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…
This month’s book is Storytelling at Work: How Moments of Truth on the Job Reveal the Real Business of Life by Mitch Ditkoff. About the Book: “There have been great societies that did not use the wheel, but there have been no societies that did not tell stories.” - Ursula…
This month’s book is The Coaching Habit: Say Less, Ask More & Change the Way You Lead Forever by Michael Bungay Stanier. About the Book: You’re probably not getting very effective coaching and you’re probably not delivering very effective coaching. Sobering words from Mr. Stanier about the current state of…
This month’s book is To Sell Is Human: The Surprising Truth About Moving Others by Daniel Pink. I don’t sell minivans in a car dealership or bound from office to office pressing cholesterol drugs on physicians. But leave aside sleep, exercise, and hygiene, and it turns out that I spend…
This month’s book is Ask More: The Power of Questions to Open Doors, Uncover Solutions, and Spark Change by Frank Sesno. About the Book: In practical terms, this book is a guide to effective inquiry. What are the best questions to ask given the situation? How do we find out…
This month’s book is The Joy of Lean: Transforming, Leading and Sustaining a Culture of Engaged Team Performance by Dodd Starbird. About the Book: “...productivity goals don’t make people productive!” What??!! Did we hear that right? Yes, in the midst of describing how to improve productivity, Dodd Starbird makes a…
This month’s book is Streamline: A Business Novel - Your Path to Government Efficiency Starts Here by Richard Baron. About the Book: This is a business novel in the tradition of Eli Goldratt. Just as The Goal chronicled the life and times of a manufacturing manager trying to save a…