Do you ever struggle to condense a presentation, message, email, or essay to its essentials and ensure maximum impact? I do! My dissertation was ultimately all in all over 350 pages and…
Tag: Book Review
Re-Entry: Framings and Metaphors
Our family just got back from a 1-night overnighter. We have wanted to get away for a family touchpoint and when the temperature reached 110 degrees, well – as good as a…
Foundations: What is Negotiation?
This is the first of what I hope to be many smaller and more accessible posts that unpack a lot of the insights that emerged in the dissertation research I did on…
Quick Review: The Imposter Cure
I read The Imposter Syndrome by Dr. Jessamy Hibberd last month and one might wonder why I would read this book within a month of finishing my Ph.D. In short, I have struggled…
Quick Review: How to Write with Flair
On a recommendation from a friend, I read this short book on writing style, How to Write With Flair by Heather Holleman. This is a writing book so not the type of…
Quick Review: Talking To Strangers
I just finished Malcom Gladwell’s most recent book Talking to Strangers , which is another great read in keeping with many of his other books. The audiobook is a cutting edge approach to…
Quick Review: Preparing For Peace
As I have been working through many of the books of Peace Studies scholar-practitioner John Paul Lederach, here’s one from the late 90’s. Preparing for Peace: Conflict Transformation Across Cultures, as the…
Quick Review: Building Peace – Sustainable Reconciliation in Divided Societies
I have been wanting to read much more of John Paul Lederach’s work, but just haven’t made it happen – until now. I read through his Building Peace: Sustainable Reconciliation in Divided Societies,…
Quick Review: Leading Multicultural Teams
I’ve been crashing through different resources as I prepare for a new leadership course on teams and just finished Leading Multicultural Teams by Evelyn & Richard Hibbert. This is a book on…