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"For most people, succeeding in life requires mastering the art of teamwork. Whether at work, school, church, or home, virtually everyone is part of a team--and when they work well, teams can accomplish more than individuals working by themselves. But not all teams are created equal. When a team isn't functioning well, individual strengths can be undermined and weaknesses accentuated, making the work environment a terrible place to be. So what does...
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2011.
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English
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An investigation into the surprisingly deep correlation between mental illness and successful leadership, as seen through some of history's greatest politicians, generals, and businesspeople. "A First-Rate Madness," Nassir Ghaemi, who runs the Mood Disorders Program at Tufts University Medical Center, draws from the careers and personal plights of such notable leaders as Lincoln, Churchill, Gandhi, Martin Luther King, Jr., JFK, and others from the...
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Leadership legend and bestselling author Ken Blanchard and trust expert and thought leader Randy Conley present this carefully curated collection of fifty-two essential leadership principles that are easy to implement and practice.
Effective leadership is an influence process where leaders implement everyday, commonsense approaches that help people and organizations thrive. Yet somehow, many of these fundamental principles are...
Effective leadership is an influence process where leaders implement everyday, commonsense approaches that help people and organizations thrive. Yet somehow, many of these fundamental principles are...
Publisher
Channel 1
Pub. Date
2009.
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1 online resource (streaming video file) (43 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
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English
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In today's day and age, every caller likes to feel that they are dealing with a highly skilled and professional organisation.. In essentially every organisastion, the telephone is the first point of contact with the customer. How well we communicate on the telephone is crucial to the impression we leave with those customers and can ultimately affect whether they wish to do business with us.. Produced in Australia, this 12 part telephone skills video...
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From the time we learn to speak, we're told that if you don't have anything nice to say, don't say anything at all. When you become a manager, it's your job to say it -- and your obligation. Author Kim Scott was an executive at Google and then at Apple, where she developed a class on how to be a good boss. Radical Candor is a simple idea: to be a good boss, you have to Care Personally at the same time that you Challenge Directly. When you challenge...
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Atria Books
Pub. Date
2020.
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x, 324 pages ; 24 cm
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English
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"In the vein of #Girlboss and Nice Girls Don't Get the Corner Office, discover how to thrive at work from the director of inclusion at Netflix with this "passionate, practical roadmap for addressing inequality and finally making our workplaces work for women" (Arianna Huffington)"--
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Kantola Productions
Pub. Date
2016.
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1 online resource (streaming video file) (40 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
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English
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Susan Packard's three keys to great leadership: leaders are connected, leaders keep their organizations fresh, and leaders show courage. Easier said than done? Sharing lessons learned from failures as well as successes, Packard describes how to stay connected to customers and colleagues, always remembering that connections are reciprocal. She explains how innovation maintains your freshness while keeping your team motivated and engaged. And she details...
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Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
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Second edition.
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1 online resource (1 video file, 19 min. 8 sec.) : digital, stereo., sound, color
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English
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Has your organization lost trust in its leaders? Precisely when organizations need employee involvement, trust levels are low and people are disengaged. What can managers and team leaders do to regain trust? This video provides realistic methods for rebuilding trust and gaining employee involvement. "Leadership: Whats Trust Got To Do With It?" tells the story of a team leader who realizes that he cannot lead his team without first gaining their trust....
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Integrity-more than simple honesty, it's the key to success. A person with integrity has the ability to pull everything together, to make it all happen no matter how challenging the circumstances. Drawing on experiences from his work, Dr. Henry Cloud, a clinical psychologist, leadership coach, corporate consultant and nationally syndicated radio host, shows how our character can keep us from achieving all we want to (or could) be. In Integrity, Dr....
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 4
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800L
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English
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Life is usually easy for popular sixth grader Hart Evans, but when his music teacher puts him in charge of the holiday concert, Hart must use all of his leadership skills to unite the other students.
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English
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True North shows how anyone who follows their internal compass can become an authentic leader. This leadership tour de force is based on research and first-person interviews with 125 of today's top leaders--with some surprising results. In this important book, acclaimed former Medtronic CEO Bill George and coauthor Peter Sims share the wisdom of these outstanding leaders and describe how you can develop as an authentic leader. True North
...52) Himalaya
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
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1 online resource (1 video file, approximately 108 min.) : digital, .flv file, sound
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Tibetan
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Academy Award nominated movie filmed over seven months in the forbidding Dolpo region of Nepal, Himalaya tells the story of a generational struggle for the leadership of a tiny mountain village between its proud old chief and a headstrong young caravanner.
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Penguin Press
Pub. Date
2022.
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xxvi, 499 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
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English
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Publisher Annotation: Henry Kissinger, consummate diplomat and statesman, examines the strategies of six great twentieth-century figures and brings to life a unifying theory of leadership and diplomacy. 400pp., 100K
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English
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Business expert Brian Tracy has worked with more than 1,000 companies in 52 countries. In this award-winning book, he leverages that experience to reveal the strategies used by top executives and business owners around the world to achieve astounding results--even in difficult markets against the most determined competition. How the Best Leaders Lead builds on this knowledge by providing a series of practical, proven ideas and techniques leaders and...
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Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
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1 online resource (1 video file, approximately 41 min.) : digital, .flv file, sound
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English
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Key topics: Leaders, Managers, Autocratic managers, Democratic managers, Laissez-Faire managers, Paternalistic managers, Theory X and Y managers. What's the difference between a leader and a manager? What kinds of managers are there? What are the problems of managing in the real world?
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Wiley
Pub. Date
[2018]
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xvi, 208 pages ; 24 cm
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English
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Build vital connections to accelerate your career success. Managing Up is your guide to the most valuable 'soft skill' your career has ever seen. It's not about sucking up or brown-nosing; it's about figuring out who you are, who your boss is, and finding where you meet. It's about building real relationships with people who have influence over your career. This book gives you strategies for developing these all-important connections and building...
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English
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"We've all had experience with two dramatically different types of leaders. The first type drains intelligence, energy, and capability from the people around them and always needs to be the smartest person in the room. These are the idea killers, the energy sappers, the diminishers of talent and commitment. On the other side of the spectrum are leaders who use their intelligence to amplify the smarts and capabilities of the people around them. When...
58) Be Yourself
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2010.
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1 online resource (streaming video file) (31 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
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English
Description
In order to make the deepest possible connection with your audience, it's essential to talk about yourself. This lecture provides you with advice on opening up to people about yourself - your experiences, your emotions, even your weaknesses - with some lessons taken from speeches by Elizabeth I and Sojourner Truth.
59) Simple Rules
Publisher
Kantola Productions
Pub. Date
2016.
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1 online resource (streaming video file) (52 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
**Program Highlights**.- Six short-cut strategies for achieving your toughest goals..- A clear process to create better rules for business and personal life..- Examples and tools for successful implementation of Simple Rules...We struggle with complexity every day. We have too much information, face too many choices, and drown in tsunamis of detail. How can we possibly make decisions in the midst of this chaos while striving to achieve our personal...
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2010.
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1 online resource (streaming video file) (32 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
What is the power of three? And why is it so important to writing a great speech? Find out as Professor Hale unpacks the 13th chapter from Paul's first letter to the Corinthians to demonstrate why a speech - and the examples and anecdotes it uses - should be planned in threes.
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