Bookshelf: Beyond Burnout
Burnout is on the rise. Our frenzied work styles and the increased pressure to produce have taken their toll over...
Bookshelf: Gender
There was a time when people who ran meetings were chairmen, whether male or female. Local officials were aldermen. Women...
Bookshelf: The Five Disciplines of Inclusive Leaders and Inclusive Conversations
When we look back, 2020 will be remembered as the year of the coronavirus. But a second issue flared up...
Bookshelf: Post-Pandemic
When the financial crisis his in 2008, Jonathan McMahon was a director of the Central Bank of Ireland, giving him...
Bookshelf: Indistractable
Our days are filled with distractions and noise. So whatever our other skills, we must hone our ability to focus...
Bookshelf: The Sponsor Effect
In 2013, economist Sylvia Ann Hewlett published a pathfinding book telling us to Forget a Mentor, Get a Sponsor. Until...
Bookshelf: Decisive Intuition
Don’t ignore that gut feeling. Too often we clutch at analysis and ignore our instinct – a clear, distinct...
Bookshelf: The Next Level
When consultant Scott Eblin started working on The Next Level in 2004, he was trying to help people promoted to...
Bookshelf: The Book of Bountiful Questions
Carpenters and electricians have tools: hammers, saws, pliers, plungers and flashlights. So, do managers: questions. But we often fail to...
Bookshelf: Leadership in Turbulent Times
Over the past five decades, Harvard historian Doris Kearns Goodwin has devoted herself to chronicling the ups and downs of...