🏔️ Change Leaders

Profiles and principles of those who drive transformation — the visionaries, disruptors, and quiet revolutionaries who move organizations and societies forward. Leadership studied at its most consequential.

Becoming a Changemaker

by Alex Budak • 2022

A title is not required. The playbook for making an impact from wherever you sit.

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174

🔄 Change Management 🌍 Social Entrepreneurship 🗣️ Leading Without Authority

Becoming a Changemaker 92%

A title is not required. The playbook for making an impact from wherever you sit.

by Alex Budak 2022

4.04

174 ratings

🔄 Change Management 🌍 Social Entrepreneurship 🗣️ Leading Without Authority

Transforming Leadership

by James MacGregor Burns • 2003

Leadership has two modes: the deal-making kind and the kind that reshapes what people want.

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251

🏛️ Political Leadership 📜 Political Philosophy ⚖️ Values-Based Leadership

Transforming Leadership 91%

Leadership has two modes: the deal-making kind and the kind that reshapes what people want.

by James MacGregor Burns 2003

3.81

251 ratings

🏛️ Political Leadership 📜 Political Philosophy ⚖️ Values-Based Leadership

Our Iceberg Is Melting

by John P. Kotter • 2005

A penguin colony on a breaking iceberg: the parable that teaches how to lead change.

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🔄 Change Management 📖 Business Fables 🚧 Overcoming Resistance

Our Iceberg Is Melting 91%

A penguin colony on a breaking iceberg: the parable that teaches how to lead change.

by John P. Kotter 2005

3.76

18k+ ratings

🔄 Change Management 📖 Business Fables 🚧 Overcoming Resistance

Cascades

by Greg Satell • 2019

Why revolutions succeed: not a few influencers, but ordinary people in a network built to spread.

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121

🔄 Organizational Change 🌊 Movement Building ✊ Social Movements

Cascades 91%

Why revolutions succeed: not a few influencers, but ordinary people in a network built to spread.

by Greg Satell 2019

3.86

121 ratings

🔄 Organizational Change 🌊 Movement Building ✊ Social Movements

Building the Bridge As You Walk On It

by Robert E. Quinn • 2004

Most leadership advice starts with behaviors. This one starts with who you are.

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🏗️ Organizational Change 🎯 Authentic Leadership 🧘 Inner Work

Building the Bridge As You Walk On It Summary

Building the Bridge As You Walk On It 91%

Most leadership advice starts with behaviors. This one starts with who you are.

by Robert E. Quinn 2004

3.79

275 ratings

🏗️ Organizational Change 🎯 Authentic Leadership 🧘 Inner Work

Leadership Agility

by William B. Joiner • 2006

Five stages separate tactical problem-solvers from leaders who transform systems. Where are you?

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🧱 Leadership Development 🌊 Adaptive Leadership 🌱 Adult Development

Leadership Agility 91%

Five stages separate tactical problem-solvers from leaders who transform systems. Where are you?

by William B. Joiner 2006

3.98

192 ratings

🧱 Leadership Development 🌊 Adaptive Leadership 🌱 Adult Development

The Founding Fathers on Leadership

by Donald T. Phillips • 1997

Beat an empire with better teamwork: the leadership manual hidden in the American Revolution.

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📚 Applied History 🤝 Team Building ⚡ Crisis Leadership

The Founding Fathers on Leadership Summary

The Founding Fathers on Leadership 91%

Beat an empire with better teamwork: the leadership manual hidden in the American Revolution.

by Donald T. Phillips 1997

3.87

298 ratings

📚 Applied History 🤝 Team Building ⚡ Crisis Leadership

Change Leader

by Michael Fullan • 2011

Management books promise silver bullets. Effective change leaders trust their own practice instead.

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🔄 Change Leadership 🏢 Organizational Change 🛠️ Practice Over Theory

Change Leader 91%

Management books promise silver bullets. Effective change leaders trust their own practice instead.

by Michael Fullan 2011

3.77

316 ratings

🔄 Change Leadership 🏢 Organizational Change 🛠️ Practice Over Theory

Tribes

by Seth Godin • 2008

Forget titles. Real leadership is an idea, the courage to be wrong, and a tribe.

