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Blog / Editor's Choice
Falter: Has the Human Game Begun to Play Itself Out?
Book Review by Dylan Schleicher
Bill McKibben lays out the array of challenges facing us as we struggle to ensure a human future, and two very different technologies at our disposal.
Categories: editors-choice
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Blog / ChangeThis
A Leader's Most Powerful Tool: Choosing When to Say No
By Janelle Bruland
"Isn't it funny that one of the most important words to say is also one of the hardest? One simple word: no. Yet, to say it brings up a flood of feelings—guilt, defensiveness, a fear of offending. … Yet, the ability to say 'no,' to set boundaries and build a structure that works for us, is one of the most important tools we can add to our arsenals to successfully create our best lives."
Categories: changethis
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Blog / ChangeThis
How to Stop Procrastinating
By Sam Horn
"Are you a charter member of the Procrastinator's Club? Their motto is 'We're behind you all the way.' I'm a woman on a mission to help people put procrastination behind them. Why is this so important? Because procrastination is a prescription for regrets. When we get to the end of our life, we won't regret the things we did, we'll regret the things we didn't do. That's the purpose of this manifesto: to share best-practices on how to stop procrastinating on the little things, the big things, and the important things so we can prevent regrets. Here we go."
Categories: changethis
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Blog / ChangeThis
Does Real Leadership Require Spirituality?
By Hilary Jane Grosskopf
"Spirituality is not a religion; it is guided by practices, not beliefs. It shows through in the decisions you make and the actions you take. Successful leaders embrace spirituality, as well as structure and logic, to move the team and vision forward."
Categories: changethis
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Blog / ChangeThis
Leading Loyalty: Cracking the Code to Customer Devotion
By Sandy Rogers, Leena Rinne, Shawn Moon
"You build customer loyalty when the people in your organization show empathy for customers, take responsibility for helping them reach their real goals, and treat them generously. Earning loyalty is much more than teaching good service techniques or giving everyone a copy of Customer Service for Dummies and ordering the team to smile and say, 'Have a nice day.'"
Categories: changethis
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Blog / ChangeThis
Reinventing Reinvention: Choosing the Continuous 'Wise Pivot' Over One-Time Transformation
By Omar Abbosh, Paul Nunes, Larry Downes
"The relentless digital disruption of one industry after another has left leaders looking for a new path to the future. In a world of light-speed technological advances and overnight disruption from all directions, the large-scale business 'transformations' of old no longer suffice, if they ever did."
Categories: changethis
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Blog / ChangeThis
The Essential Actions to Building Unstoppable Teams
By Alden Mills
"Care is the soil from which teams grow; a leader's focus provides the fertilizer. Unpack that statement, and you'll understand what it takes to grow a group of individuals into an Unstoppable Team."
Categories: changethis
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Blog / Excerpts
Tim Cook: The Genius Who Took Apple to the Next Level
By 800-CEO-READ
Leander Kahney's new book "tells the inspiring story of how one man attempted to replace someone irreplaceable, and—through strong, humane leadership, supply chain savvy, and a commitment to his values—succeeded more than anyone had thought possible."
Categories: excerpts, narrative-biography
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Blog / Book Giveaways
Cascades: How to Create a Movement That Drives Transformational Change
By Porchlight
Greg Satell's new book is "a guide for driving transformation change based on the new science of networks and research into dozens of people and organizations that have created truly historic impact."
Categories: giveaways
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Blog / Editor's Choice
Keep Going: 10 Ways to Stay Creative in Good Times and Bad
Book Review by Dylan Schleicher
Austin Kleon's new book is a great reminder of what is most important not only in our creative lives, but in our life in general.
Categories: editors-choice