Lots of interesting items come across my screen every week.  Here are some that didn't make it into the blog this week, but which may make interesting reading for you this weekend. 

This week I'm pointing you to articles about CEO reading lists, CEO career secrets, why strategic planning is just the beginning, John Zeglis on leadership, and why neuroscience matters to managers.

From the Wall Street Journal: CEO Reading Lists Have Fewer Celebrities and More Big Ideas
"The latest business books, like those of prior years, promise to help managers do everything better -- from building strong teams and winning customers to achieving robust profits. But management reading lists this year don't include tomes by celebrity executives. Instead, readers are seeking advice on the nitty-gritty tasks of running companies, analyzing complex data to make smart decisions and expanding undervalued assets."

From Industry Week: CEO Career Secrets
"If you're like most execs, you've thought to yourself at one time or another: 'You know, I'm sure that I'd make a great CEO of a major corporation. Yet I don't know what I'd actually have to do to get such a job. Is there anyone who can help me?' Fortunately for you, I've been studying CEOs of major corporations for some time now -- and I know the secrets of how to become one. See if you've got what it takes."

From Inc: Strategic Leadership -- Achieving Agility
"Many business leaders think being strategic means being the author of the company's plan for the future. No one would argue the value of a sound business plan but given what happens to the best laid plans of mice and men, experienced leaders know that planning is only the beginning."

From the Champaign News-Gazette: Former CEO spells out key lessons for leaders
"If you like quotes from Everett Dirksen, Peter Drucker, Adlai Stevenson, Vince Lombardi and Juanita Kreps, you'd probably like Monday's high-energy speech by John Zeglis. The former chairman and chief executive officer of AT&T Wireless drew on all those folks and more in sharing "lessons of leadership" in a lecture at the University of Illinois."

From Strategy + Business: Why Neuroscience Matters to Executives
"The latest research on how the brain works unearths fresh insights into effective leadership."

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