RelSpeak Reading List
It’s always hard to pick favorites, but here are a few:
Featured Read:
Building a House for Diversity
A giraffe and an elephant consider themselves friends. But when the giraffe invites the elephant into his home, disaster strikes. The house has been designed to meet the needs of the tall, slender giraffe. The elephant smashes into doorways and walls trying to maneuver. The giraffe gently suggests aerobics and ballet classes. The elephant is unconvinced. To him, the house is the problem…
R. Roosevelt Thomas, one of America’s most respected experts on diversity, uses the metaphor of giraffes and elephants – insiders and outsiders – to examine our assumptions about power, influence, affirmative action, and acceptance of “the others.” [Excerpt from Amazon listing]
Other Top Titles
- Execution: The Discipline of Getting Things Done
- First Break All the Rules
- Gapology
- How Did That Happen
- How to Kill a Unicorn
- Now Discover Your Strengths
- Setting the Table
- The Dream Manager
- The Five Dysfunctions of a Team
- The Four Agreements
- The Leadership Pipeline
- The OZ Principle
- The Power of Story
- The Speed of Trust
- Tipping Point
- What Got You Here Won’t Get You There
- Who Moved My Cheese
- Zag
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Judy Reviews: What Got You Here Won’t Get You There
One of my very favorite books is “What Got You Here Won’t Get You There” by Marshall Goldsmith. This book helps us PAUSE and think about our leadership style. We learn to recognize that we likely have achieved tremendous success BECAUSE of some things we do and DESPITE some things that we do.
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Mentor Moments: The 24-Hour Rule
I have found that a good rule of thumb, though, is to wait 24 hours, to address significant issues of conflict to make sure I am not over-reacting or making a “mountain out of a molehill.”
Three Constructive Ways To Approach Difficult Conversations
Everyone knows you can’t fully resolve a conflict without at least talking to the other person about it. But, what happens when that person is difficult to confront? Sometimes the stage that looks like procrastination or avoidance can really be uncertainty surrounding the conversation itself.
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