Knowledge
Life Long Learning
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Life Long Learning •
I have been a life-long learner and still spend many weeks each year honing my skills at different learning events while reading daily. There are an unlimited number of brilliant minds to collaborate with and be coached/mentored by. I have been fortunate to have studied with and learned from many great people from across the globe.
What I’m Reading Now
Foundational Reading
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Uses an engaging business fable to explain how self-deception derails personal relationships and keeps organizations and leaders from achieving the results they want.
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Shows how success in almost every area of human endeavor can be dramatically influenced by how we think about our talents and abilities.
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Describes the many pitfalls that teams face as they seek to “grow together” to maximize results.
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It outlines the results of a six-year research project exploring what leads to enduringly great companies.
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The book that revolutionized business communications has been updated for today's workplace. Crucial Conversations provides powerful skills to ensure every conversation - especially difficult ones - leads to the results you want. Written in an engaging and witty style, it teaches listeners how to be persuasive rather than abrasive, how to get back to productive dialogue when others blow up or clam up, and it offers powerful skills for mastering high-stakes conversations, regardless of the topic or person.
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Focuses on human relationships, exploring how people build and foster bonds through communication.
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This book is for entrepreneurial leaders willing to risk acting differently. It's easy to talk about change, but taking action requires courage. Many leaders today are like Sisyphus of Greek legend, doomed to forever roll a rock up a hill, only to have it fall down again. If this feels like your experience, then this book is for you.
