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The Job Well Done: The Queen's Way to Successful Leadership
Maheshika Halbeisen
The Job Well Done helps people by showing them what true leadership means. It tells the story of Queen Elizabeth II, how she led with grace, strength, and purpose for over 70 years. It gives clear lessons on how to stay focused, work hard, and serve others. The book shows that leadership is not about power but about responsibility, humility, and resilience. It inspires readers to build their own path, to lead with values, and to never give up, even when times are hard. Through examples of the Queen and other leaders, it teaches how to balance personal life with professional duties, how to adapt, and how to stay grounded. The Job Well Done gives practical advice for anyone who wants to be a better leader, showing that success comes through dedication, consistency, and the willingness to serve.
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Seeking Fairness at Work: Cracking the New Code of Greater Employee Engagement, Retention & Satisfaction
Hanna Hasl-Kelchner
Seeking Fairness at Work helps executives, managers and entrepreneurs see how the unwritten rules at work, when broken, keep employees from doing their best work and companies from reaching their full potential. Using real life stories it reveals the fundamental unfairness and hidden conflicts that slowly crush trust and employee engagement. It also tackles managers' misconceptions and concerns about fairness head-on as it takes the reader through a practical five-step framework that includes concrete ways to dramatically elevate the employee experience – and business results. It’s been called an “eye-opening game changer” and “must read” for every emerging and existing leader, at every level, who wants to immediately make a positive impact on their team.
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Think Like A Doctor, Lead Like A CEO
Mary V Mason
"Think Like a Doctor, Lead Like a CEO" helps people by providing a unique leadership framework that merges medical precision with business strategy. Dr. Mary Mason leverages her medical and executive expertise to teach readers how to identify root causes of organizational issues, design effective treatment plans, and inspire collaborative teamwork. Through real-world case studies and a medically-minded methodology, readers gain the tools to address challenges with empathy, clarity, and vision, transforming their leadership approach and driving transformative change within their organizations.
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The New C-Suite: Civil Leadership in Action
Tiana S Sanchez
Tiana Sanchez, Deborah K. Ford Ph.D, Andy Fee, Dr. Natalie Parks, Dr. Nicole Yeldell Butts, Paula Valle Castañon, Marina St Cyr, Mark Maes
In today’s increasingly polarizing world, this book is a powerful reminder of the critical role civility plays in saving us from self-destruction. As divisions deepen across societies, it’s clear that a new kind of leadership—rooted in civility, respect, and inclusivity—is needed more than ever. Readers are discovering how embracing civil leadership can bridge divides, rebuild trust, and create environments where collaboration and understanding thrive. The book shows that civility isn’t just a nice-to-have; it’s essential for our survival, offering a path forward that prioritizes empathy, ethical behavior, and a collective sense of responsibility. In a world full of conflict, civility might just be the key to saving us from ourselves.
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The Dao of Complexity: Making Sense and Making Waves in Turbulent Times
Jean Boulton
This is a book about challenging and deepening worldviews. It explores the remarkable resonance between complexity and Daoism, engaging with the processual, contextual and emergent nature both of ourselves and of the world of which we are a part. Connecting ideas from such diverse fields as quantum physics, brain science, political theory and economics, it asks what ‘making sense’ of the world means in these turbulent times and how that can galvanise action for those of us trying to make a difference, trying to ‘make waves’ in a world of increasing connectivity, polarisation and fragility. Taking its lead from Daoist texts, the design encourages readers to open at any page and use the short, stand-alone, yet networked pieces as reflective starting points. It will be of interest to those striving for social change, as well as managers and policy makers looking for inspiration. Readers will find relatable material to help them explore how to engage effectively in this complex world.
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A Transformation Lens: The Savvy Business Leader's Approach To Transformational Change
Gary Burke Mr
Companies spend fortunes transforming their businesses, changing what and how they do things: developing and improving products and services, introducing new technology and ways of working, reducing costs, enhancing productivity and customer satisfaction. But it’s all too common for transformation programmes to fail to deliver expected outcomes and benefits, to the detriment of the business, staff, investors and, most importantly, customers. The leadership team is ultimately accountable for the success of any transformation but often has little experience of transformational change, so can easily underestimate what's really involved and the impact on the business – so approach it in the wrong way – and months later need a board meeting to discuss the millions spent and how to get the programme back on track! A Transformation Lens enables business leaders to better understand transformational change, make better informed decisions and approach it in the right way, to everyone’s benefit.
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The 7 Habits of Highly Dysfunctional Companies
Joel Dubin
My book pokes fun at office politics, bureaucracy and toxic work environments. It gives people comic relief from their unhappy situations at work. I also like to call it an anti-manual of how not to run a business. If your company follows all seven habits, it will crash and burn, or at least give some laughs as the ship is sinking. You'll learn why the basic principles of dysfunctional business, The Principle of the Appearance of Activity, and The Spinning Plate Theory of Management, aren't taught at business schools.
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Supercharged Leader: Develop your mind and skillset to deal with anything
Mandy Flint
Mandy Flint, Elisabet Vinberg Hearn
How do you prepare for the things you can’t prepare for?
You read this book. It’s the book that helps you hit the ground running and supercharge your leadership skills whilst keeping up with your day job. In this book, the authors have identified 'The Six Superchargers', the six mind/skillsets that will empower leaders, particularly when combined, to confidently embrace an increasingly complex and fast-changing world of work. These mindsets/skill sets will equip you to deal with things we don’t even know about yet, and you will be building true long-term capability as a leader.
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Antidote to the Crisis of Leadership: Opportunity in Complexity
Stephen Wyatt
This book answers two important questions: What skills do you need to be successful as a leader today that are different from those required previously? How can you develop these differentiating skills and mindsets? It proclaims that the antidote to the crisis of leadership lies in four attributes: Aspire – Make clear personal choices of what purpose to pursue; Ally – Form mutually respectful, supportive relationships within and beyond the organisation; Adapt – Navigate through turbulence; Accelerate – Continually learn to remain relevant and heighten impact. This academically robust book is replete with quotes, vignettes and encouragement contributed by over 50 leaders from a broad variety of backgrounds, sectors, and countries. Each chapter includes commentary, draws on the most relevant theory and reference texts and concludes with suggested exercises to increase your impact.