Writing a lot of words on a subject gets easy. Often you can simply write and write and (at least I) think that you’ll eventually say something important. I’ve often said too much. It might have been earlier in my career when I was selling or even more recently with my teenagers when their eyes » Read More
A recent book by a new friend got me thinking about transparency and leadership. The book is Business at the Speed of NOW by John M. Bernard. John’s an Instigator here at Lead Change. We met through social media and we’ve spoken a few times about how the Internet and a number of other issues » Read More
Many authors have written about people management, project management or corporate culture as separate topics. But a new book by Ben Snyder ties together all three subjects and paints a clear picture of how they interact to nurture (or damage) employee engagement and organizational performance. Read this review, find the book and set fire to the status quo.
This post is reprinted from “The Conversations Around Us” with the permission of its author, Tara Alemany. I first “discovered” Andy Andrews when he started following me on Twitter. (He’s @AndyAndrews.) Exploring his website led me to The Noticer Project, a nationwide movement to “notice” the five most influential people in your life. From that point onward, I was » Read More
Graceful by Seth Godin is the best $3 you will spend this year! I’m serious. The author quickly takes you through a series of ideas created to help you move individually from defensive, zero-sum, factory-style leadership to a new gift-based, positive-sum, community-style model. Position It used to be that leaders were the people “in charge”. » Read More
“…We have observed that the biggest impediment to managers becoming great leaders is the lack of a clear vision. Yet less than 10 percent of the organizations we have visited are lead by managers who have a clear sense of where they are trying to lead people.”
There are as many books on leadership today as there are leaders to read them. Most of these deal with what it takes to be a leader and what poor leadership looks like (and should be avoided). Lucky for us, Kevin Eikenberry and Guy Harris have authored a new book, From Bud To Boss, Secrets » Read More
Hope Unseen: The Story of the U.S. Army’s First Blind Active-Duty Officer by Scotty Smiley with Doug Crandall Much is written about words like character and leadership. Countless words are used to describe the inner makeup of people we admire and desire to emulate. Often we want the success of a Tiger Woods or Peyton » Read More
This is a guest post by Jessica Henry (Twitter, LinkedIn), my daughter. She has no shortage of hobbies or books on her reading list. Many of the books come from me. But when she read this one, because of her feedback, I asked her to post the review. You’ll find that leadership comes in every » Read More
Linchpin is a fairly important recent book by Seth Godin. Most of the concepts in the book aren’t new and have been presented in many other books including The Fred Factor by Mark Sanborn. Many times the way the author makes a point or the current state of the economy may serve to add impact » Read More
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