Leadership | Journal by getAbstract

Reading List

This 7 min. read saves you up to 15 hours

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Why Appreciation Is Better than Criticism

Appreciative Inquiry has been an integral part of management theory since the 1980s – but only now it’s catching on. For good reasons.

Productive Tensions

New theories on how to maximize innovation amid complexity and uncertainty.

MIT Press

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Michelle K. Johnston

The Seismic Shift in Leadership

Leadership once required power, but now it demands connection and empathy.

Advantage Media Group

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David Brendel and Ryan Stelzer

Think Talk Create

Companies should step back from their obsession with data to create room for conversation, empathy and understanding.

Public Affairs

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Tom Ziglar

10 Leadership Virtues for Disruptive Times

Disruption is here to stay. Master these 10 virtues to develop yourself, your people and your business in uncertain times.

Thomas Nelson

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Bernard Garrette, Corey C. Phelps and Olivier Sibony

Cracked It!

Learn the method top global consultants use to grasp, structure and solve complex business problems.

Palgrave Macmillan

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Michelle Moore

Real Wins

Michelle Moore pursues awareness and self-determination in a black and white world.

Nicholas Brealey

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HOT TOPIC: BUILDING TOWARDS THE FUTURE

How Changes Here and Now Will Prepare You for Tomorrow

Some see an iceberg here, others see an inverted underwater mountain range.

Reading List

This 5 min. read saves you up to 158 hours

For your knowledge advantage, we put together the most actionable insights from 52 getAbstract summaries (23 books with a total of 7881 pages, 21 articles, one video and one podcast) on this topic. If you did this work yourself, you would be busy for at least 9453 minutes (about 158 hours). Learn more.

The 9 Megatrends That Will Boost Your Organization’s Legs

One way or another.

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How to Transition to a Hybrid Work Model

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

> HOW-TO-GUIDES

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

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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 10 min. read saves you up to 31 hours

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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

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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

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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

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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

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“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

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How to Give Back

This 5 min. read saves you up to 71 hours

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How to Give Back

Embrace corporate social responsibility from the inside out.

NUDGING

This 8 min. read saves you up to 91 hours

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The Power of a “Nudge”

The context of your choices may mean the difference between success or failure.

SKILLS

This 9 min. read saves you up to 36 hours

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How to Cultivate Grit

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

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NEW: THOUGHT LEADER PROFILES

Instant Practical Insights into the Thinking of Important Contemporaries

On purpose, leadership and empathy.

On facing fears and learning anything.

There are many stories and there are many feminisms.

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

On finding and empowering top talent.

On vulnerability, psychological safety and other leadership skills.

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CLASSIC ADVICE

Literary Classics and Their Value in Contemporary (Professional) Life

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

This 5 min. read saves you up to 42 hours

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Foregoing Comfort for Adventure

Homer’s Iliad Or: On Embracing Fate and Pursuing Immortality

This 5 min. read saves you up to 45 hours

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A Wake-Up Call for Change

Upton Sinclair’s The Jungle Or: Laying the facts bare is the first step to change.

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INTERVIEWS

In Conversation with Experts and Professionals

“If our value is growth, then I love disruption.”

Tom Ziglar, author of 10 Leadership Virtues for Disruptive Times, discusses why the “coach leader” gets results while the “T-Rex” leader is going the way of the dinosaur.