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🔄 Organizational Change 👥 Community Building 💡 Contrarian Thinking

Tribes 91%

Forget titles. Real leadership is an idea, the courage to be wrong, and a tribe.

by Seth Godin 2008

3.80

42k+ ratings

🔄 Organizational Change 👥 Community Building 💡 Contrarian Thinking

Dedication and Leadership

by Douglas Arnold Hyde • 1956

An ex-Communist exposes the methods that let a tiny minority capture a third of the world.

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✊ Political Organizing 🔥 Member Dedication 🌱 Leadership Development

Dedication and Leadership 91%

An ex-Communist exposes the methods that let a tiny minority capture a third of the world.

by Douglas Arnold Hyde 1956

4.18

275 ratings

✊ Political Organizing 🔥 Member Dedication 🌱 Leadership Development

Lead and Disrupt

by Charles A. O'Reilly • 2016

Why successful companies stumble: a leadership model for making today's targets and tomorrow's bets.

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💡 Corporate Innovation 🔄 Organizational Renewal ⚖️ Explore Vs Exploit

Lead and Disrupt 91%

Why successful companies stumble: a leadership model for making today's targets and tomorrow's bets.

by Charles A. O'Reilly 2016

3.90

338 ratings

💡 Corporate Innovation 🔄 Organizational Renewal ⚖️ Explore Vs Exploit

Presence

by Peter M. Senge • 2004

Change fails not from bad strategy but from the unexamined mind of the strategist.

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🏢 Organizational Change 🔗 Systems Thinking 📚 Learning Organizations

Presence 91%

Change fails not from bad strategy but from the unexamined mind of the strategist.

by Peter M. Senge 2004

4.07

2k+ ratings

🏢 Organizational Change 🔗 Systems Thinking 📚 Learning Organizations

Deep Change

by Robert E. Quinn • 1996

Total reinvention or slow decline: the choice every leader makes, whether they know it or not.

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939

🔄 Organizational Change 🦋 Transformational Leadership 🌱 Personal Transformation

Deep Change 91%

Total reinvention or slow decline: the choice every leader makes, whether they know it or not.

by Robert E. Quinn 1996

4.08

939 ratings

🔄 Organizational Change 🦋 Transformational Leadership 🌱 Personal Transformation

Strategic Doing

by Edward Morrison • 2019

When you can't command, collaborate. Ten skills for getting networked groups from talk to action.

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268

🏃 Agile Leadership 🔄 Organizational Change 🕸️ Networked Teams

Strategic Doing 91%

When you can't command, collaborate. Ten skills for getting networked groups from talk to action.

by Edward Morrison 2019

3.90

268 ratings

🏃 Agile Leadership 🔄 Organizational Change 🕸️ Networked Teams

Unboss

by Jacob Bøtter • 2012

The boss is obsolete. Your next leader serves, partners, tears down walls, and puts purpose first.

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174

🏢 Organizational Design 🤲 Servant Leadership 🎯 Purpose-Driven Business

Unboss 91%

The boss is obsolete. Your next leader serves, partners, tears down walls, and puts purpose first.

by Jacob Bøtter 2012

3.85

174 ratings

🏢 Organizational Design 🤲 Servant Leadership 🎯 Purpose-Driven Business

Leadership

by James MacGregor Burns • 2010

Leadership transforms both leader and follower; power just moves the pieces.

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498

🏛️ Political Leadership ⚡ Power Dynamics 🔄 Transformational Leadership

Leadership 91%

Leadership transforms both leader and follower; power just moves the pieces.

by James MacGregor Burns 2010

3.85

498 ratings

🏛️ Political Leadership ⚡ Power Dynamics 🔄 Transformational Leadership

Leadershift

by John C. Maxwell • 2019

Eleven shifts that turn positional managers into leaders people actually want to follow.

