In Living an Exceptional Life, the late Jim Rohn refers to his library as one of his most prized possessions. As an accomplished author himself, Jim embraced the value of ideas and was always seeking out ways to improve his own value through reading the ideas of others. As 2013 takes hold, what new ideas [...]
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What’s on Your Reading List?
January 1st, 2013 | Posted in Change, Leadership Fitness, leadership training, Reading List
Dog Days of Summer
August 17th, 2012 | Posted in Leadership Fitness, Reading List
The “dog days of summer” occur during the hottest and muggiest part of the year, usually between early July and early September in the northern hemisphere. In the southern hemisphere, the dog days occur around January. But where does the term come from? In ancient times, when the night sky was unobscured by artificial lights, people in different parts of the [...]
Reading List: Organizing Genius: The Secrets of Creative Collaboration
September 11th, 2011 | Posted in Reading List
Organizing Genius: The Secrets of Creative Collaboration Bennis, W. Biederman, P. New York: Basic Books, 1997. This book brings home the point that none of us is as smart as all of us despite our obsession with solitary genius. The myth of the triumphant individual is shattered as the authors give example after example of [...]
Reading List: The Answer to How is Yes: Acting on What Matters
August 29th, 2011 | Posted in Reading List
The Answer to How is Yes: Acting on What Matters Block, P. San Francisco: Berrett-Koehler, 2002. Block challenges us to stop using “how” as a means to avoid acting on what we already know is important. He shows how asking “how” often keeps us safe because instead of being led by our hearts into uncharted [...]
Reading List: Get Them On Your Side
August 2nd, 2011 | Posted in Reading List
Get Them On Your Side Bacharach, S.B. Avon: Platinum Press, 2005. Named one of the “Best Business Books of 2005” by Fast Company, this manifesto walks the would-be “politically competent leader” through the steps required to understand the agendas of others, identify allies and resistors, create coalitions and get the buy-in necessary to put ideas [...]
Life Lessons
June 9th, 2011 | Posted in Reading List
What if you could gather in one place all the important lessons you wanted your children or grandchildren to learn? What if you applied those same principles for success to your life? June 9th is the official release date of my friend Brian Bartes’s new book Life Lessons: A Guide to Creating and Living Your [...]
Turning Even the Most Difficult Customer into Your Biggest Fan
September 15th, 2009 | Posted in Reading List
My friends, Marilyn Suttle and Lori Jo Vest, have written a remarkable new customer service book, “Who’s Your Gladys? How to Turn Even the Most Difficult Customer into Your Biggest Fan.” This book is filled with real world case studies from companies in a wide range of industries that excel in their customer care. The [...]
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