In the aftermath of another almost disastrous, but at the very least, average, Chicago Bears season, I took an hour from grinding through producing lecture videos for a few online courses to…
Tag: Organizational Leadership
Quick Review: Triggers
A great resource for personal change and leadership development is Marshall Goldsmith’s Triggers: Creating Behavior That Lasts – Becoming the Person You Want to Be. Goldsmith is a giant in the coaching world…
Quick Review: Fast Times
I read Fast Times: How Digital Winners Set Direction, Learn, and Adapt by Arun Arora as one of the resources to keep learning about digital transformation in the midst of all the change…
Quick Review: Building the Bridge As You Walk On It
One of the books I enjoyed over the summer was Building the Bridge As You Walk On It: Building the Bridge As You Walk On It by Robert E. Quinn. It’s an…
Quick Review: Reframing Organizations
I read Reframing Organizations: Artistry, Choice, and Leadership by Lee G. Bolman and Terrence E. Deal last month and wanted to highlight it for my organizationally inclined friends. This is a classic…
Quick Review: The Advantage
I’ve had this book for quite a while but never got around to reading it until last week. But it’s a great one-stop shop for organizational leadership. It basically is an integrated…
Quick Review: The Plan
This is the third book I’ve read that is connected to the 2016 Cubs’ championship season. I am quite willing to read 100 more if more people write about that team 
The…
Quick Review – Re-Centering: Culture & Knowledge in Conflict Resolution Practice
This month I’ve worked through the book Re-Centering: Culture and Knowledge in Conflict Resolution Practice by several editors and contributors. This is a book written from an ethnic minority perspective on contemporary negotiation…
Quick Review: Crucial Accountability
After reading Crucial Conversations a couple months ago I wanted to also read Vital Smarts’ Crucial Accountability: Tools for Resolving Violated Expectations, Broken Commitments, and Bad Behavior. It used to be called Crucial…