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Principled Negotiation

Getting to Yes by Roger Fisher

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This one was pretty technical. The authors really break down the thought process of having a principled negotiation instead of trying to negotiate either “soft” or “hard.” They provide a variety of examples/case studies that emphasize the point. Not going to lie, this was a bit dry, but very good book if you want to read more about different leadership styles. “Getting to Yes” breaks down key concepts from the authors such as “Don’t Bargain Over Positions,” “Separate the People from the Problem” and “Focus on Interests, Not Positions.” Through each breakdown they go through and provide an example to […]

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8/26/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No: 203 |

Helping Others Leads to Success

Give and Take by Adam Grant

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I hope you don’t get too sick of me posting reviews of books I had to complete for my course. I really did enjoy this one a lot. It had a lot of interesting facts and data/examples to show why helping others leads to win/win. It’s hard out there if you are a manager and you have employees or bosses that are set to win and they want to make sure that you lose. Heck, I have to deal with agency officials at times that don’t want to concede a point since that will be saying (to them at least) […]

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8/26/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No: 202 |

Why Change is Hard

Switch by Chip Heath

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So this is the first of the books I had to read for my training this summer. I have to say that “Switch” was my favorite just because it really gets down into why change is hard for people and organizations. And it shows how small changes can build into such big successes. I am at an organization right now going through some upheaval since our boss was let go after our employee feedback survey and overall morale dropped over three years. Of course looking back now and after completing my training I can point out where things went wrong. […]

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8/23/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No: 199 |

Solid Advice for New Managers and Leaders

HBR Guide to Coaching Employees by Harvard Business Review

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Mitch Hedberg had a great joke about how weird being promoted is. He said that even though he was a comedian, people always wanted him to write. That’s like going to a chef and asking Hey, can you farm? If you’ve been thrust in a management role because you were good at something that wasn’t management, you can probably relate. HBR’s Guide to Coaching Employees is a helpful, accessible read designed to help you understand how to manage people. Some of the most helpful advice for me was the helpful reminder that not everyone is like me. We have different career goals, […]

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5/6/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No: 16 |

Career Advice for Business-y People

The Right—and Wrong—Stuff: How Brilliant Careers Are Made and Unmade by Carter Cast

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My boss was looking to start a book club in our team/department (I work at a business school), so, I excitedly took the reigns and ran with it. The intent is to be work/self-improvement focused, pulling from what is impacting our work, and our students. Our first go around we read Malika Chopra’s “Living with Intent,” as she was a keynote speaker for an event on campus. For the next book, I suggested this one as the author is a faculty member and I had the opportunity to watch a webinar where he talked about this book, and his findings […]

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Business Advice for the Previous Century (Unintentionally, I Think)

Don’t Take the Last Donut by Judith Bowman

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Best for: People looking for a time capsule that explains lots of what’s wrong with business. In a nutshell: Protocol expert offers some … traditional ideas about what is proper etiquette in the business world. Line that sticks with me: “There is merit to the thought the more professional the woman, the longer her hemline.” The fuck?! Why I chose it: Someone gave it to my husband (I think) and as someone who runs her own small etiquette blog (How Not to Be an Asshole When), I love reading up on what other people have to say. Review: Do any […]

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It could be habit forming

The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do in Life and Business by Charles Duhigg

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Habits – why we form them and what helps us keep them – is a topic that’s been on my mind much lately. There have been periods of time in my life where good habits were beyond habit – they were my nature. But recently, I have found it difficult to build those good habits back into my life. A quick and engaging read, Charles Duhigg begins with an explanation of how habits work on cues, with a resulting reward – known as the habit loop. I found the examples intriguing, from summaries of behavioral experiments to man with a brain injury […]

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That moment I crowned myself Book Club Queen.

How to Win Friends and Influence People by Dale Carnegie

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Since January 2014, I have read every single one of the books our book club has chosen. Except one. The Chancellor has not read all of the books, but he read this one. And he has ribbed me about this one mercilessly. That left me with two choices. Either I could stick to my original principles—I didn’t want to read How to Win Friends and Influence People, because our selector had chosen it out of convenience, rather than actual desire (seriously, no. Book club is for fun books, not books your boss is making you read for professional development)—or I […]

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