Leadership and Teamwork

Overcoming the Five Dysfunctions of a Team - Book summary

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Book Summary – Overcoming the Five Dysfunctions of a Team: A Field Guide for Leaders, Managers and Facilitators

Teamwork can be hard to measure and achieve. Yet, when you get it right, it can deliver seemingly-impossible results, and become a source of sustainable…

ReadingraphicsDecember 21, 2016

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Book Summary – Scrum: The Art Of Doing Twice The Work In Half The Time

Scrum is a team performance framework by Jeff Sutherland – a new way of thinking and working – that delivers more results, at higher quality,…

ReadingraphicsDecember 9, 2016

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Book Summary – The Leadership Challenge: How to Make Extraordinary Things Happen in Organizations

In today’s fast changing world, leaders play a crucial role in leading and uniting people to solve the world’s challenges. The Leadership Challenge is about…

ReadingraphicsOctober 28, 2016

How to Win Friends & Influence People in the Digital Age - Book summary

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Book Summary – How to Win Friends and Influence People in the Digital Age

Dale Carnegie’s original book How to Win Friends and Influence People was published in 1936, and laid out powerful and timeless principles of human communications…

ReadingraphicsOctober 23, 2016

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Book Summary – The Lean Startup: How Today’s Entrepreneurs use Continuous Innovation to Create Radically Successful Businesses

Each time startups and innovations fail, huge amounts of money, time, passion, and skill are wasted. Yet, with the right processes, their success could be…

ReadingraphicsAugust 24, 2016

The 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership - Book summary

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Book Summary – The 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership: Follow Them and People will Follow You

Everything rises and falls on leadership. In this book, John Maxwell provides insights that are based on more than 40 years of leadership experience and…

ReadingraphicsJuly 17, 2016

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Book Summary – The Fifth Discipline: The Art & Practice of The Learning Organisation

In today’s increasingly dynamic and complex word, an organization’s ability to learn and renew itself is a sustainable competitive advantage. In this book, Peter Senge…

ReadingraphicsJuly 14, 2016

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Book Summary – Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap…and Others Don’t

Can a company make the transition from good to great? If so, how? Through extensive research and analysis, Jim Collins identified a number of timeless…

ReadingraphicsJuly 3, 2016

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Book Summary – Delivering Happiness: A Path to Profits, Passion and Purpose

In Delivering Happiness: A Path to Profits, Passion and Purpose, Tony Hsieh shares how he built Zappos from nothing to its eventual sale (or marriage)…

ReadingraphicsMay 17, 2016

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Book Summary – Our Iceberg is Melting: Changing And Succeeding Under Any Conditions

Through a simple fable about a penguin colony, with life-like characters that we can identify with. This book by John Kotter presents important lessons for…

ReadingraphicsApril 27, 2016

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Book Summary – Switch: How to Change Things when Change is Hard

Making lasting change in our companies, communities and our own can be hard, because of inherent conflict in our minds. In this book, the Heath…

ReadingraphicsFebruary 5, 2016

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How to tap on different modes of thinking

Do you tend to be more optimistic or pessimistic? Are you always focusing on facts or making decisions based on your intuition? The next time…

ReadingraphicsAugust 31, 2015

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Do One Thing at a Time

Are you reading this article while watching the TV or engaged on Facebook/ Twitter? Multi-tasking has become a norm in our lives. However, rather than…

ReadingraphicsAugust 8, 2015

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Earn what you’re worth

Let's face it. At some point in your business/ career, you've probably lamented that you were not being paid enough. At some point in your…

ReadingraphicsAugust 6, 2015

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Remote Jobs – Top companies offering remote work & if it’s right for you

Markets have become more global, people more mobile, and talent harder to retain. If you are managing a team, running your own business, and/or working…

ReadingraphicsAugust 3, 2015

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How to Get More Done in Less Time

If you are constantly struggling to find time to finish the million things on your to-do list, it’s probably time to take a step back…

ReadingraphicsJuly 19, 2015

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Book Summary – Six Thinking Hats® by Edward de Bono

Six Thinking Hats® by Edward de Bono is a powerful technique that helps us to explore different perspectives towards a complex situation or challenge. It…

ReadingraphicsJune 21, 2015

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How to Increase Motivation & Unleash your Inner Drive

If you find yourself struggling to keep your team (or yourself) motivated, it may be time to take a closer look at some of the…

ReadingraphicsMay 9, 2015