2020: Book #10 Why do you do what you do? What’s your motivation? Famed author and storyteller Patrick Lencionni presents the importance of knowing your motivation in his latest parable book, “The Motive.” He wants you to discover your purpose. What unlocks your...
2020: Book #9 How do you turn a presupposed weakness into a strength? If you think people see you as inexperienced, but you feel you’re qualified for the job, how do you pivot so that inexperience is seen as a strength? That’s the premise of “Edge: Turning Adversity...
2020: Book #8 How did Shakespeare impact the writing of Lincoln? He had favorite poets and poems. Did his style find its way into the President’s pen and speech? That’s the purpose of Fred Kaplan’s book, “Lincoln: The Biography of a Writer.” Interesting. Tedious....
2020: Book #7 “More so than Churchill, Lincoln had early in life developed a vital leadership virtue – patient listening – often scarce among supreme political and military leaders…. The president knew when to listen carefully.” Knowing he was not an...
2020: Book #6 “It’s not surprising that even well-intentioned leaders who value trust often fall into the trap of hiring and promoting high performers without regard to whether they can be trusted and trusting. Performance can easily be quantified in terms of output....
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