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....
2020: Book #5 “Uncle Abe is as homely as his pictures represent him – in fact, the ugliest man I ever saw…” “Evidently, Gus (Schurmann) later visited Tad (Lincoln) at the White House. While in D.C., they saw a play at the Grover’s Theater and ironically met John...
2020: Book #4 “…when you consider how short life can be, you create more meaning in the world.” “The ultimate goal of development should be more about service and less about self.” “Figuring out how you can make a greater contribution through your work has to be...
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