Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can’t Stop Talking
The Introvert’s Edge: How the Quiet and Shy Can Outsell Anyone Matthew Pollard AMACOM (2018) “Why should I care?” Years ago during dinner with a very prominent venture capitalist in San Francisco, I asked him how he and his colleagues…
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Taking the Stage: How Women Can Speak Up, Stand Out, and Succeed Judith Humphrey Jossey-Bass/A Wiley Brand (2015) How almost anyone “can find their own strong voice, seize new opportunities to lead, and advance their career” The title…
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Rise To The Top: How Women Leverage Their Professional Persona to Earn More Stacey Hawley Career Press (2015) How to manage the power of others’ perceptions to achieve the given career objectives Authors of books such as this one often…
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Talk is (Not!) Cheap: The Art of Conversation Leadership Jim McCann New Harvest/Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (2014) A personal and practical discussion of basic communication objectives, strategies, and tactics As I began to read this book, I was again reminded of…
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The Pause Principle: Step Back to Lead Forward Kevin Cashman Berrett-Koehler Publishers (2012) “Great things are achieved by reflection, force of character, and judgment.” Marcus Tullius Cicero In his previous book, Kevin Cashman advocates what he characterizes as “leadership from…
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Here is a brief excerpt from an article written by Erika Andersen and featured by the Forbes blog. To read the complete article, check out other resources, and obtain subscription information, please click here. * * * Recently a colleague…
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Here is a brief excerpt from an article written by Erika Andersen and featured by the Forbes blog. To read the complete article, check out other resources, and obtain subscription information, please click here. * * …
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In her recently published book, Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can’t Stop Talking, Susan Cain examines the advantages and disadvantages of being primarily an introvert. As she explains, an introvert prefers one-on-one conversations to group activities;…
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Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can’t Stop Talking Susan Cain Crown Publishers (2012) How and why our location on “the introvert-extrovert spectrum” influences most (if not all) of our decisions and opinions Throughout most of her…
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From Calm Leadership, Lasting Change
Here is a brief excerpt from an article written by Nancy F. Koehn that appeared in The New York Times in which she discusses Rachel Carson, one of the great heroines of the 20th century whose heritage was multi-faceted and…
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