Resources from the people I follow on Twitter, professional emails, and my own surfingPersonality Poker: The Playing Card Tool for Driving High-Performane Teamwork and Innovation by Stephen M Shapiro builds on decades of research to offer a simple game that provides deep insights regarding yourself, your coworkers, and your organization. The four personality types are represented by 13 traits on the cards of each suit. You can play […]
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December 4th, 2010Reframing Organizations – Lee Bolman & Terrance Deal
November 9th, 2010Reframing Organizations: Artistry, Choice, and Leadership 4th Edition by Lee Bolman and Terrence Deal, is the best textbook for a leadership course that I have seen. I use it for a course I teach for educators at the State University of New York at Cortland. The focus deals with the structural, human relations, political, and […]
Read entire post...You Just Don’t Understand – Improve Communication Deborah Tannen
October 19th, 2010You Just Don’t Understand: Women and Men in Conversation by Deborah Tannen is a must for anyone who can identify with either gender. If you want to improve your ability to communicate with members of the opposite sex, get this book. Tannen draws on her considerable research and that of many others in the field […]
Read entire post...Wounded by School – Put joy back in learning. Kirsten Olson
October 6th, 2010Wounded by School: Recapturing the Joy in Learning and Standing Up to Old School Culture, is a must read for all educators. In this book, Kirsten Olson draws on her extensive research to help us understand the types of wounds suffered by students in school. The second part helps us understand how students can heal […]
Read entire post...Blink – Vintage Gladwell
September 10th, 2010Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking is Malcolm Gladwell’s second bestseller. Even though it was written in 2005, the information remains current and valuable. This summary is written with educators in mind. His 3rd book, Outliers, is also available here. Click here to see my summary Blink. Share this:
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