Andrew O'Keeffe
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Offices are not our natural habitat. Leadership is easier when we understand the nine instincts that still drive human behavior. With the Industrial Revolution only 250 years ago, we left our hunting, gathering and village societies to work in offices and factories. The behavior that ensured our ancestors' survival on the savannah plains of Africa over the millennia is alive and well in today's workplaces. The nine instincts explain the reasons, and...
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First Nations people of all continents have been refining leadership for millennia.
They've had from the dawn of human history to figure out what works and what doesn't. By comparison, the discipline of workplace leadership emerged only about 100 years ago, just a few generations back. “First Leaders” is the first book devoted to how the wisdom of First Nations leadership can benefit modern leaders.
Inspired by conversations with several Maasai...
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Got a spirit-crushing boss?
Well so does Lauren Johnson - five of them.
Based on true stories of bosses' political maneuverings and workers under siege, The Boss tells Lauren's story - a talented but naive professional struggling under a self-serving, insensitive boss who undermines her at every turn. And working around her boss doesn't help - most of the company execs are ineffective in their own right. Lauren just wants to get her job done, but...