Jim O’Toole
Workplace Wellness that Works: 10 Steps to Infuse Well-Being & Vitality into Any Organization Laura Putnam John Wiley & Sons (2015) To accelerate personal growth and professional development, no other single source offers more and better guidance. I agree with…
Read MoreI recently re-read Dan Kahneman‘s Thinking, Fast and Slow, and was amazed by how much that I noted in his narrative, this time, that I had either missed or misunderstood during previous readings. In Chapter 20, “The Illusion of Validity,”…
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Transformative HR: How Great Companies Use Evidence-Based Change for Sustainable Advantage John W. Boudreau and Ravin Jesuthasan Joszsey-Bass/A Wiley Imprint (2011) How and why the principles underlying evidence-based change bring clarity and validity to decisions about human capital In my…
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Chief Culture Officer: How to Create a Living, Breathing Corporation Grant McCracken Basic Books (2009) The world outside the corporation: ”the body of ideas, emotions, and activities that make up the life of the consumer” I read this book when…
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The Road to Character David Brooks Random House (2015) Here is a thoughtful and heartfelt affirmation of a “moral ecology” that can help all of us to cultivate stronger character I have read and then reviewed most of David Brooks’…
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Most of the companies annually ranked among those that are most highly admired and best to work for are also annually ranked among those that are most profitable and have the greatest cap value in their competitive marketplace. That is…
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Better and Faster: The Proven Path to Unstoppable Ideas Jeremy Gutsche Crown Business (2015) How to convert almost any workplace into a “hunting ground” for breakthrough ideas In his latest book, Hunting in a Farmer’s World: Celebrating the Mind of…
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Dare to Serve: How to Drive Superior Results by Serving Others Cheryl Bachelder Berrett-Koehler Publishers (2015) “Life is either a daring adventure or nothing.” Helen Keller In Jason Jennings’ latest book, The High-Speed Company, he draws upon 11,000 interviews of…
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The High-Speed Company: Creating Urgency and Growth in a Nanosecond Culture Jason Jennings with Laurence Haughton Portfolio/Penguin Group (March 2015) How to accelerate personal growth and professional development in almost any organization, whatever its size or nature In one of…
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John Kotter on the Major Pitfalls of Organizational Transformation
In Leading Change: Why Transformation Efforts Fail (HBR OnPoint 2000), John Kotter identifies and discusses eight “pitfalls” to avoid when embarked upon organizational transformation. Here they are, accompanied by my brief comments: 1. Not establishing a great enough sense of…
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