Many of us insist the main impediment to a full, successful life is the outside world. In fact, the most common enemy lies within: our ego. Early in our careers, it impedes learning and the cultivation of talent. With success, it can blind us to our faults and sow future problems. In failure, it magnifies each blow and makes recovery more difficult. At every stage, ego holds us back. Ego Is…
A giant of 20th century history, Mao Zedong played many roles: peasant revolutionary, patriotic leader against the Japanese occupation, Marxist theoretician, modernizer, and visionary despot. This Very Short Introduction chronicles Mao's journey from peasant child to ruler of the most populous nation on Earth. Delia Davin provides an invaluable portrait of Mao, showing him in all his complexity…
The subject of leadership raises many questions: What is it? How does it differ from management and command? Are leaders born or bred? Who are the leaders? Do we actually need leaders? Inevitably, the answers are provocative and partial; leadership is a hugely important topic of debate. There are constant calls for 'greater' or 'stronger' leadership, but what this actually means, how we can …
Great teams don’t just happen. How often have you sat in team meetings complaining to yourself, “Why does it take forever for this group to make a simple decision? What are we even trying to achieve?” As a team leader, you have the power to improve things. It’s up to you to get people to work well together and produce results. Written by team expert Mary Shapiro, the HBR Guide to …
Will your next leader be insignificant?or indispensable? The importance of leadership and the impact of individual leaders has long been the subject of debate. Are they made by history, or do they make it? In Indispensable, Harvard Business School professor Gautam Mukunda offers an enticingly fresh look at how and when individual leaders really can make a difference. By identifying and an…
This book was named one of "10 Management Classics for 2022" by Thinkers50. Why can some organizations innovate time and again, while most cannot? You might think the key to innovation is attracting exceptional creative talent. Or making the right investments. Or breaking down organizational silos. All of these things may help—but there’s only one way to ensure sustained innovation: you n…
You aspire to lead with greater impact. The problem is you’re busy executing on today’s demands. You know you have to carve out time from your day job to build your leadership skills, but it’s easy to let immediate problems and old mind-sets get in the way. Herminia Ibarra?an expert on professional leadership and development and a renowned professor at INSEAD, a leading international busi…
You might imagine that an effective leader is someone who makes quick, intelligent decisions, gives inspiring speeches, and issues clear orders to their team so they can execute a plan to achieve your organization's goals. Unfortunately, David Marquet argues, that's an outdated model of leadership that just doesn't work anymore. As a leader in today's networked, information-dense business cl…
Start with Why menggunakan contoh dunia nyata untuk menguraikan konsep Lingkaran Emas yang merangkum pentingnya mengindentifikasi tujuan keberadaan organisasi sebelum hal lainnya, kemudian mengambil tindakan untuk membuat visi menjadi kenyataan. Asal mula perusahaan harus menjadi alasannya. Begitu juga dengan pribadi kita. Setiap orang atau organisasi dapat menjelaskan apa yang mereka lakukan; …
Sudah hampir satu dekade sejak terjadinya krisis keuangan global tahun 2008/09 kondisi ekonomi dan keuangan dunia masih belum sepenuhnya beranjak dari kondisi normalnya. Hal ini tidak hanya tercermin dari pertumbuhan ekonomi dunia yang masih di bawah angka rata-rata jangka panjangnya dalam lima tahun terakhir, namun juga kondisi pasar keuangan dunia yang masih diliputi oleh ketidakpastian yang…