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Book Summary – The Making of a Manager: What to Do When Everyone Looks to You

Most first-time managers struggle with how to lead effectively. Fortunately, it can be learned. The Making of a Manager by Julie Zhuo provides practical insights…

ReadingraphicsMarch 29, 2025

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Book Summary – The Balanced Scorecard: Translating Strategy into Action

Do you find it hard to crystallize your business strategy into actionable plans and align everyone behind them? The Balanced Scorecard (BSC) is a renowned…

ReadingraphicsJuly 31, 2024

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Book Summary – Radical Focus: Achieving Your Most Important Goals with Objectives and Key Results

Objectives and Key Results (OKRs) are widely adopted in Silicon Valley, because they can be extremely effective for helping individuals, teams, and organizations to set…

ReadingraphicsFebruary 29, 2024

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Book Summary – The 6 Types of Working Genius

Have you ever wondered why certain tasks energize you while others leave you feeling drained? In this book, Patrick Lencioni offers a practical framework to…

ReadingraphicsDecember 30, 2023

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Book Summary – CEO Excellence: The Six Mindsets That Distinguish the Best Leaders from the Rest

What exactly do CEOs do? And, what do the best CEOs do differently from the rest? Drawing on 20 years of research data, Carolyn Dewar,…

ReadingraphicsSeptember 29, 2023

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6 Best Team-Building Books to Build Winning Teams

In our rapidly changing world, do traditional organizational models still work? What does it take to build strong tribes, synergistic teams and a winning culture?…

ReadingraphicsApril 11, 2022

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Book Summary – The Three Laws of Performance: Rewriting the Future of Your Organization and Your Life

All of us have personal or organizational challenges that we can’t resolve. After trying different solutions, we may see temporary improvements only to have the…

ReadingraphicsAugust 28, 2021

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Book Summary – Nine Lies About Work: A Freethinking Leader’s Guide to the Real World

Have you ever stopped to consider if the "truths" that you've taken for granted about work or the workplace are actually valid? In this book,…

ReadingraphicsMay 25, 2021

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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 – Measure What Matters: How Google, Bono And The Gates Foundation Rock The World With OKRs

Great ideas are useless if you can’t execute them. Objectives and key results (OKRs) help to create clarity, focus, accountability, alignment and momentum to deliver…

ReadingraphicsMay 23, 2019

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Book Summary – The Goal: A Process of Ongoing Improvement

In unstable, fast-changing environments, flexible operations and quick turnaround can offer real competitive advantages by allowing you to respond quickly to the market. In The…

ReadingraphicsNovember 13, 2018

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How to Develop People-Your Greatest Assets

Most companies claim that people are their biggest assets, but their practices say otherwise. Do you believe in employee development goals and having a creative…

ReadingraphicsApril 14, 2018

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Book Summary – Work Rules!: Insights from Inside Google That Will Transform How You Live and Lead

What’s behind Google’s phenomenal success and why do they do what they do? In this book, Laszlo Bock shares his insider perspective on what makes…

ReadingraphicsJanuary 5, 2018

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