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More on Leadership, Summer Reads, History, and Equity Leadership Risk: A User’s Guide by Stanley McChrystal and Anna Butrico | Oct 5, 2021 McChrystal’s Team of Teams book told how teamwork, communication and networks helped turn the tide in Iraq. Here, McChrystal provides ten factors that are critical to risk reduction. Adaptability, leadership, and a positive mindset help tip the…
Read MoreCollaborating … when it is difficult
A Review: Collaborating with the Enemy By Adam Kahane Discernment suggests that we work with others to define the problem and work together on a solution. Complexity and polarization, however, often make this difficult. Adam Kahane has been at the center of many of the world’s toughest challenges, seeking to end conflict in Columbia and…
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More From My Bookshelf Adaptive Leadership in a Global Economy … Application and Scholarship by Mohammed Raei (Editor), Harriette Thurber Rasmussen (Editor) | December 31, 2021 Incredible book about implementing adaptive leadership – world wide – in the midst of the pandemic and other disruptions. Great tools and ideas for teams that want to become more adaptive in our…
Read MoreResiliency, culture and belonging for hard times
Resiliency Books What have you learned since we last met? –Ralph Waldo Emerson Five years from now you will be the same as today but for the people you meet and the books you read. –Stanley “Tremendous” Jones Lately, my reading keeps coming back to the themes of resiliency, culture, and belonging. Here are a…
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Deliberate Practice … key to getting better Three new books this month on getting better. Each of these mini-reviews adds meaning to our theme of deliberate practice and communities of practice. Communities of Practice work. A community of practice is a group of people who share an interest in getting better. The concept, from Lave…
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More from my bookshelf – March 2021 More books on leadership, equity, history … and.a thriller Leadership: The Motive: Why So Many Leaders Abdicate Their Most Important Responsibilities (J-B Lencioni Series) by Patrick M. Lencioni | Feb 19, 2020 The shortest book ever. Do we aspire to BE executives … or DO the hard work of executing? Do…
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More Books – February 2021 More Books from: Recent Reads Belonging Black History Interested in other topics? Email me @ larry@larrynyland.com or text me @ 425-418-4398. Current Reads: Experimentation Works: The Surprising Power of Business Experiments by Stefan H. Thomke | Feb 18, 2020 Businesses run, collectively, more than one test for every person living in the…
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A Review – Just Schools: building equitable collaborations with families and communities Author: Ann M. Ishimaru, Associate Professor of Educational Policy, Organizations, and Leadership at the University of Washington College of Education. Equitable Collaboration To oversimplify, parent collaboration improves school climate, equity, sustainability, and achievement. Chicago schools with high levels of collaboration were 6 to…
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More … from my bookshelf Some binge reading this month: three books on the American Revolution; three books by John Kotter; some racial justice reading and some beach reads. Each with a brief note about what I found compelling. EQUITY How to Be an Antiracist by Ibram X. Kendi | Aug 13, 2019 Compelling book about racism that…
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More … from my bookshelf With a brief note about what I found compelling in each. – Leadership – Leadership Strategy and Tactics: Field Manual by Jocko Willink | 2020 This is the third book I’ve read from Willink. Ex Navy Seal has a no nonsense approach to leadership which is very detailed and practical. Lots of…
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