Tag: excellent book
Book Notes – Dare to Lead – Brown
(Audio Book version) Gratitude – write down things we are grateful for. Recognition increases employee engagement. Need to celebrate accomplishments.Addictions abound, statistically everyone is impacted directly/indirectly. Numbing takes both good and bad away.Resentment related to lack of boundaries.Instead of trying to numb, lean into, understand reason. It’s not what we do it, but why we…
Book Notes – Collins – Good to Great
Study of a few companies that had an inflection point in their results going from good to great. Disciplined people, disciplined thought, disciplined action Growth of leadership to “level 5” – capable individual -> contributing team member -> competent manager -> effective leader -> level 5 leader Level 5 leaders think of the organization before…
Book Notes – Gung Ho! – Blanchard
Getting everyone onboard working together brings motivation and results
Book Notes – Start with Why – Sinek
Manipulation only works for so long (transactional interactions) , inspiration builds loyalty Golden circle What – how – why Most use what to explain what they do, but decisions are often based on “gut” – which reverberates with why. When we believe what someone else believes (why) we feel more connected to that. Consistently going…
Book Notes – Radical Candor – Scott
Excellent book, theory is that with appropriate feedback, people will learn and adapt better Based on a quadrant with one axis of caring personally and one axis to challenge directly Caring and challenging leads to radical candor which is the target Challenge directly without caring – Obnoxious Aggression Care too much without challenging – Ruinous…
Book Notes – Never Split the difference – Voss
Negotiation isn’t so much about the issue at hand but what the other person really wants. Establishing trust and getting down the real reason are main steps to negotiation. Mirroring Labelling Beware Yes, master no Trigger the two words (That’s right) Bending the reality Create illusion of control Guarantee execution Bargain Hard Black Swan
Book Notes – Unstoppable Teams – Mills
C.A.R.E loop -> Connect, Achieve, Respect, Empower Platform (You) Unstoppables Connect Achieve Respect Empower Activate the 10x advantage
Book Notes – The On-time, On-target manager – Blanchard
The 3 “P”s which the 3rd is a C Priority – Often we work on the wrong things, creating last minute rushes, late work, stress and poor quality of work Do Maybe do Don’t do Want to do & have to do Want to do but don’t have to do Don’t want to do and…
Book Notes – The one minute manager builds high performing teams – Blanchard
To perform, teams need to collaborate and communicate, be aligned towards the same goal. Characteristics (PERFORM) Vision is essential to create a common purpose and point the team in the right direction Observe in groups Stages of groups Leadership styles – adjust to provide the group what it needs (typically stages align with styles) Leader…