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Saturday March 2, 2013

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Compiled by THEAN LEE CHENG


Self Leadership: How to become a more successful, efficient and effective leader from the inside out
Authors: Andrew Bryant and Ana Kazan
Publisher: McGraw-Hill

Self-leadership helps you to lead a more purposeful life, liberated from vain pursuits and worries. It means taking responsibility for your own life and having personal convictions and pursuing those convictions no matter what others say. It focuses on the one person you can change in life – you. And by doing so, you become someone who can influence others.

The 15 Invaluable Laws of Growth: Live them and reach your potential
Author: John C. Maxwell
Publisher: Center Street

In order to add value, you must first see value in yourself. You must also be aware of who you are and what you are capable of. If you are not aware of your potential, do not expect others to be aware of it. But it is hard to grow when you have no one but yourself to follow. This book helps you to know yourself and discover your potential.

Conscious Capitalism: Liberating the heroic spirit of business
Authors: John Mackey and Raj Sisodia
Publisher: Harvard Business Review

An in-depth study of companies like Google, UPS, Southwest Airlines and other companies and how these organisations use four specific tenets to be where they are today – a higher purpose, stakeholder integration, conscious leadership and conscious culture and management. They create value for stakeholders: customers, employees, suppliers, investors, society and the environment.

 

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