After taking some post-blogference time off and generally just having a hard week, I’m going to do a two for one book review to things rolling again. I just finished Counseling for…
Category: Book Review
Team of Rivals (Review)
This will be a short review because there have been so many posts of late related to this book. I’ll just give my overall thoughts. I really enjoyed this book. I had…
Some Thoughts on Team of Rivals, Pt. 1 – Review
This is a book you’ve heard about if you’re paying attention to the national political scene. It’s getting attention in light of Obama’s approach to selecting his Cabinet. Many are attributing his…
Thoughts on Failure of Nerve (Review)
I’ve been dropping quotes from this book over the past few weeks, but now that I’ve finished the book I can share some thoughts in summary. It’s one of the best books…
Some Thoughts on In Over Our Heads – Review
I just finished In Over Our Heads: The Mental Demands of Modern Life by Robert Kegan. Kegan is a Harvard guy and from what I can tell and what I’ve heard he’s…
Some Thoughts on Made to Stick (Review)
I, along with a few other friends, just finished Made to Stick: Why Some Ideas Survive and Others Die. It’s a NY Times bestseller and I really enjoyed it. In short, the…
The Eight Concepts of Bowen Theory (Review)
As some of you know, one of my pet areas of study the last couple of years on my own time has been family systems theory and its application on groups, teams,…
The Emotionally Intelligent Manager (Review)
Caruso and Salovey write, “The fundamental premise of The Emotionally Intelligent Manager is that emotion is not just important but absolutely necessary for us to make good decisions, take optimal action to…
48 Days To The Work That You Love
I just finished this book a week or so ago for one of my classes and wanted to write up a few words for those that it might be good for. 48…