Insight, by Tasha Eurich, is the self-awareness manual we didn’t know we needed. We didn’t know we needed it, but it turns out we do—desperately so. As Eurich herself points out in chapter one, “self-awareness is the meta-skill of the… Read More »BOOK REVIEW: “Insight” by Tasha Eurich
“Ordinary people can’t make a difference the world; the problems are too big.” This is the myth that pastor and speaker Tony Merida seeks to dispel in his excellent book Ordinary: How to Turn the World Upside Down. Merida’s premise… Read More »AUDIOBOOK REVIEW: Ordinary by Tony Merida
Jeff Sutherland co-created Scrum, a team-oriented method of software development, back in 1993 after working in a variety of tech companies. He recognized the way so many companies work is deeply broken. Scrum is now used by the vast majority… Read More »Review of “Scrum: The Art of Doing Twice the Work in Half the Time” by Jeff Sutherland
Scaling Up Excellence by Robert I. Sutton and Huggy Rao is a book about how to grow as an organization, and actually get better instead of worse. It is a book of amazing stories and practical takeaways. It is very… Read More »BOOK REVIEW: Scaling Up Excellence
Crash the Chatterbox by Steven Furtick is about that negative internal dialogue we all deal with on a daily basis. Whether it’s the voice of insecurity, discouragement, fear, or condemnation, the dialogue can be crippling. Furtick’s advice is to “crash”… Read More »BOOK REVIEW: Crash the Chatterbox by Steven Furtick
I can’t think of anyone better to write a book entitled Be A People Person than John C. Maxwell. Throughout his long and illustrious career as leadership guru, he has emphasized the importance of team, collaboration, and synergy in accomplishing… Read More »AUDIOBOOK REVIEW: Be A People Person by John C. Maxwell
Maybe I set my expectations too high for The In-Between, the new book by Jeff Goins, but I found it to be a disappointing read. Wrecked, another book by Goins, is an amazingly insightful and raw book about engaging this… Read More »AUDIOBOOK REVIEW: The In-Between by Jeff Goins
Where there is no leader… …potential is wasted. …vision is hazy. …confusion reigns. …the path of least resistance is taken. …injustice is perpetrated. …the weak are exploited. …people are robbed of value. …teams are ineffective. …initiative is lost. …passion is… Read More »Where there is no leader…
It’s short. It’s sweet. It’s timeless. It needs hardly any explanation or commentary. It applies to church leaders, politicians, artists, designers, Millennials, and especially Baby Boomers. “If the horse is dead, dismount.” Stop flogging that idea that just won’t seem… Read More »“If the horse…” [from the archive]
Mark Batterson begins Wild Goose Chase by explaining that the Celtic Christians would refer to the Holy Spirit as An Geadh-Glas, “the Wild Goose.” But this isn’t really a book about what the Holy Spirit is like. If you’re looking… Read More »BOOK REVIEW: Wild Goose Chase by Mark Batterson