What reading (listening) do you recommend for a leadership program?
My library has a leadership program and we were asked to recommend
- books,
- journals
- articles
- blogs
- blogposts
- podcasts
- whatever
with an annotation preferably, on any topic relevant to leadership, management, customers service or other topic we think would be helpful to participants. I went through my favorites of the last couple of years and came up with these:
- Predictably Irrational, The Hidden Forces That Shape Our Decisions
- Outliers: The Story of Success
- Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking
- Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything
- Here Comes Everybody: The Power of Organizing Without Organizations
- The Big Moo: Stop Trying to Be Perfect and Start Being Remarkable
- The Myth of Multitasking: How
What do you recommend?
Save Money – Use the Library
Use the library. Your taxes are paying for it, so take advantage of the free books and movies. Austin says that even her small library in Maryland’s rural Kent County offers DVDs, audio books, and free Internet service.
from 8 Ways to Cut Back without Sacrificing
I wonder, does use of a Public Libraries increase when money is tight for Americans? I’ve always been a power user, so I know it’s not changing my usage, but what about everyone else?
Facebook not just for making friends.
NPR reported this morning that protesters in Columbia used Facebook to organize support around the world against FARC.
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