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3k+

🫱 Servant Leadership 📈 Leadership Development 🔄 Adaptive Leadership

Leadershift 91%

Eleven shifts that turn positional managers into leaders people actually want to follow.

by John C. Maxwell 2019

4.25

3k+ ratings

🫱 Servant Leadership 📈 Leadership Development 🔄 Adaptive Leadership

Leadership on the Line

by Ronald A. Heifetz • 2002

Lead change. Don't die. A survival guide for the dangers the leadership books leave out.

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3k+

🦎 Leading Change 🛡️ Surviving Resistance ⚔️ Managing Conflict

Leadership on the Line 91%

Lead change. Don't die. A survival guide for the dangers the leadership books leave out.

by Ronald A. Heifetz 2002

4.04

3k+ ratings

🦎 Leading Change 🛡️ Surviving Resistance ⚔️ Managing Conflict

Leading in a Culture of Change

by Michael Fullan • 2001

Change needs moral purpose, not heroic decisiveness. Relationships and learning do the real work.

3.77

921

🔄 Change Management 🎯 Adaptive Leadership 🔗 Systems Thinking

Leading in a Culture of Change 91%

Change needs moral purpose, not heroic decisiveness. Relationships and learning do the real work.

by Michael Fullan 2001

3.77

921 ratings

🔄 Change Management 🎯 Adaptive Leadership 🔗 Systems Thinking

Accelerate

by John P. Kotter • 2012

Your hierarchy handles today. Build a second, volunteer-run system to handle the speed of tomorrow.

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1k+

🔄 Organizational Change 🧭 Change Leadership ⚡ Strategic Agility

Accelerate 91%

Your hierarchy handles today. Build a second, volunteer-run system to handle the speed of tomorrow.

by John P. Kotter 2012

3.56

1k+ ratings

🔄 Organizational Change 🧭 Change Leadership ⚡ Strategic Agility

Nuance

by Michael Fullan • 2018

The secret to lasting leadership is three habits that sound soft but produce hard results.

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154

🏫 School Leadership 🔄 Organizational Change 🌊 Adaptive Leadership

Nuance 91%

The secret to lasting leadership is three habits that sound soft but produce hard results.

by Michael Fullan 2018

3.60

154 ratings

🏫 School Leadership 🔄 Organizational Change 🌊 Adaptive Leadership

That's Not How We Do It Here!

by John P. Kotter • 2016

Order isn't enough. Neither is passion. A fable about when a company chooses just one.

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1k+

🔄 Organizational Change 📖 Business Fables 🏢 Organizational Culture

That's Not How We Do It Here! 91%

Order isn't enough. Neither is passion. A fable about when a company chooses just one.

by John P. Kotter 2016

3.83

1k+ ratings

🔄 Organizational Change 📖 Business Fables 🏢 Organizational Culture

Developing the Leader Within You 2.0

by John C. Maxwell • 2018

Influence earns followers; titles just grant authority. Ten principles for making that switch.

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3k+

🏗️ Leadership Development 🤲 Servant Leadership 🧲 Influence Building

Developing the Leader Within You 2.0 Summary

Developing the Leader Within You 2.0 91%

Influence earns followers; titles just grant authority. Ten principles for making that switch.

by John C. Maxwell 2018

4.29

3k+ ratings

🏗️ Leadership Development 🤲 Servant Leadership 🧲 Influence Building

New Power

by Jeremy Heimans • 2018

Power spreads through networks, not hierarchies. The blueprint for ideas the crowd will carry.

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🥊 Power Dynamics 🌐 Network Society ✊ Digital Activism

New Power 90%

Power spreads through networks, not hierarchies. The blueprint for ideas the crowd will carry.

by Jeremy Heimans 2018

3.81

2k+ ratings

🥊 Power Dynamics 🌐 Network Society ✊ Digital Activism

Disrupt Everything―and Win

by James Patterson • 2025

A repeatable five-step loop for making change work for you, not against you.

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328

🏢 Organizational Change 🧭 Adaptive Leadership 🌊 Embracing Change

Disrupt Everything―and Win 90%

A repeatable five-step loop for making change work for you, not against you.

by James Patterson 2025

3.40

328 ratings

🏢 Organizational Change 🧭 Adaptive Leadership 🌊 Embracing Change

Change

by Curtis Bateman • 2023

Change follows a pattern. A model for predicting disruption, plus the five reactions to watch for.

