'Leaders are Readers' – Book Reviews
A curated collection of insights and key takeaways from a wide range of influential books.
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The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma
I first heard of #trauma in the professional space from Robin Sharma, one of the world’s premier speakers on #Leadership and #personalmastery , who says that we all experience trauma, and we must all learn to uncover and process our trauma; only then can we be who we are meant to be. I’ve learned to become a big fan of journaling to explore and […]
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No Bootstraps When You’re Barefoot: My rise from a Jamaican plantation shack to the boardrooms of Bay Street
Some time ago, my wonderful friend and facilitator colleague, Sandhya, founder of Sagebrush Limited, asked me what I do to guard my mental health being a professional, black, Muslim, woman especially in the context of my #equity work. I didn’t have an answer because, quite frankly, I consider myself as someone that isn’t held back by any limitation😤💪🏾but […]
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Oh, the Places You’ll go
Reading, reflecting and writing after finding inspiration in my favorite book and after a recent book review given by one of my go-to people for awesome book recommendations; Julien Leblanc. This book is for any and everyone but particularly for those who are not afraid to admit that as they continue to grow, they see the […]
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Unlocking the Magic of Facilitation: 11 Key Concepts You Didn’t Know You Didn’t Know
I attended a workshop by Creative Change Facilitator Jane E. Fischer, founder of Improv Connections, entitled “Play Forward” In that workshop, Jane brilliantly demonstrated how an improvisational mindset creates connections, contributes to [...]
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Feeling Good: The New Mood Therapy
In the words of Dr. Rick Hanson, “the brain is like Velcro for negative experiences, but Teflon for positive ones.” Our brains are wired for survival. No one died because of sunshine and rainbows, therefore, our positive experiences don’t get in the way of our survival so they tend to quickly move in and out […]
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The Crux: How Leaders Become Strategists
I read Richard Rumelts best selling book, ‘Good Strategy/Bad Strategy: The Difference and Why It Matters’ years ago and it was brilliant. “The Crux” came out in May 2022 and has been on my to read list. I recently listened to a podcast episode from “Strategy Skills” by FIRMSconsulting.com where Richard Rumelt was a guest and I […]
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Leadership and Self-Deception: Getting Out of the Box
Here is my short review: 📖 I find even when I sign onto this social media platforms, we tend to highlight how great we are, what impactful work we’re doing, and our positive ripple effect in the world. 📖 We tend to blame all our personal and organizational faults on external factors… 📖 Generally, the natural human tendency […]
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Design of Business: Why Design Thinking is the Next Competitive Advantage
It is hard to give a short review for this book but I’ll try. A little on Roger Martin: 👤Named the world’s #1 management thinker by Thinkers50, a biannual ranking of the most influential global business thinkers. 👤Known as a strategy advisor and is also former Dean and Institute Director of the Martin Prosperity Institute at the […]
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The Power Of Facilitation
What is a facilitator and what exactly do they do? Succinctly put, a facilitator plans, guides and manages a group event to meet its goals. Easy enough. …or is it? What does it truly take to help people work together effectively? 💡Regardless of what objective you have a for a meeting or any group process rather, and irrelevant to the context, […]
