If you know me or have read this blog for a while you probably know that I love reading stuff by Edwin Friedman. I’ve been an advocate of A Failure of Nerve…
Category: Book Review
Thoughts on Practicing Servant Leadership (Review)
I just finished Practicing Servant Leadership: Succeeding Through Trust, Bravery, and Forgiveness edited by Larry C. Spears and Michele Lawrence, which is a compilation of essays and interviews from a variety of…
Brief Thoughts on Servant Leadership (Review)
I was able to finish over the weekend Robert Greenleaf’s classic Servant Leadership: A Journey into the Nature of Legitimate Power and Greatness. I had read bits and pieces over the years,…
The Gift of Pain (Brief Review)
I just finished The Gift of Pain by Dr. Paul Brand with an assist from Phillip Yancey. This is a fascinating read and if you’re medically oriented or in the health profession…
The Nature as Mirror (with a brief review)
A few days ago I finished Fyodor Dostoevsky’s classic Crime and Punishment. I thought this was an unbelievable novel and I’m so glad I finally read it. It has become one of…
Review of an Essay -“The Myth of the Shiksa”
I posted a few weeks ago on an essay by Edwin Friedman in The Myth of the Shiksa (link here). I want to share a couple of thoughts on the essay for…
Thoughts on Making Room for Leadership – Review
I finally finished Making Room for Leadership: Power, Space, and Influence by MaryKate Morse. I’ve been working on this for about 4 months now. It was a slow process not because it…
Thoughts on War of Art (Review)
I just finished this somewhat brief motivational book called The War of Art, which pertains to overcoming barriers in creative endeavors. That’s a somewhat of a bland description as there’s a real…
The African-American Quarterback (Review)
I’m in the middle of a few days of vacation, which has been a long time coming. One of the things I wanted to do was read a book that was a…