3.78

🔄 Change Management 🧠 Business Psychology 🏗️ Leadership Frameworks

Change 90%

Change follows a pattern. A model for predicting disruption, plus the five reactions to watch for.

by Curtis Bateman 2023

3.78

46 ratings

🔄 Change Management 🧠 Business Psychology 🏗️ Leadership Frameworks

The Essentials of Theory U

by C. Otto Scharmer • 2018

How to listen at the source where the future is born, not where the past repeats.

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429

🏢 Organizational Change 📈 Leadership Development 👂 Deep Listening

The Essentials of Theory U 90%

How to listen at the source where the future is born, not where the past repeats.

by C. Otto Scharmer 2018

4.06

429 ratings

🏢 Organizational Change 📈 Leadership Development 👂 Deep Listening

Change Your World

by John C. Maxwell • 2021

Change doesn't wait for leaders. It starts with one person, a few chairs, and a conversation.

4.09

923

🧭 Values-Driven Leadership 🌱 Grassroots Activism 👥 Mastermind Groups

Change Your World 90%

Change doesn't wait for leaders. It starts with one person, a few chairs, and a conversation.

by John C. Maxwell 2021

4.09

923 ratings

🧭 Values-Driven Leadership 🌱 Grassroots Activism 👥 Mastermind Groups

Agile Transformation

by Michael K. Spayd • 2020

Transform the leader, the culture, the structure, and the thinking, all at once.

4.63

🏢 Organizational Change 🔄 Agile Transformation 🧩 Integral Theory

Agile Transformation 90%

Transform the leader, the culture, the structure, and the thinking, all at once.

by Michael K. Spayd 2020

4.63

32 ratings

🏢 Organizational Change 🔄 Agile Transformation 🧩 Integral Theory

Organizing

by Marshall Ganz • 2014

The disciplined craft of turning personal stories and living-room meetings into political power.

4.26

🧱 Community Organizing 🗳️ Civic Leadership 📖 Storytelling For Change

Organizing 90%

The disciplined craft of turning personal stories and living-room meetings into political power.

by Marshall Ganz 2014

4.26

19 ratings

🧱 Community Organizing 🗳️ Civic Leadership 📖 Storytelling For Change

The Challenge of Library Management

by Pixey Anne Mosley • 2011

Change in libraries fails on feelings, not logistics. A guide to the emotional leadership side.

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📚 Library Management 🔄 Organizational Change 📋 Change Management

The Challenge of Library Management Summary

The Challenge of Library Management 90%

Change in libraries fails on feelings, not logistics. A guide to the emotional leadership side.

by Pixey Anne Mosley 2011

3.57

23 ratings

📚 Library Management 🔄 Organizational Change 📋 Change Management

The Delicate Art of Bureaucracy

by Mark Schwartz • 2020

Most digital transformations fail because they fight bureaucracy instead of reprogramming it.

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🏗️ Organizational Design 🔄 Digital Transformation 📐 Lean Methodology

The Delicate Art of Bureaucracy 90%

Most digital transformations fail because they fight bureaucracy instead of reprogramming it.

by Mark Schwartz 2020

4.11

199 ratings

🏗️ Organizational Design 🔄 Digital Transformation 📐 Lean Methodology

Theory U

by C. Otto Scharmer • 2007

The hidden lever in every outcome is the source of your attention. Most change efforts ignore it.

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🏢 Organizational Change 🔄 Systems Thinking 🪞 Inner Work

Theory U 90%

The hidden lever in every outcome is the source of your attention. Most change efforts ignore it.

by C. Otto Scharmer 2007

4.04

1k+ ratings

🏢 Organizational Change 🔄 Systems Thinking 🪞 Inner Work

No Bullsh*t Leadership

by Chris Hirst • 2019

A playbook for everyday leaders: clear aims, fast decisions, and a culture that outperforms.

