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Book Summary – Find Your Why: A Practical Guide to Discovering Purpose for You and Your Team

All of us have an inner purpose. When we’re on purpose, we thrive and feel a deep sense of fulfilment. In his previous book, Simon…

ReadingraphicsDecember 30, 2020

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Book Summary – Thanks For The Feedback: The Science and Art of Receiving Feedback Well

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

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Book Summary – Hacking Growth: How Today’s Fastest-Growing Companies Drive Breakout Success

How can you acquire new customers, keep them engaged, convert them to fans and ambassadors, and leverage technology to grow your revenue with a shoestring…

ReadingraphicsNovember 28, 2020

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Book Summary – Multipliers: How the Best Leaders Make Everyone Smarter

Why do some leaders create a positive impact on people around them while others don’t? This book by Liz Wiseman presents the characteristics of Multipliers…

ReadingraphicsNovember 19, 2020

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Book Summary – Good Strategy Bad Strategy: The Difference and Why it Matters

Most leaders will agree that strategy is crucial for an organization’s success. Yet most organizations don’t have a good strategy...they confuse strategy with ambition, innovation,…

ReadingraphicsOctober 29, 2020

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Book Summary – Never Eat Alone: And Other Secrets to Success, One Relationship at a Time

Relationships are a crucial part of both our professional and personal lives. They can open doors and bring success and fulfillment that you couldn’t achieve…

ReadingraphicsSeptember 10, 2020

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Book Summaries Leadership and Teamwork Professional Development

Book Summary – Leadership Strategy and Tactics: Field Manual

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

Book Summaries Decision-Making & Problem-Solving Learning & Development Personal Development Professional Development

Book Summary – Mastery (Robert Greene)

In the book Mastery, Robert Greene examines the lives of exceptional historical figures like Charles Darwin and Leonardo Da Vinci to uncover how they become…

ReadingraphicsJuly 30, 2020

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Book Summary – Black Box Thinking: The Surprising Truth about Success (and Why Some People Never Learn from Their Mistakes)

Everyone makes mistakes. It’s how you respond to those mistakes that’ll determine whether you succeed or fail in the long term. Your ability to learn…

ReadingraphicsJune 30, 2020

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Book Summary – The Charisma Myth: How Anyone Can Master the Art and Science of Personal Magnetism

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

Book Summaries Business Communication Leadership and Teamwork Professional Development Relationships, Communication & Parenting Sociology & Economics

Book Summary – Influencer: The New Science of Leading Change

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

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Book Summary – Pre-suasion: A Revolutionary Way to Influence and Persuade

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

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Book Summary – Difficult Conversations: How to Discuss What Matters Most

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

Book Summaries Leadership and Teamwork Professional Development Sociology & Economics

Book Summary – Leaders Eat Last: Why Some Teams Pull Together and Others Don’t

A leadership role isn’t just about managing numbers—it involves helping people thrive and find meaning in their work. When leaders take care of their people,…

ReadingraphicsMarch 30, 2020

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Book Summary – Principles: Life and Work (Ray Dalio)

Successful people are guided by principles, i.e. fundamental truths that guide our actions to help us achieve what we want in life. In this book,…

ReadingraphicsFebruary 29, 2020

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Book Summary – The Anatomy Of Peace: Resolving The Heart Of Conflict

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

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Book Summary – Clockwork: Design Your Business to Run Itself

Many entrepreneurs start out with a dream, but end up as slaves to their businesses. They work long hours and even on vacations, are perpetually…

ReadingraphicsJanuary 31, 2020

Book Summaries Operations and Project Management Personal Development Professional Development Time Management & Productivity

Book Summary – Work the System: The Simple Mechanics of Making More and Working Less

What do you do when there's not enough time/energy to do everything you need to do? Many people simply bulldoze their way through, pushing themselves…

ReadingraphicsDecember 29, 2019

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Book Summary – Trillion Dollar Coach by Eric Schmidt

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

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Book Summary – The Dichotomy of Leadership: Balancing The Challenges of Extreme Ownership to Lead and Win

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 and…

ReadingraphicsOctober 23, 2019

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