My top 5 business books of 2015

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People often ask me what my top business books are – probably because I’m a former business book publisher! Yet despite having published hundreds of the things myself, and having read many more, my mind often draws a frozen blank in the face of this question. So I decided to confront this very reasonable query […]

Act Like a Leader, Think Like a Leader – reflections on Herminia Ibarra’s new book

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‘How can I know who I am until I see what I do?’ Karl Weick, social psychologist The title of Herminia Ibarra’s new book captures its key message: if you step up and behave like a leader, you will start to think and feel as if you are one. Even if acting like a leader […]

Review of ‘Working Identity’ by Herminia Ibarra

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I’d wanted to read Herminia Ibarra’s Working Identity for a long time. It was first published in 2004 and was widely reviewed – and praised – in the business press. I’d even met the author once, on a book commissioning trip to INSEAD, where Ibarra is Professor of Organizational Behaviour. So I was excited to […]