Feedback is a vital source of learning. Yet, it’s not easy to receive feedback, especially when it seems untrue, unfair or badly delivered. This book…
ReadingraphicsDecember 30, 2020
Leading a team isn’t easy, especially if you’re a new leader. In this book, Jocko Willink presents numerous leadership strategies and tactics to help leaders…
ReadingraphicsSeptember 10, 2020
Charismatic people have a natural magnetism that draws people to them. Charisma isn't an inborn talent, but a set of skills and behaviors that can…
ReadingraphicsJune 17, 2020
To solve problems, leaders must be able to influence behavioral change. In Influencer, the authors (Kerry Patterson, Joseph Grenny, David Maxfield, Ron McMillan and Al…
ReadingraphicsMay 30, 2020
Pre-suasion is about laying the groundwork in advance, so your recipients are already receptive to your message by the time you present it. Such tactics…
ReadingraphicsMay 28, 2020
Difficult conversations are anything you have difficulty talking about, e.g. ending a relationship, asking for a pay-raise, or addressing a hurtful behavior. They are a…
ReadingraphicsApril 29, 2020
Leadership isn’t just about managing numbers. It’s about helping people to thrive and find meaning in their work. When leaders take care of their people,…
ReadingraphicsMarch 30, 2020
Warfare doesn’t only happen with physical weapons and artillery. Many of us are warring daily with our family, colleagues and friends. We feel frustrated, angry,…
ReadingraphicsFebruary 28, 2020
In our fast-changing world, great leadership has become all the more crucial for inspiring, mobilizing, empowering and uniting people to solve problems and build extraordinary…
ReadingraphicsJanuary 19, 2020
To succeed, companies must constantly attract, retain and leverage smart, creative talents on a large scale. However, it’s not easy to get high-calibre people to…
ReadingraphicsNovember 13, 2019
In their earlier book, Extreme Ownership, former US Navy SEALs, Jocko Willink and Leif Babin, shared 12 leadership principles that have enabled elite SEAL leaders…
ReadingraphicsOctober 23, 2019
Often, we get readers asking us questions like, "what are the best books to read", "what are the best business books", "what are the best…
ReadingraphicsOctober 10, 2019
How can your organization stay relevant in a rapidly changing environment? How can you align different parts of the organization and counter "disruptive technologies" or…
ReadingraphicsOctober 1, 2019
Building a successful business involves so many things that it can be overwhelming. Specifically, to grow a profitable, thriving enterprise, you need both leadership and…
ReadingraphicsSeptember 29, 2019
Turn the Ship Around! tells the story of how Captain David Marquet successfully transformed the USS Santa Fe in less than a year, from the…
ReadingraphicsJune 30, 2019
Often, leaders know the strategic plan, but struggle to execute it. Indeed, even if we know broadly what we must do, we may not know…
ReadingraphicsJanuary 17, 2019
Our world today is full of rapid, unpredictable changes and complex inter-dependencies. Traditional organizational models—which are built on efficiency and optimizing predictable systems—are no longer…
ReadingraphicsNovember 23, 2018
As humanity evolves, our old/existing models of organization may be inadequate for our new needs, aspirations and challenges. In "Reinventing Organizations", Frederic Laloux introduces the…
ReadingraphicsOctober 14, 2018
Sun Tzu’s famous book, The Art of War, was written in about 500 B.C. and its timeless principles have been used widely in business and…
ReadingraphicsSeptember 21, 2018
