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The author of Getting from College to Career reinvents the concept of management for a new generation, offering a fresh and relevant approach to career success that shows Millennials how to make the next step: become a leader. We are in the midst of a leadership revolution, as power passes from...

In your career, there is one transition that stands out as the most crucial - going from individual contributor to competent manager. New managers have to learn how to lead others rather than do the work themselves, to win trust and respect, to motivate, and to strike the right balance between delegation and control. Many fail to make the transition successfully. In this timeless, indispensable book, Harvard Business School professor and leadership guru Linda Hill traces the experiences of 19 new managers over the course of their first year in the role.

Learn how to strengthen the Emotional Skills within you and go from good to great. This book will help you know yourself better and understand people more. Then, you will stand out in leadership with skills and confidence that is impossible to ignore.

A powerful case has been made for emotional intelligence and its role in leadership. As Annie McKee and Richard Boyatzis showed in their best-selling books, Primal Leadership and Resonant Leadership, the best leaders use their emotional intelligence to create resonance with others. Resonant leaders are attuned to the needs and dreams of the people they lead.

You never dreamed being the boss would be so hard. You're caught in a web of conflicting expectations from your subordinates, from those above you, and from your peers and customers. You're not alone. As Harvard Business School's Linda Hill and manager and executive Kent Lineback reveal in Being the Boss, becoming an effective manager is a painful, difficult journey. It requires trial and error, endless effort, and slowly acquired personal insight. Many managers never complete the journey and instead just learn how to get by. At worst, they become terrible bosses.

As chief innovator and problem solver, the CTO’s value far exceeds technology skills. The CTO must lead as a highly visible first-class citizen of the C-suite. Still, many technology experts operate in a reactive, support-oriented style, struggling to command respect or assert influence—let alone executive presence. Whether setting the tone as a new hire or looking to redirect or revitalize an established role, one hundred days are all you need to secure long-term success.

Build an iconic shopping experience that your customers love--and a work environment that your employees love being a part of--using this blueprint from Trader Joe’s visionary founder, Joe Coulombe. Infuse your organization with a distinct personality and culture that draws customers in a way...

In Great Leaders Grow, a woman named Debbie Brewster becomes a mentor to a young man named Blake, as he embarks on his own career. Together, they explore four ways that leaders must keep growing, both on the job and off. Within their story are valuable lessons for anyone who desires both professional success and personal fulfillment.

Conventional leadership coaching approaches focus primarily on personal change, exploring the qualities that define successful leaders. But to truly play transformative and visionary roles within their organizations, C-suite and other senior leaders must accurately gauge their own strengths and weaknesses, and learn to identify and address the "shadow side" of their personality traits. This book offers a unique model for strategic leadership by encouraging leaders to think carefully about their personal leadership styles.

A New York Times Bestseller From one of our leading technology thinkers and writers, a guide through the twelve technological imperatives that will shape the next thirty years and transform our lives Much of what will happen in the next thirty years is inevitable, driven by technological trends...

Becoming Your Icon is a podcast for the woman who is tired of feeling broken — and knows, deep down, she was never meant to live small.It’s for the woman who has done the inner work, followed the experts, tried to "fix" herself… and is ready to stop outsourcing her wisdom and start trusting her own.The woman who feels the quiet pull to rise into her truest self — to show up in her life with presence, power, and authenticity — but wants to do it in a way that feels safe, embodied, and sustainable.An icon, in this space, isn’t an image or a performance.It’s the version of you ...

With the divisiveness of public discourse and the complexities of modern business, it is more difficult than ever to be sure that you're making the right decision. Adair provides a clear pathway to improving your judgment, beginning with an exploration of the machinations behind decision-making, before demonstrating how you can develop a stronger understanding and control of your judgment. This is an essential companion for any business leaders interested in making the best decisions for them and their organisation.

You never dreamed being the boss would be so hard. You're caught in a web of conflicting expectations from subordinates, your supervisor, peers, and customers. You're not alone. Packed with compelling stories and practical guidance, Being the Boss is an indispensable guide for not only first-time managers but all managers seeking to master the most daunting challenges of leadership.

This space is for women in midlife who feel something shifting — not because they failed, but because a chapter is complete. Here, becoming is practical. It shapes how we work, earn, and build — without urgency or performance. businessofbecoming.substack.com

As a leader, a coach is the most significant role you can play. Discover how coaching makes developing people a high-payoff activity where you can equip tomorrow’s leaders, today. As a coach to some of the country’s highest-profile executives, Daniel Harkavy has witnessed the transformation...

Harry Kraemer showed how self-reflection, balance, true self-confidence, and genuine humility are the traits of today's most effective leaders. In Becoming the Best, his highly anticipated follow-up, Kraemer reveals how, in practical terms, anyone can apply these principles to become a values-based leader and to help create values-based organizations. Drawing on his own experiences as the former CEO and chairman of Baxter International, as well as those of other notable leaders and organizations, Kraemer lays out a pathway for understanding the principles and putting them into practice.

Based on extensive primary research conducted over more than fifteen years, this book documents the differential contribution of HP's successive CEOs in sustaining the company's integral process of becoming. It uses a comprehensive strategic leadership framework to examine and explain the role of the CEO: (1) defining and executing the key tasks of strategic leadership, and (2) developing four key elements of the company's strategic leadership capability.

Becoming Matriarch—the intersection where women of faith do the work of becoming, in marriage, motherhood, and business. Hosted by Maria—wife, mother, entrepreneur, and identity catalyst—this podcast shares her raw, faith-centered journey and the revelations God has entrusted to her. Through biblical truths, practical strategies, and unfiltered conversations, Maria equips and encourages you to grow, walk boldly in every role God has called you to, and become the woman He designed you to be. In all areas of life.

Becoming Serene is the go-to podcast for ambitious, entrepreneurial-minded women who crave success without the chaos. It’s about owning your journey with grace, clarity, and unshakable peace. Because true success isn’t just a destination, it’s how you get there & who you become in the process.

Becoming Serene is the go-to podcast for ambitious, entrepreneurial-minded women who crave success without the chaos. It’s about owning your journey with grace, clarity, and unshakable peace. Because true success isn’t just a destination, it’s how you get there & who you become in the process.