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On Becoming a Leader

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In this paper, Bennis distinguishes leadership by focusing on 28 individuals, including Apple's John Sculley, Johnson & Johnson's James Burke, and others, in a new book.
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"In a penetrating, insightful new book, Bennis distinguishes leadership by focusing on 28 individuals, including Apple's John Sculley, Johnson & Johnson's James Burke", (Sloan Management Review), and others. "A solid work that illuminates its subject and engages (the reader).. . . Its ideas are wise enough to stand reexamination".--USA Today.

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Leading to Peace: Prisoner Resistance and Leadership Development in the IRA and Sinn Fein

TL;DR: In this article, the authors explored the dynamics of leadership in the Irish Republican Movement, and in particular, the prisoner resistance waged by its incarcerated activists and volunteers, and argued that various prisoner resistance tactics enabled a wide-ranging group of captives to develop the skill set necessary to persuade their community to back the peace initiative, engage in electoral politics, mobilize their supporters to invest in attaining a united Ireland by peaceful negotiations, and put down their arms in a permanent and unequivocal manner.
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Quality Into the 21st Century

Eric Furness
- 01 Jan 2004 - 
TL;DR: In what case do you like reading so much? What about the type of the quality into the 21st century book? The needs to read? Well, everybody has their own reason why should read some books as mentioned in this paper.
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Exploring the Lack of African Americans in the Department of Defense Senior Executive Service Corps

TL;DR: Akaka et al. as mentioned in this paper conducted a phenomenological study on the perceptions of nine African American senior executives within the Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD), Defense Agencies, and Defense Field Activities about the personal attributes and factors that contributed to their promotion into SES Corps.
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Mastering the Innovation Paradox: The Five Unexpected Qualities of Innovation Leaders

TL;DR: In this article, the authors conducted a quantitative study with data collected over a five-year period involving 240 participants from across five dissimilar companies based in the United States and found that while innovation and leadership are strongly interrelated (r =.89, p = 0.0), there are five qualities that set leaders apart on innovation.
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The Closing of the American Mind

TL;DR: The closing of the American mind as discussed by the authors is one of the best-sellers in history, and Bloom's sweeping analysis is essential to understanding America today, and it has fired the imagination of a public ripe for change.