Posts Tagged ‘changing culture’
More from my reading list
More … to read … and see With a brief note about what I found compelling in each. Never Split the Difference: Negotiating as if Your Life Depended on It by Chris Voss, Tahl Raz – 2016 Top FBI hostage negotiator tells great stories and day-to-day examples of how to negotiate well. Even negotiating works better with…
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Review: Nine Lies About Work: A Freethinking Leader’s Guide to the Real World by Marcus Buckingham and Ashley Goodall https://store.hbr.org/product/nine-lies-about-work-a-freethinking-leader-s-guide-to-the-real-world/10214 Marcus Buckingham Many of Buckingham’s earlier books have been best sellers: First Break All the Rules, The Truth About You, and GO Put Your Strengths to Work. He turns number crunching – from 1000s of participants…
Read MoreMaking Change Stick
How to make change initiatives stick Making Change Stick: 90% of change initiatives fail … because they rely so heavily on one tool, motivation. According to Patterson and Grenny, successful initiatives include will and skill, not just motivation. The difference between a problem and an opportunity is the amount of skill available. No matter how…
Read MoreMoment of Lift Review
The Moment of Lift: how empowering women changes the world – Melinda Gates In Moment of Lift, Melinda Gates tells how she, and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, morphed from health issues to empowering women. Three Take Aways: I had three great take aways from reading this book: Improvement science. She describes initiative after…
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