Recommended Reading

PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT

 

Book Review - Eat That Frog, 21 Great Ways to Stop Procrastinating and Get More Done in Less Time by Brian Tracy

 

(Review in August 2013 newsletter)

 

Activating Your Ambition by Mike Hawkins

(Review in July 2012 newsletter)

 

Change Anything by Kerry Patterson, Joseph Grenny, David Maxfield, Ron McMillan, and Al Switzler

(Review in January 2012 newsletter)

 

The Inner Game of Stress by W. Timothy Gallwey

(Review in November 2011 newsletter)

 

Your Brain at Work by David Rock

(Review in Collaborations -- Fall 2010)

 

What Your Boss Never Told You by Gary Winters

(Review in Collaborations -- Fall 2010)

 

Cats- The Nine Lives of Innovation by Stephen C. Lundin, Ph. D

(Review in Collaborations -- Fall 2009)

 

The Fred Factor by Mark Sanborn

(Review in Collaborations -- Spring 2009)

 

Leadership and Self-Deception by The Arbinger Institute

(Review in Collaborations -- Winter 2009)

 

How Full Is Your Bucket? by Tom Rath and Donald Clifton

(Review in Collaborations -- Spring 2007)

 

How to Grow a Backbone: 10 Strategies for Gaining Power and Influence at Work by Susan Marshall

(Review in Collaborations -- Spring 2006)

 

The On-Time, On-Target Manager by Ken Blanchard and Steve Gottry

(Review in Collaborations -- Summer 2004)

 

Love It, Don't Leave It by Beverly Kaye and Sharon Jordan-Evans

(Review in Collaborations -- Summer 2004)

 

Quick Guide to the Four Temperaments for Peak Performance - How to Unlock Your Talents to Excel at Work by Scott Campbell

(Review in Collaborations -- Spring 2004)

 

Don't Waste Your Talent by Bob MacDonald, Ph.D and Don Hutcheson

(Review in Collaborations -- Summer 2001)

 

Now, Discover Your Strengths by Marcus Buckingham and Curt Coffman

(Review in Collaborations -- Spring 2001)

 

The Magic in the Right Questions by Bill Mayer

In his motivational book, Bill Mayer shows us how by asking "empowering" questions of ourselves instead of disempowering questions, we can improve our lives. Bill tells us that we become what we think about so shows us how to use the right questions to focus in a positive way. For example, rather than ask "Why did this happen to me?" Bill suggests we ask "What's great about this?"

 

Leadership from the Inside Out by Kevin Cashman

Kevin Cashman challenges us to consider that leadership isn't only something we do, but rather an expression of who we are. This book provides an opportunity for self-reflection as well as practical tools to get to the essence of leadership: authentic self-expression that creates value.

 

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