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👥 Everyday Leadership 🔄 Culture Transformation 🎬 Execution Over Strategy

No Bullsh*t Leadership 90%

A playbook for everyday leaders: clear aims, fast decisions, and a culture that outperforms.

by Chris Hirst 2019

3.77

518 ratings

👥 Everyday Leadership 🔄 Culture Transformation 🎬 Execution Over Strategy

Lead with Humility

by Jeffrey A. Krames • 2014

Twelve leadership lessons from the pope who traded a palace for a guesthouse.

3.94

467

🤲 Servant Leadership 🙇 Humble Leadership 🌍 Inclusive Leadership

Lead with Humility 90%

Twelve leadership lessons from the pope who traded a palace for a guesthouse.

by Jeffrey A. Krames 2014

3.94

467 ratings

🤲 Servant Leadership 🙇 Humble Leadership 🌍 Inclusive Leadership

The Vision Driven Leader

by Michael Hyatt • 2020

The difference between a manager and a leader is one document. Here is the template.

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🎯 Strategic Visioning 📈 Scaling Businesses 👁️ Visionary Leadership

The Vision Driven Leader 90%

The difference between a manager and a leader is one document. Here is the template.

by Michael Hyatt 2020

4.16

1k+ ratings

🎯 Strategic Visioning 📈 Scaling Businesses 👁️ Visionary Leadership

Lean Change Management

by Jason Little • 2013

Organizational change resists five-year plans. Run it as experiments, let feedback steer instead.

4.02

471

🔄 Change Management 🏃 Agile Transformation 📐 Lean Methodology

Lean Change Management 90%

Organizational change resists five-year plans. Run it as experiments, let feedback steer instead.

by Jason Little 2013

4.02

471 ratings

🔄 Change Management 🏃 Agile Transformation 📐 Lean Methodology

The Open Organization

by Jim Whitehurst • 2015

What open source taught a CEO: ditch hierarchy, let the best ideas win, fail faster.

4.09

682

🏢 Organizational Culture 👐 Open Source Management 🏆 Meritocracy

The Open Organization 90%

What open source taught a CEO: ditch hierarchy, let the best ideas win, fail faster.

by Jim Whitehurst 2015

4.09

682 ratings

🏢 Organizational Culture 👐 Open Source Management 🏆 Meritocracy

How Stella Saved the Farm

by Vijay Govindarajan • 2011

A farm fable about the real reason innovation fails: it gets managed like everything else.

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🐑 Business Fables 💡 Innovation Management 🔄 Organizational Change

How Stella Saved the Farm 90%

A farm fable about the real reason innovation fails: it gets managed like everything else.

by Vijay Govindarajan 2011

3.67

1k+ ratings

🐑 Business Fables 💡 Innovation Management 🔄 Organizational Change

Innovation by Design

by Thomas Lockwood • 2017

Why design thinking fails without leadership alignment, and how Intuit, SAP, and GE got it to stick.

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💡 Design Thinking 🔁 Organizational Change 🎯 Problem Framing

Innovation by Design 90%

Why design thinking fails without leadership alignment, and how Intuit, SAP, and GE got it to stick.

by Thomas Lockwood 2017

3.59

116 ratings

💡 Design Thinking 🔁 Organizational Change 🎯 Problem Framing

The Future Leader

by Jacob Morgan • 2020

140 CEOs reveal why yesterday's leadership fails tomorrow, and the nine mindsets that replace it.

4.16

348

🦎 Adaptive Leadership 🧠 Emotional Intelligence 🤲 Servant Leadership

The Future Leader 90%

140 CEOs reveal why yesterday's leadership fails tomorrow, and the nine mindsets that replace it.

by Jacob Morgan 2020

4.16

348 ratings

🦎 Adaptive Leadership 🧠 Emotional Intelligence 🤲 Servant Leadership

Scrum Mastery

by Geoff Watts • 2013

How great ScrumMasters earn trust, provoke growth, and build teams that no longer need them.

