Book Summary – The Gift of Struggle (Life-Changing Lessons About Leading)
After more than a decade of growth at PG, Herrera’s business slowed. He reviewed the company’s performance metrics but couldn’t find the
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Book Summary – The Best Team Wins (The New Science of High Performance)
While most books of employee rules don’t address working in outer space, Hadfield had his team create an unwritten rule: Each day in the space
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Book Summary – The Orange Revolution (How One Great Team Can Transform an Entire Organization)
Teams are not specific only to human beings. Take Canadian geese, which migrate immense distances in V-formations. Scientists have determined
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Book Summary – The Elephant in the Brain (Hidden Motives in Everyday Life)
Species that compete without restrictions waste precious energy. Redwood trees, for example, don’t need to be as tall as they are, but
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Book Summary – Becoming Facebook (The 10 Challenges That Defined the Company That’s Disrupting the World)
Facebook decided to focus on “engagement” to measure growth, defined as “the number of people who found enough value to
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Book Summary – Charlie Fink’s Metaverse (An AR Enabled Guide to VR & AR)
First, consider how to describe this new world. Immersive tech expert Stephanie Llamas worries that AR/VR terminology confuses potential users. Many still use
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Book Summary – The Sense of Style (The Thinking Person’s Guide to Writing in the 21st Century)
Classic style differs from “practical style,” which people use to write memoranda or research papers, and from “plain style,” which
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Book Summary – Simply Said (Communicating Better at Work and Beyond)
Being persuasive requires having well-organized, properly structured content. Besides knowing your main message and your audience’s concerns, you must have
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Book Summary – Uninformed (Why People Know So Little About Politics and What We Can Do About It)
In response to information overload, many Americans have seemingly stopped trying to stay informed. Surveys show that people in the
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Book Summary – Leading Through Language (Choosing Words That Influence and Inspire)
Making sure people understand your terms is particularly important if you use assumption-driven jargon – where you presume the other
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