BUILDING A STRONGER CIVIL SOCIETY

Book News: November 3rd, 2010

This document from the Cabinet Office sets out a strategy for voluntary and community groups, charities and social enterprises.

It outlines the scale and nature of the opportunities being made available to civil society organizations as part of the Government’s wider reform agenda, through empowering
communities, opening up public services and promoting social action.

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LEADING PUBLIC SECTOR INNOVATION

Book News: October 27th, 2010

By Christian Bason

In a time of unprecedented turbulence, how can public sector organisations increase their ability to find innovative solutions to society’s problems? “Leading public sector innovation” shows how government agencies can use co-creation to overcome barriers and deliver more value, at lower cost, to citizens and business.

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THE INTANGIBLES OF LEADERSHIP

Book News: October 13th, 2010

Richard A Davis.

What is the real difference between the competent leader and the extraordinary executive? Is it pedigree, experience, intelligence? The answer is yes…and much more. Exceptional leadership hinges on a complex interaction between individual psychology and unique needs of the organisation. At the top rung of the ladder, where the dynamics are most complicated, subtle adjustments in style can produce outstanding results.

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STILL SURPRISED: A MEMOIR OF A LIFE IN LEADERSHIP

Book News: October 6th, 2010

By Warren Bennis with Patricia Ward Biederman

This memoir is filled with insights about the successes and failures from a long life and career. The author traversed eight decades of first-hand experience with tumultuous episodes of recent history. This extends from a Jewish child in a gentile town in the 30’s, a young army recruit in the Battle of the Bulge, to a college student in one of the first progressive precursors to the civil rights movement, to a patient undergoing daily psychoanalysis for five years.

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THE TRUTH ABOUT LEADERSHIP

Book News: September 29th, 2010

By James M Kouzes and Barry Z Posner.

In these turbulent times, when the very foundations of organizations and societies are shaken, leaders need to move beyond pessimistic predictions, trendy fads, and simplistic solutions. They need to turn to what’s real and what’s proven. In this book the authors reveal ten time-tested truths that show what every leader must know, the questions they must be prepared to answer, and the real-world issues they will likely face.

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STRATEGIC PUBLIC MANAGEMENT

Book News: September 22nd, 2010

By Howard R Balanoff and Warren Master

Complex management issues in the public sector cannot be adequately addressed with limited, short-term fixes. Strategic, well-conceived approaches are crucial to meet the long-term need of the organisation’s.

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THE TRUTH ABOUT TALENT

Book News: September 13th, 2010

By Jacqueline Davies and Jeremy Kourdi.

Many organizations are failing to realize the simple truth about talent: they are misunderstanding their people, making flawed choices and allowing the true potential of their workforce to go unused and unfulfilled. Understanding the truth about talent in all its forms is a vital step in developing an organization and ensuring long term, sustainable success.

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THE PERSUASIVE LEADER: LESSONS FROM THE ARTS

Book News: September 6th, 2010

By Stephen J Carroll and Patrick C Flood.

An increasingly popular and effective learning process is to use the arts to illustrate the links between leadership, persuasive skill, and values.

In The Persuasive Leader, the authors use their unconventional material to explore themes such as moral leadership, toxic leadership, learning from failures, distributed leadership, and the leader as a counselor. Featuring examples of persuasive leaders and persuasive leadership principles from the performing arts, fine arts, literature, philosophical writings, and biography, this unique book is ideal for executives, organizational leaders, consultants, educators, and MBA students.

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OPEN LEADERSHIP: HOW SOCIAL TECHNOLOGY CAN TRANSFORM THE WAY YOU LEAD

Book News: August 24th, 2010

By Charlene Li

This is an essential guide for leaders who want to use social media to be “open” while maintaining control

“Be Open, Be Transparent, Be Authentic” are the current leadership mantras-but organizations often push back. Management is premised on the concept of control and yet the new world order demands openness. Leaders do not know how to be open and be in control. This must-have resource will help the modern leader understand how to lead in the new open world-where blogging, twittering, facebooking, and digging are becoming the norm.

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TOTAL PLACE FINAL REPORT

Book News: August 12th, 2010

By Keith Grint

This final report on Total Place ‘Problem, purpose, power, knowledge, time and space’ commissioned by Local Government Leadership (formerly the Leadership Centre for Local Government) draws out lessons from the thirteen pilot projects.

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