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🫡 Servant Leadership 🏃 Agile Coaching 🤝 Team Facilitation

Scrum Mastery 90%

How great ScrumMasters earn trust, provoke growth, and build teams that no longer need them.

by Geoff Watts 2013

4.23

1k+ ratings

🫡 Servant Leadership 🏃 Agile Coaching 🤝 Team Facilitation

Moments of Impact

by Chris Ertel • 2014

Stop presenting, start designing: craft strategic conversations that solve what analysis can't.

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465

🏢 Organizational Development 💬 Strategic Conversations 🎨 Design Thinking

Moments of Impact 90%

Stop presenting, start designing: craft strategic conversations that solve what analysis can't.

by Chris Ertel 2014

4.01

465 ratings

🏢 Organizational Development 💬 Strategic Conversations 🎨 Design Thinking

Good To Great And The Social Sectors

by Jim Collins • 2001

The discipline behind great companies works for nonprofits too, once you redefine what counts.

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7k+

🏛️ Nonprofit Leadership 🌍 Social Impact 🔄 Organizational Change

Good To Great And The Social Sectors Summary

Good To Great And The Social Sectors 90%

The discipline behind great companies works for nonprofits too, once you redefine what counts.

by Jim Collins 2001

4.05

7k+ ratings

🏛️ Nonprofit Leadership 🌍 Social Impact 🔄 Organizational Change

Change the World

by Robert E. Quinn • 2000

The lever for changing any system is the person in the mirror.

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111

🏢 Organizational Development 🪞 Inner Work ⚖️ Moral Authority

Change the World 90%

The lever for changing any system is the person in the mirror.

by Robert E. Quinn 2000

3.84

111 ratings

🏢 Organizational Development 🪞 Inner Work ⚖️ Moral Authority

Next Is Now

by Lior Arussy • 2018

Most change fails because it ignores the emotional side of resistance. The five-step fix.

4.06

🏢 Change Management 🧱 Overcoming Resistance 🎯 Purpose-Driven Leadership

Next Is Now 90%

Most change fails because it ignores the emotional side of resistance. The five-step fix.

by Lior Arussy 2018

4.06

62 ratings

🏢 Change Management 🧱 Overcoming Resistance 🎯 Purpose-Driven Leadership

The Professional Agile Leader

by Ron Eringa • 2022

Agile asks leaders to dismantle the very authority that made them successful.

4.41

🌊 Agile Transformation 🔄 Organizational Change 🤝 Self-Managing Teams

The Professional Agile Leader 90%

Agile asks leaders to dismantle the very authority that made them successful.

by Ron Eringa 2022

4.41

44 ratings

🌊 Agile Transformation 🔄 Organizational Change 🤝 Self-Managing Teams

Finding Our Way

by Margaret J. Wheatley • 2005

Organizations are living systems, not machines. The harder you control, the worse it gets.

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238

🕸️ Systems Thinking 🐝 Self-Organization 🌱 Living Systems

Finding Our Way 90%

Organizations are living systems, not machines. The harder you control, the worse it gets.

by Margaret J. Wheatley 2005

4.03

238 ratings

🕸️ Systems Thinking 🐝 Self-Organization 🌱 Living Systems

Turn the Ship Around!

by L. David Marquet • 2013

What happens when a submarine captain gives away control: worst crew to best in the fleet.

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🪖 Military Leadership 🏢 Organizational Culture 🔀 Distributed Leadership

Turn the Ship Around! 90%

What happens when a submarine captain gives away control: worst crew to best in the fleet.

by L. David Marquet 2013

4.23

22k+ ratings

🪖 Military Leadership 🏢 Organizational Culture 🔀 Distributed Leadership

Transformational Leadership

by Michael A. Roberto • 2013

Charisma fails. Here is how to mobilize people through adaptive change, power, and negotiation.

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300

🔄 Transformational Leadership 🏢 Organizational Change 🌐 Situational Leadership

Transformational Leadership 90%

Charisma fails. Here is how to mobilize people through adaptive change, power, and negotiation.

by Michael A. Roberto 2013

4.02

300 ratings

🔄 Transformational Leadership 🏢 Organizational Change 🌐 Situational Leadership

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