BOOKS & ARTICLES
Episode #46 - Leadership Traits
People development, should be a daily event, integrated into every aspect of your regular goings-on.
Episode #45 - Good News for Introverts
Introverts are often misunderstood and undervalued in our mostly extroverted workplaces and cultures. Their lack of seeking attention is often misconstrued as lack of ambition, lack of ability to connect with people, or lack of being able to influence and lead others.
Episode #42 - 2019 Workplace Trends by Debby Carreau
Episode #39 - Why Millennials Keep Dumping You
Attracting and keeping top millennial talent is a burning issue for leaders.
Episode #38 - How to Master Performance Reviews by Rebecca Koening
Force Ranked vs Continuous Conversations. Know how you will be evaluated.
Episode #36 - The World's Broken Workplace
While the world's workplace is going through extraordinary change, the practice of management has been frozen in time for more than 30 years.
Episode #33 -Why You Should Take Time to Mourn During Career Transitions By Kimberly Lawson
Episode #31 - Article - 7 Ways Outstanding Leaders Do Things Differently by Lolly Daskal
Episode #28 - Book Report - Reality Based Leadership By Cy Wakeman
Ditch the Drama, Restore Sanity to the Workplace, and Turn Excuses into Results
Episode #27 - Book Report - Letters from Leaders by Henry O. Dormann
Personal advice from various leaders in sports, politics, business that described thoughts on discipline, success and ethics.
Episode #24 Servant Leadership
Servant leadership is a timeless concept and is very similar to other leadership style we compare and contrast.
Servant leadership is an ancient philosophy
Dr. Greenleaf popularized the phrase "Servant Leadership"
Brigadier General James Vechery, blogs about Servant Leadership
Episode #22 - Self Promotion
Our New Year's Resolution or, better yet, our Cubicle Insanity Resolution - become self promoters! So many how to articles and list to get us on the right path.
Articles:
6 Ways to Self Promote at Work without being Obnoxious
8 Subtle but Practical Ways to Promote Yourself at Work
Three Tricks To Step Up Your Self-Promotion Skills
How to Master the Art of Self Promotion
Book:
Episode #21 - Wasting Time at Work
You know those co-workers who are always on Facebook at work or following March Madness very closely during work hours. Wasting time ... the ongoing epidemic. Sometimes it's obvious when we are wasting time but we still will argue in favor of snack breaks.
Episode #20 - Article - Negative Feedback will Backfire
So confusing should we only give positive feedback? What if negative feedback is warranted?
Episode #19 - Book Report Extreme Ownership by Jocko Willink ad Leif Babin
Days in the office often feel like combat, certainly not the combat the the two authors experienced. They have taken their combat experience/lessons and translated them in practical, common sense ways to navigate from the cubes.
For more information on Jocko Willink and Leif Babin visit their website.
Here is one pace you can find their book, Extreme Ownership
Episode #14: Bad Bosses
We've all experienced a bad boss but probably never thought about overall impact to the culture and bottom line. The statistics we discussed can be found in this Inc. article, The Real Productivity Killer, Jerks.
We also used this article for our discussion from Readers Digest, Cringe Worth Stories from the 25 Worst Bosses You'll Ever Meet.
Episode #13: Book Report - Death by Meetings by Patrick Lencioni
We all dread going to meeting after meeting especially when they are boring have no point. This book calls a spade a spade ... or calls out bad meetings!
For more information on Patrick Lencioni, visit his website.
Here is one place you can find his book, Death by Meeting.
Episode #11: Interview with Croft Edwards - Author of LeadershipFlow Perfectly Square
Mr. Edwards is an Author and Founder of Croft & Company which specializes in Leadership training and coaching. He is a Master Certified Coach and if all of that isn't impressive enough Mr. Edwards is also a retired Army Lt. Col. He was a pleasure to interview and shared such great insights into leadership.
For more information about Croft Edwards, you can visit his website.
Here is one place you'll find his book, LeadershipFlow Perfectly Square.
Episode #7: Book Report - 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership by John C. Maxell
What an excellent book on leadership that got us thinking about leadership and our experiences differently.
For more information about Mr. Maxwell, you can visit his website.
Here is one place you'll find his book, The 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership.
Episode #5: Remote Workers
In this fun discussion about the pros and cons of working remotely and working with those that work remotely, these are a couple of the articles we referenced:
Episode #4: Gig Economy
The statistics discussed in this episode are from McKensey & Company in the article Independent work: Choice, necessity, and the gig economy.
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