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Leading the Revolution

"Leading the Revolution: How to Thrive in Turbulent Times by Making Innovation a Way of Life" by Gary Hamel. Gary Hamel, world-renowned business thinker and coauthor of "Competing for the...

Leading at the Cusp of Change (a Prezi)

"Leading at the Cusp of Change" is the presentation we shared at the Washington State Nonprofit Conference on May 11, 2012.  It's about the intersection of leadership and adaptive change,...

Thinking in Systems: A Primer

Thinking in Systems: A Primer - by Donella H. Meadows In the years following her role as the lead author of the international bestseller, Limits to Growth--the first book to...

Thinking, Fast and Slow

Thinking, Fast and Slow - by Daniel Kahneman Daniel Kahneman, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences for his seminal work in psychology that challenged the rational model of...

Adaptive Enterprise

Adaptive Enterprise: Creating and Leading Sense-And-Respond Organizations - by Stephan Haeckel Unpredictable, discontinuous change is an unavoidable consequence of doing business in the Information Age. Because this intense turbulence demands...

Leaders Make the Future

"Leaders Make the Future: Ten New Leadership Skills for an Uncertain World" by Bob Johansen. We are in a time of disruptive leadership change. In a VUCA world - one...

Analyzing Performance Problems

Analyzing Performance Problems: Or, You Really Oughta Wanna - How to Figure out Why People Aren't Doing What They Should Be, and What to do About It - by Robert...

The Power of Appreciative Inquiry

The Power of Appreciative Inquiry:  A Practical Guide to Positive Change - by Diana Whitney and Amanda Trosten-Bloom Many of our clients spend huge amounts of time focusing on what...

Fierce Conversations

Fierce Conversations:  Achieving Success at Work and in Life One Conversation at a Time - by Susan Scott In almost all of our client organizations, one of the most critical...

The Leadership Pipeline

The Leadership Pipeline:  How to Build the Leadership Powered Company - by Stephen Drotter, Ram Charan and James Noel This book is a must read for any manager or executive...

Good to Great

Good to Great:  Why Some Companies Make the Leap ... and Others Don't - by Jim Collins We find two of Collins' main ideas highly relevant to our clients' leadership...

Creating a LEAN Culture

Creating a LEAN Culture:  Tools to Sustain LEAN Conversions - by David Mann This is a great book on the leadership side of LEAN - an essential piece of the...

The Five Dysfunctions of a Team

The Five Dysfunctions of a Team:  A Leadership Fable - by Patrick Lencioni A surprising number of the leaders we work with talk about the need for teamwork with their...

When You Say YES but Mean NO

When You Say Yes but Mean No: How Silencing Conflict Wrecks Relationships and Companies... and What You Can Do About It - by Leslie A. Perow The majority of our...

Managing Transitions

Managing Transitions:  Making the Most of Change  - by William Bridges A significant number of the organizations we work with are struggling with the necessary transition from being entrepreneurial to...