This book, The Go-Giver: A Little Story About a Powerful Business Idea, is a short, quick read. Written by Bob Burg and John David Mann in a fable style, it tells the story of person who was struggling to reach his sales quota until he finds a...
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While the title of this book makes it sound like a coaching book, it is more about a lifestyle or a process of building meaningful relationships. Ask Powerful Questions: Create Conversations That Matter is a book written by Will Wise along with...
Read more“Change Your Questions, Change Your Life” by Marilee Adams
There is a constant stream of questions running through the back of our mind. Something we see, something we hear, a memory that pops up – all of these things are likely to prompt some questions. Most of the time we pay no attention to these...
Read more“Untangling Emotions” by Alasdair Groves and Winston Smith
Emotions are complex and often confusing. Emotions are our mind and our body’s way of advising us about what is happening in regard to the things that we love. Some of us fear emotions, some are ruled by emotions. The book, “Untangling Emotions”...
Read more“Love Works” by Joel Manby
As you may suspect from the title, the big idea in the book “Love Works” is about leading an organization based on love. Joel Manby spent the first half of his career in the automotive business, in companies where leadership was based on the...
Read more“The Servant Leader” by James A. Autry
This book, “The Servant Leader: How to Build a Creative Team, Develop Great Morale, and Improve Bottom-line Performance,” by James A. Autry, is very much a how-to book, describing the way to implement servant leadership in many aspects of leading...
Read more“The World’s Most Powerful Leadership Principle” by James C. Hunter
Jim Hunter’s previous book, “The Servant,” was an allegory that told the story of a business leader whose life was spiraling out of control in every arena. He attends a leadership retreat where the instructor, a former businessman now monk, leads...
Read more“The Power of Vulnerability” by Kaplan and Manchester
Many organizations do not achieve their true potential because they leave much of their power on the table. Organizations often have a culture that prevents people from bringing their full potential to the organization. While an organization...
Read more“Radical Candor” by Kim Scott
No doubt you heard the advice as you grew up: “if you can’t say anything nice, don’t say any anything at all.” Many people still operate according to that rule even when in a position of leading or directing people. While this advice may...
Read more“Emotional Agility” by Dr. Susan David
Agility can be defined as the ability to move quickly and easily or the ability to think and understand quickly. To be agile can be defined as having a quick, resourceful, and adaptable character. When we put the word agility with the concept of...
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