Summary: Leadership BS By Jeffrey Pfeffer
Why Inspiration and Fables Cause Problems and Fix Nothing The leadership industry has clearly been better at providing heroes, myths, stories, and inspiration than it …
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Summary: Holding a Cat by the Tail By Steve Blank
Entrepreneurs as Dissidents Entrepreneurs require the same creative freedom as artists and dissidents. Without that freedom, countries will be relegated to cloning others’ business models …
Summary: The Non-Designer’s Design Book By Robin Williams
Is this book for you? This book assumes you don’t have the time or interest to study design and typography, but would like to know …
Summary: The Empathetic Workplace By Katharine Manning
An Empathetic Approach Life is messy. We strive for order. We set our goals and tick off our action items. We weigh our options and …
Summary: The Right and Wrong Stuff By Carter Cast
The Right Stuff Why do some careers flourish while others stall? Certainly, IQ plays a part in determining the likelihood of a person reaching a …
Summary: The Business of Friendship By Shasta Nelson
The Three Relationship Requirements In comparing the various factors that social scientists are studying when they look at how we create bonds, whom we confide …
Summary: How Boards Work By Dambisa Moyo
Setting the Company Strategy Beyond the normal challenges of incomplete data producing a bad strategy and poor execution undoing a good strategy, boards face an …
Summary: Lead with Humility By Jeffrey A. Krames
Lead with Humility Don’t Abuse Your Power As a Leader: There can be no humility in leaders who place themselves above the people they are …
Summary: Good Comes First By S. Chris Edmonds
Foundational Principle and Cornerstones Our foundational principle, upon which you will build your Good Comes First culture, can be summed up as follows: Equally Value …
Summary: Communicate with Mastery By JD Schramm
Adopting a Communication Mindset Consider your communication mindset as a platform—every time you deliver a message, whether it’s verbal or non-verbal, written or spoken, you’ll …