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Leadership: In Turbulent Times by Doris Kearns Goodwin

December 29, 2020 by thewheelbarrow Leave a Comment

This book was a birthday gift from my sister last year and I loved it. I previously read Team of Rivals which deserves every word of praise it garners so I was excited to read another book by DKG. This book highlights four different American presidents: Abraham Lincoln, Theodore Roosevelt, Franklin Roosevelt, and Lyndon Johnson. DKG points out that she is only focusing on LBJ’s civil rights policies, and avoiding his handling of the Vietnam War. I also learned that DKG was an intern for […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir, History, Non-Fiction Tagged With: Doris Kearns Goodwin, LBJ, Leadership, Lincoln, presidents, Roosevelt

thewheelbarrow's CBR12 Review No:30 · Genres: Biography/Memoir, History, Non-Fiction · Tags: Doris Kearns Goodwin, LBJ, Leadership, Lincoln, presidents, Roosevelt ·
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… and Others Don’t – A Cautionary Tale

Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap... and Others Don't by Jim Collins

January 10, 2020 by thewheelbarrow 1 Comment

This book is widely recommended in my circles. In the Army, we LOVE books that focus on leadership and culture and building successful teams. Good to Great is about how good companies become great companies. More than that, it required the companies studied to have prolonged (at least 15 years) of good performance, followed by at least 15 years of great performance.  Performance was generally measured as a comparison between the stock performance of the Fortune 500.  Collins and his team of 21 researchers determined […]

Filed Under: Non-Fiction Tagged With: Business, Jim Collins, Leadership

thewheelbarrow's CBR12 Review No:2 · Genres: Non-Fiction · Tags: Business, Jim Collins, Leadership ·
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Lackluster Career Advice

Safe and Effective Practice by Jean Cote

October 31, 2019 by Wanderlustful Leave a Comment

My home is cluttered with career advice books that I didn’t ask for but which it was strongly implied that I should read.  Because these two were shorter books, I’m pairing them together in a single review: Safe and Effective Practice by Jean Cote: Lawyering is easy says an old white man. Ah, hindsight, that vaunted mountaintop that the experienced get to judge the rest of us from.  Jean Cote was previously a judge on Alberta’s Court of Appeal, the highest court in the province, […]

Filed Under: Non-Fiction Tagged With: advice, Attracting Selecting and Retaining Great People, Back to School, bingo, cbr11bingo, Denis Cauvier, Jean Cote, Leadership, legal, Safe and Effective Practice

Wanderlustful's CBR11 Review No:48 · Genres: Non-Fiction · Tags: advice, Attracting Selecting and Retaining Great People, Back to School, bingo, cbr11bingo, Denis Cauvier, Jean Cote, Leadership, legal, Safe and Effective Practice ·
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Principled Negotiation

Getting to Yes by Roger Fisher

August 26, 2019 by Classic Leave a Comment

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 […]

Filed Under: Non-Fiction Tagged With: Bruce Patton, Business, Getting to Yes, Leadership, non fiction, Pyschology, Roger Fisher, Self-help, William Ury

Classic's CBR11 Review No:203 · Genres: Non-Fiction · Tags: Bruce Patton, Business, Getting to Yes, Leadership, non fiction, Pyschology, Roger Fisher, Self-help, William Ury ·
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Helping Others Leads to Success

Give and Take by Adam Grant

August 26, 2019 by Classic Leave a Comment

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 […]

Filed Under: Non-Fiction Tagged With: Adam Grant, Business, Give and Take, Leadership, non fiction, Psychology, Self-help

Classic's CBR11 Review No:202 · Genres: Non-Fiction · Tags: Adam Grant, Business, Give and Take, Leadership, non fiction, Psychology, Self-help ·
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