Management Styles

Overcome the Eight Barriers to Confidence

Rosabeth Moss Kanter

A useful reminder of the traps that easily make us lose confidence and undermine our motivation and willpower.

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Changing the Conversation in Your Company

Boris Groysberg, Michael Slind

Shifting from unilateral communication to truly cross-functional exchanges across the organization.

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To a better understanding: The leadership odyssey explored

Kanina Blanchard

Developing the aptitudes of a leader is more of an odyssey than a linear journey: managers must triumph in many trials, remain focused on their objective and resist temptation.

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Learning Charisma

John Antonakis, Marika Fenley, Sue Liechti

Integrating verbal and non-verbal techniques enables you to raise your level of charisma in a significant manner.

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Why You Need Charisma

Elisabeth Moss Kanter

How charismatic managers boost the performance of their teams.

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The New Science of Building Great Teams

Alex “Sandy” Pentland

Led across many sectors of activity, this instructive study presents the communication patterns most appropriate for team performance. 

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Sparking Creativity In Teams: An Executive’s Guide

Maria M. Capozzi, Renée Dye, Amy Howe

Some simple techniques to develop creativity

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Failing by Design

Rita Gunther McGrath

De-dramatize failure to encourage initiative taking.

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Coping with Complexity

Gerard Seijts, Mary Crossan, Niels Billou

Setting up a learning organization, encouraging improvisation, daring to alter roles and functions—these are all key drivers that can help managers gain efficiency in complex organizations.

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Making Change Happen, and Making It Stick

Ashley Harshak, DeAnne Aguirre, Anna Brown

Five key factors to execute change successfully and embed it over time.

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