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Leadership Is Language: The Hidden Power of What You Say–and What You Don’t L. David Marquet Portfolio/Penguin (February 2020) Earn respect and trust by what you do and how well you do it, and that includes communication As I began…
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Super Thinking: The Big Book of Mental Models Gabriel Weinberg and Lauren McCann Portfolio/Penguin (June 1919) How to develop a mind that can jump jurisdictional boundaries to create unique value J. H. Flavell was probably the first to use the…
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The Messy Middle: Finding Your Way Through the Hardest and Most Crucial Part of Any Bold Venture Scott Belsky Portfolio/Penguin (October 2018) “It’s not about the start or finish, it’s about the journey in between.” Scott Belsky The “it” may…
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The Fixer: My Adventures Saving Startups from Death by Politics Bradley Tusk Portfolio/Penguin (September 2018) “The nine most terrifying words in the English language are: ‘I’m from the government and I’m here to help.’” Ronald Reagan As I began to…
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Clockwork: Design Your Business to Run Itself Mike Michalowicz Portfolio/Penguin (August 2018) Here is a system that can help almost anyone to grow a business that can (almost) run itself Mike Michalowicz (my-KAL-oh-wits) once asked Ryan Lee how he has…
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Growth IQ: Get Smarter About the Choices That Will Make or Break Your Company Tiffani Bova Portfolio/Penguin (August 2018) How to achieve and then sustain “countercyclical” and profitable growth Not all growth is progress, of course, and Tiffani Bova obviously understands…
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Herding Tigers: Be the Leader That Creative People Need (1/16/18) Todd Henry Portfolio/Penguin (January 2018) How to become a leader who “makes echoes” As I began to read this thoughtful and thought-provoking book, I was again reminded of several of…
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All leaders have many responsibilities and one of the most important is to establish or nourish a workplace culture within which personal growth and professional development are most likely to thrive. In his latest book, Together Is Better: A Little…
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Draw to Win: A Crash Course on How to Lead, Sell, and Innovate With Your Visual Mind Dan Roam Portfolio/Penguin (September 2016) “Let whoever may have attained to so much as to have the power of drawing know that he…
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Why it is always Day 1 at Amazon
In Always Day One, Alex Kantrowitz explains that “Always Day One” is code at Amazon for “inventing like a startup, with little regard for legacy…in today’s business world, where Day Two is death, it’s the key to survival.” Kantrowitz suggests…
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