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 you to a business book or magazine that will inspire, teach, inform, or elevate you, professionally and personally. This week:


The Power of Giving Away Power:
How the Best Leaders Learn to Let Go
by Matthew Barzun

Why do some organizations grow and thrive with complexity, while others collapse under their own weight? The answer is simple but transformative: When power is hoarded and lorded over others, it is finite. But when leaders allow power to flow among groups, it can grow indefinitely. While many have realized the limits of top-down hierarchy, "bottom-up" leadership is just as bad. It's the same shape in reverse. And who wants to be at the bottom? Barzun describes leaders whose organizations take a new shape. They are self-perpetuating and self-energizing; they function as Constellations-- dynamic, flexible, and renewable networks of distinct yet interwoven nodes.

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