We’re in our last months of having a pre-schooler so the nostalgia is setting in. But we continue to have moments that remind us that the eyes of a pre-schooler always provide a…
Author: Brian
Quick Review: Switch
A few weeks ago I read Switch: How to Change Things When Change Is Hard by Chip and Dan Heath. I was a big fan of Made to Stick so was motivated to read…
Quick Review: Taking People With You
I just finished David Novak’s book Taking People With You. I am currently in the process of helping coordinate a large organizational change both in structure, culture, and in leadership roles and placement….
Quick Review: DRiVE
Last week I finished reading Daniel Pink’s DRiVE: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us. Understanding motivation seems to be an under explored aspect of leadership studies and action. Given how much…
Quick Review: Death By Meeting
As I came into 2016 I wanted to give audiobooks a try. I never had done one. But seeing as I live in the world’s worst traffic city and spend at least…
Quick Review: It’s Not About The Coffee
I’m catching up this week on many a book review that I haven’t been able to get to in recent months, but here is a leadership book I enjoyed recently from one of…
1 Day 3 Kids 3 Ways of Affection
Our family is in a bit of transition, and we have been it seems for about 2 1/2 years now! But recently we made a move to a different part of the…
Stewardship and Results-Based Leadership
Stewardship and results is an area where most leaders typically can really benefit from sound grounding as well as development. I’m teaching a course on Strategic Planning and Organizational Leadership right now….
The Problem of Paternalism
Before working cross-culturally in ethnic minority contexts, I never thought much about paternalism. Now after a decade of ethnic minority and cross-cultural experience, I think about it and talk about it almost…