'Leaders are Readers' – Book Reviews
A curated collection of insights and key takeaways from a wide range of influential books.
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Zen and the Art of Making a Living: A Practical Guide to Creative Career
Years ago I read “Zen and the Art of Making a Living: A Practical Guide to Creative Career Design” by Laurence G. Boldt. I was unhappy in my work and was desperately looking for answers. This book is the most innovative, unconventional, and profoundly practical career guide I’ve ever come across! This book went deeper […]
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Social Chemistry: Decoding the Patterns of Human Connection Paperback
Despite my love for fostering human connections, I (and probably like most of you), used to associate “networking” with being manipulative, transactional, and downright dirty. An idea that runs throughout the book is that most of us underestimate our agency over our relationships. As a result, we accept feeling disconnected or we remain in the […]
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Penguins Can’t Fly +39 Other Rules That Don’t Exist
THE MOST DANGEROUS PHRASE IN BUSINESS: “We’ve always done it that way” Enough to make any change agent cringe. Throughout our lives, starting at the very beginning, we are bombarded with “rules”. Many of which don’t even exist. 🐧These “rules” come from a wide variety of sources: our best friends, first grade teachers, parents, grandparents, […]
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The Long Game: How to Be a Long-Term Thinker in a Short-Term World
FOUR QUESTIONS TO HELP YOU DETERMINE IF SOMETHING IS WORTH DOING: The Long Game is a great personal coaching book. It is an actionable antidote to the self-sabotaging urgency experienced by so many of us professionals. I love checklists – they’re basic tools to help prevent mistakes and author Dorie Clark provides many checklists in […]
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Deep Diversity: A Compassionate, Scientific Approach to Achieving Racial Justice
This book is required reading for anyone interested in building a loving, just and diverse world and it has been the book I’ve gifted the most to my clients in 2022. I’ve read it more than once (which is saying a lot since I have a never ending to read list). I also have the […]
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The Top Five Regrets of the Dying: A Life Transformed by the Dearly Departing
Years ago I lived through watching my beloved and brilliant grandparents slowly die of cancer that had metastasized throughout their body, and it was a devastating experience. This was so impactful and life-changing for me that it made me stop in my tracks and think (and rethink) very hard about my own life and how I’m […]
