View on Instagram https://ift.tt/2rSaR2Q —————- #52Books Ask Format: Kindle This book appeared repeatedly among the big online marketers as a “great book.” Fundamentally, the book describes how to use surveys as a marketing tool. As Ryan Levesque describes, you are both getting important information about your prospective customers’ needs and encouraging engagement and trust. Part […]
#52books The End of Power
View on Instagram https://ift.tt/2Kv0REA ——————— #52 Books – The End of Power: From Boardrooms to Battlefields and Churches to States, Why Being In Charge Isn’t What It Used to Be Format: Softcover It’s not really the END of power. More the end of the effectiveness of a type of power that prioritizes scale and concentration. […]
#52books Wemberly Worried
View on Instagram https://ift.tt/2HUN0e2 —– #52Books – Wemberly Worried Format: Hardcover, Children’s Sometimes a children’s author nails it. Kevin Henkes nailed not just the child’s experience of anxiety and worry, but also the adult’s. The mental loop that many of us drag around for decades. His illustration through a brief story of how telling someone […]
#52books The Hero with a Thousand Faces
View on Instagram https://ift.tt/2w1lOEE ———– #52Books – The Hero with a Thousand Faces (The Collected Works of Joseph Campbell) Format: Audiobook For Christmas during my freshman year at Virginia Tech, my father gave me a copy of The Power of Myth. “Wendy, you might not understand this right now – but keep revisiting it.” Joseph […]
#52books Why Simple Wins
———– #52 Books – Why Simple Wins: Escape the Complexity Trap and Get to Work That Matters Format: Kindle We have a culture of “more is more.” We struggle to let go of things. The pet processes that we so carefully designed. Tasks that we have made our own. If we want to let go […]
#52books How to Change the World
—————– #52 Books – How to Change the World: Change Management 3.0 Format: Softcover Booklet Jurgen Appelo has taken 4 common models and combined them into what he calls a “supermodel.” Dance with the System – PDCA or Plan, Do, Check, Act Mind the People – AKDAR or Ability, Knowledge, Desire, Awareness, and Reinforcement Stimulate […]
#52books The Start-Up J Curve
#52 Books – The Start-Up J Curve: The Six Steps to Entrepreneurial Success (Amazon affiliate link) Format: Kindle Since I started Middle Curve, I’ve been struck by how much noise there is in the entrepreneurial space. All the things one “must do to succeed.” It’s overwhelming. Howard Love has created a map. And he is […]
#52books The 12 Week Year
#52 Books – The 12 Week Year: Get More Done in 12 Weeks than Others Do in 12 Months (Amazon Affiliate Link) Format: Hardcover Brian Moran and Michael Lennington’s main argument is that we need to think in terms of quarters vs annually when it comes to evaluation and goal-setting. It’s not the argument that […]
#52books The Elite Consulting Mind
#52books The Elite Consulting Mind: 16 Proven Mindsets to Attract More Clients, Increase Your Income, and Achieve Meaningful Success (Amazon Affiliate Link) Format: Kindle I’m reading books on mindset these days. I’m a firm believer in the adage that your environment and your life reflects you. Now that I’m independent, the truth of that adage […]
#52books Coaching for Performance
#52Books – Coaching for Performance Fifth Edition: The Principles and Practice of Coaching and Leadership UPDATED 25TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION (Amazon Affiliate Link) Format: Softcover ————————— My primary skill-building goal for the year – get better at coaching. Any problems I’ve had on projects have, at their core, been people issues. It is to be expected. […]
