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Overcoming the Five Dysfunctions of a Team - Book summary

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Book Summary – Overcoming the Five Dysfunctions of a Team: A Field Guide for Leaders, Managers and Facilitators

Teamwork can be hard to measure and achieve. Yet, when you get it right, it can deliver seemingly-impossible results, and become a source of sustainable…

ReadingraphicsDecember 21, 2016

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Book Summary – Scrum: The Art Of Doing Twice The Work In Half The Time

Scrum is a team performance framework by Jeff Sutherland – a new way of thinking and working – that delivers more results, at higher quality,…

ReadingraphicsDecember 9, 2016

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Book Summary – The Leadership Challenge: How to Make Extraordinary Things Happen in Organizations

In today’s fast changing world, leaders play a crucial role in leading and uniting people to solve the world’s challenges. The Leadership Challenge is about…

ReadingraphicsOctober 28, 2016

How to Win Friends & Influence People in the Digital Age - Book summary

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Book Summary – How to Win Friends and Influence People in the Digital Age

Dale Carnegie’s original book How to Win Friends and Influence People was published in 1936, and laid out powerful and timeless principles of human communications…

ReadingraphicsOctober 23, 2016

Book Summaries Business Management Entrepreneurship and Start-Ups Leadership and Teamwork Science, Technology & Innovation

Book Summary – The Lean Startup: How Today’s Entrepreneurs use Continuous Innovation to Create Radically Successful Businesses

Each time startups and innovations fail, huge amounts of money, time, passion, and skill are wasted. Yet, with the right processes, their success could be…

ReadingraphicsAugust 24, 2016

The 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership - Book summary

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Book Summary – The 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership: Follow Them and People will Follow You

Everything rises and falls on leadership. In this book, John Maxwell provides insights that are based on more than 40 years of leadership experience and…

ReadingraphicsJuly 17, 2016

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Book Summary – The Fifth Discipline: The Art & Practice of The Learning Organisation

In today’s increasingly dynamic and complex word, an organization’s ability to learn and renew itself is a sustainable competitive advantage. In this book, Peter Senge…

ReadingraphicsJuly 14, 2016

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Book Summary – Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap…and Others Don’t

Can a company make the transition from good to great? If so, how? Through extensive research and analysis, Jim Collins identified a number of timeless…

ReadingraphicsJuly 3, 2016

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Book Summary – The E-Myth Revisited: Why Most Small businesses Don’t Work and What to Do About It

In the United States, 80% of businesses fail within the first 5 years, and 80% of the survivors fail in the next 5 years. In…

ReadingraphicsJune 6, 2016

Go Put Your Strenghts To Work - Book summary

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Book Summary – Go Put Your Strengths to Work: 6 Powerful Steps to Achieve Outstanding Performance

Numerous studies have shown that effective organizations and great achievers focus on leveraging their strengths rather than trying to fix their weaknesses. This book by…

ReadingraphicsMay 27, 2016

Book Summaries Business Management Happiness, Emotional Intelligence & Spiritual Growth Leadership and Teamwork Motivation and Potential Personal Development

Book Summary – Delivering Happiness: A Path to Profits, Passion and Purpose

In Delivering Happiness: A Path to Profits, Passion and Purpose, Tony Hsieh shares how he built Zappos from nothing to its eventual sale (or marriage)…

ReadingraphicsMay 17, 2016

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Book Summary – Our Iceberg is Melting: Changing And Succeeding Under Any Conditions

Through a simple fable about a penguin colony, with life-like characters that we can identify with. This book by John Kotter presents important lessons for…

ReadingraphicsApril 27, 2016

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Book Summary – Switch: How to Change Things when Change is Hard

Making lasting change in our companies, communities and our own can be hard, because of inherent conflict in our minds. In this book, the Heath…

ReadingraphicsFebruary 5, 2016

Leadership and Teamwork Motivation and Potential Personal Development Time Management & Productivity

How to tap on different modes of thinking

Do you tend to be more optimistic or pessimistic? Are you always focusing on facts or making decisions based on your intuition? The next time…

ReadingraphicsAugust 31, 2015

Leadership and Teamwork Motivation and Potential Personal Development Time Management & Productivity Tips and Insights

Do One Thing at a Time

Are you reading this article while watching the TV or engaged on Facebook/ Twitter? Multi-tasking has become a norm in our lives. However, rather than…

ReadingraphicsAugust 8, 2015

Business Management Leadership and Teamwork Money and Personal Finance Personal Development Tips and Insights

Earn what you’re worth

Let's face it. At some point in your business/ career, you've probably lamented that you were not being paid enough. At some point in your…

ReadingraphicsAugust 6, 2015

Business Management Leadership and Teamwork Tips and Insights

Remote Jobs – Top companies offering remote work & if it’s right for you

Markets have become more global, people more mobile, and talent harder to retain. If you are managing a team, running your own business, and/or working…

ReadingraphicsAugust 3, 2015

Leadership and Teamwork Personal Development Time Management & Productivity Tips and Insights

How to Get More Done in Less Time

If you are constantly struggling to find time to finish the million things on your to-do list, it’s probably time to take a step back…

ReadingraphicsJuly 19, 2015

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Book Summary – Six Thinking Hats® by Edward de Bono

Focusing on one mode of thinking at a time reduces confusion, encourages balanced discussion, and allows teams to shift viewpoints without conflict. Edward de Bono…

ReadingraphicsJune 21, 2015

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Book Summary – The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference

Why do some ideas, social behaviors or products start epidemics while others don’t? How do you curb a rampant epidemic, or start a positive campaign…

ReadingraphicsJune 7, 2015

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