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Leaders debate whether great leadership is a talent, skill, or innate ability. Few of us are natural-born leaders. Fortunately, the traits of leadership can be acquired.

In this power-packed audio program, you'll learn what it takes to inspire, motivate, and influence others by understanding the characteristics that set "leader managers" apart.

You will not get very far in life without knowing your life mission. Can yours be stated in a sentence or two? A good way to begin formulating one is with some questions. What is your passion? What have you achieved? What have you done uncommonly well? How are you wired? Where do you belong? These and other questions like them will direct you toward the self your heart longs for; they will help you discover the task for which you were especially made.

Relationship Economics® takes a unique long term, strategic and quantifiable view of business relationships that goes far beyond networking oriented books. Nowadays, many companies believe that networking is a key to success. Relationship Economics shows us that this notion is a mere fallacy. With this course, the reader will learn that success comes from learning how to invest in people for an extraordinary return.

Trust is the foundation upon which relationships in every setting are built. Discover how the four Levels of Trust can propel your effectiveness as a leader in your organization. John C. Maxwell, known as America's expert on leadership, speaks in person to hundreds of thousands of people each year. He has communicated his leadership principles to Fortune 500 companies, the United States Military Academy at West Point, and sports organizations such as the NCAA, the NBA, and the NFL.

Ever wonder just how good you could be? Do you have a strategy for taking your own performance (and your organization) to the next level? In this idea-packed presentation, Mark Sanborn will challenge your thinking and provide you with tools you can use to "UPGRADE!" everything you do. You'll learn a seven-step process for continually making your best better.

Few of us are natural-born leaders. Fortunately the traits of leadership can be acquired. In this power-packed audio program, you'll learn what it takes to inspire, motivate, and influence others by understanding the characteristics that set "leader managers" apart.

Subjects covered here include embracing and initiating change, demonstrating value added, looking for leadership opportunities, and committing to lifelong learning.

Subjects include personal development in sales and behavior in the market.

The man many consider to be America's foremost business philosopher has been sharing his success principles and strategies for more than 39 years, with more than 6,000 audiences and over four million people worldwide! He is the author of over 25 books, audio programs, and videos. Jim has been hailed over the years as one of the most influential thinkers of our time.

An award-winning pioneer of the modern field of "change management", this consultant to companies as diverse as American Express, General Motors, and British Airways specializes in connecting psychology to people skills. Subjects include the phenomenon of leadership, what makes a leader "authentic", examining your motives, and top reasons why leaders fail.

Subjects include embracing and initiating change, demonstrating value added, looking for leadership opportunities, and committing to lifelong learning.

Rapid change defines the world around us, requiring a more effective type of organization. New discoveries change our understanding of how the world works, and Margaret J. Wheatley shows us how the “new science” can lead to a powerful new view of the business world. Our world has become nonlinear and filled with constant transition, and this new understanding can be applied to the way we organize work, people, and our lives. Wheatley invites us to transform our way of thinking and adapt ourselves—and our companies—to the 21st century by offering a new way of thinking.

Team Topologies is a practical, step-by-step, adaptive model for organizational design and team interaction based on four fundamental team types and three team interaction patterns. It is a model that treats teams as the fundamental means of delivery, where team structures and communication pathways are able to evolve with technological and organizational maturity. In Team Topologies, IT consultants Matthew Skelton and Manuel Pais share secrets of successful team patterns and interactions to help listeners choose and evolve the right team patterns for their organization.

In his sixth fable, best-selling author Patrick Lencioni takes on a topic that almost everyone can relate to: the causes of a miserable job. Millions of workers, even those who have carefully chosen careers based on true passions and interests, dread going to work, suffering each day as they trudge to jobs that make them cynical, weary, and frustrated. It is a simple fact of business life that any job, from investment banker to dishwasher, can become miserable.

In Immunity to Change, authors Robert Kegan and Lisa Laskow Lahey show how our individual beliefs - along with the collective mindsets in our organizations - combine to create a natural but powerful immunity to change. By revealing how this mechanism holds us back, Kegan and Lahey give us the keys to unlock our potential and finally move forward. And by pinpointing and uprooting our own immunities to change, we can bring our organizations forward with us.

The HBR Guide to Leading Through Change provides the practical tips, research, stories, and advice you need to understand, communicate, and implement change effectively, no matter the size or scale of the challenge you're facing. You'll learn how to improve your odds of success; communicate a shared vision; keep going, even amid lags and setbacks; deal with naysayers and roadblocks; build trust and resilience on your team; and make a lasting impact.

For years, companies have rewarded their most effective engineers with management positions. But treating management as the default path for an engineer with leadership ability doesn't serve the industry well—or the engineer. The staff engineer's path allows engineers to contribute at a high level as role models, driving big projects, determining technical strategy, and raising everyone's skills. This in-depth book shows you how to understand your role, manage your time, master strategic thinking, and set the standard for technical work.

A podcast for the top 17% of entrepreneurs.

You Win in the Locker Room First draws on the extraordinary experiences of Coach Mike Smith and Jon Gordon - consultant to numerous college and professional teams - to explore the seven powerful principles that any business, school, organization, or sports team can adopt to revitalize their organization.

Marion Franklin, the Coach’s Coach, has been training and mentoring coaches for more than 20 years. Every student she has mentored or taught who sought ACC, PCC, or MCC has gotten their credential using the material in this book designed for all levels of coaches. No matter where you are in your coaching journey, this book has something for you. Begin using even one or two of the concepts and principles in this book and notice your coaching immediately elevate to a new level. Your clients will notice the difference!

Why is profitable growth so hard to achieve and sustain? Most executives manage their companies as if the solution to that problem lies in the external environment: find an attractive market, formulate the right strategy, win new customers. But when Bain & Company's Chris Zook and James Allen researched this question, they found that when companies fail to achieve their growth targets, 90 percent of the time the root causes are internal, not external.