1821 pages and one video) on this topic. If you did this work yourself, you would be busy for at least 2181 minutes (about 37 hours). Learn more.

Perseverance Is Its Own Reward

Earnest Hemingway’s The Old Man and the Sea Or: You Are Not Done Until You Die

This 5 min. read saves you up to 74 hours

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On New Beginnings

Charles Dickens’s A Christmas Carol Or: It’s Never Too Late to Start Over

True Optimists Believe in Progress, Not Perfection

This 6 min. read saves you up to 48 hours

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True Optimists Believe in Progress, Not Perfection

Voltaire’s Candide Or: Optimism Taken to the Extreme

This 5 min. read saves you up to 50 hours

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Beware of What You’re Chasing!

Herman Melville’s Moby Dick Or: The Fatal Consequences of a Single-Minded Obsession

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INTERVIEWS

In Conversation with Experts and Professionals

This 19 min. read saves you up to 6 hours

“You Can’t Just Tack on DEI Work Like You Add an App to Your Phone.”

Journalist and author of Speaking Of Race, Celeste Headlee, talks about improving DEI by doing the work of having difficult conversations.

“If You Don’t Know How to Connect Effectively Across Cultures, You Miss the Chance to Be Inclusive.”

This 10 min. read saves you up to 5 hours

For your knowledge advantage, we put together the most actionable insights from one getAbstract summary (one book with a total of 240 pages) on this topic. If you did this work yourself, you would be busy for at least 278 minutes (about 5 hours). Learn more.

“If You Don’t Know How to Connect Effectively Across Cultures, You Miss the Chance to Be Inclusive.”

Diversity consultant and author Tayo Rockson explains how to shift the needle on DEI, step by step.

“We Need to Have Continuous Learning Built Into Our Lives”

This 16 min. read saves you up to 12 hours

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“We Need to Have Continuous Learning Built Into Our Lives”

Bernard Marr, author of Future Skills, says your humanity is your future’s most valuable skill.

This 14 min. read saves you up to 16 hours

“Courage Is Fearful, not Fearless.”

In his new book, Bill Treasurer explains how to improve Leadership Two Words at a Time and why it pays off when leaders overcome their fears and ask for bold feedback from their teams.