This month’s book is Personal Kanban: Mapping Work/Navigating Life by Jim Benson and Tonianne DeMaria. About the Book: “Personal Kanban depersonalizes and demystifies our work. It aligns our emotions with our goals, and transforms our fears from a specter to a sticky note.” In the words of retired CIA Deputy…
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This month’s book is Clarity First: How Smart Leaders and Organizations Achieve Outstanding Performance by Karen Martin. About the Book: “Ambiguity is the corporate default state, a condition so pervasive that ‘tolerance for ambiguity’ has become a cliché of corporate job postings, a must-have character trait for candidates.” Are you…
This month’s book is Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance by Angela Duckworth. About the Book: “If at first you don’t succeed, try, try again, then try something different.” She had a neuroscience degree from Oxford and a job at Mckinsey and she quit to become a public school…
This month’s book is The Toyota Way to Service Excellence: Lean Transformation in Service Organizations by Jeffrey Liker and Karyn Ross. About the Book: “A culture of service excellence is a slow build, takes constant vigilance to sustain, but is the only true path to greatness.” If your idea of…
This month’s book is We Don’t Make Widgets: Overcoming the Myths That Keep Government From Radically Improving by Ken Miller. About the Book: “What we believe about government - that we don't make widgets, that we don't have customers, and they we’re not here to make a profit - all…
This month’s book is 2 Second Lean: How to Grow People and Build a Fun Lean Culture by Paul Akers. About the Book: “Lean can become a grind when we are focused on just the process, instead of the people. This is the point where most people give up on…
This month’s book is The Upside of Stress: Why Stress Is Good for You and How to Get Good At It by Kelly McGonigal, PhD. About the Book: “The latest science reveals that stress can make you smarter, stronger, and more successful.” True or False: “Stress is harmful and should…
This month’s book is Otherwise Engaged: How Leaders Can Get a Firmer Grip on Employee Engagement and Other Key Intangibles by John Guaspari. About the Book: “Engagement is not a series of activities – it’s a feeling state in which people exist.” Otherwise Engaged addresses the issue of why employee…
This month’s book is The Ideal Team Player: How to Recognize and Cultivate The Three Essential Virtues by Patrick Lencioni. About the Book: “If someone were to ask me to make a list of the most valuable qualities a person should develop in order to thrive in the world of…