Do you ever struggle to condense a presentation, message, email, or essay to its essentials and ensure maximum impact? I do! My dissertation was ultimately all in all over 350 pages and…
Tag: Communication
Re-Entry: Sarcasm
One of the re-entry journeys that I did not expect was how difficult it was for our family to get re-acquainted with sarcasm after most of the last decade in Asia. For…
Quick Review: Fast Times
I read Fast Times: How Digital Winners Set Direction, Learn, and Adapt by Arun Arora as one of the resources to keep learning about digital transformation in the midst of all the change…
Quick Review: EQ and Leadership in Asia
As I’ve explored different resources on leadership in Asia, EQ and Leadership in Asia: Using Emotional Intelligence to Lead and Inspire Your People by Sebastian Henry was one I was intrigued by…
Quick Review: Cultural Intelligence
I was able to read recently Cultural Intelligence: Surviving and Thriving in the Global Village by David C. Thomas and Kerr Inkson. There is a newer edition out than the one I…
Quick Review: The Advantage
I’ve had this book for quite a while but never got around to reading it until last week. But it’s a great one-stop shop for organizational leadership. It basically is an integrated…
Quick Review: Ask More
I read Frank Sesno’s Ask More: The Power of Questions to Open Doors, Uncover Solutions, and Spark Change. It was published in early 2017 and I’ve been going through several books that deal with…
Quick Review: Conflict Coaching
I’ve been working through the textbook Conflict Coaching: Conflict Management Strategies and Skills for the Individual by Tricia S. Jones and Ross Brinkert over the past few weeks. It was written about 15 years ago…
Quick Review: Negotiation (An Ex-Spy’s Guide Series)
So as I’m researching and reading the topic of Negotiation in a lot of contexts I decided to add this book to my reading more for fun. It’s a short, 100-page crash…