Category Archives: Leadership
Guest Post by Dominique O’Rourke: The Confidence Code (Kay & Shipman)
Posted on July 20, 2017by AYearOfBooksBlog Thank you to my wonderful friend, Dominique O’Rourke, for sharing her review of The Confidence Code. We first met at the University of Guelph while studying leadership and shared two years of essays, assignments, … Continue reading
Ron Tite: The Art of Leadership
Tite reinforces that this reinvention has “lead to an amazing career” and that reinventing themselves “is what great leaders do”. He spoke of the Top 10 brands and provided examples of how they have reinvented themselves including Apple, Google and Microsoft. He even used the … Continue reading
Sir Ken Robinson – The Art of Leadership Event
The initial speaker at the Art of Leadership conference was Sir Ken Robinson, an expert in creativity and innovation whose TED talk Do Schools Kill Creativity has been viewed by over 41 million people! He received his knighthood in 2003 for his … Continue reading
The Happiness Equation (Neil Pasricha)
Many of you have likely heard of The Book of Awesome. This was written by Canadian author, Neil Pasricha who was to present at the Toronto Reference Library. Inspired by this upcoming event, The Happiness Equation made it to my … Continue reading
Disrupt Yourself (Whitney Johnson)
Disrupt Yourself is a terrific book for individuals finding themselves at a cross-roads in their career. It encourages the reader to take risks instead of taking the safe road and consider what you really want for the future. It is based … Continue reading
Tribes: We Need You to Lead Us (Seth Godin)
“The secret of leadership is simple: Do what you believe in. Paint a picture of the future. Go there. People will follow.” Seth Godin has written a very easy to read synopsis on leadership using examples that the reader can identify with. … Continue reading
Getting to Yes: Negotiating Agreement without Giving In (Fisher & Ury)
Getting to Yes has been the focus of education at the office for the past couple of months. It provides tips and guidance to negotiate successfully while building relationships and determining solutions that facilitate acceptance on both sides. Although the … Continue reading
Better than Before: Mastering the Habits of Everyday Life (Gretchen Rubin)
“Habits are the invisible architecture of daily life. We repeat about 40 percent of our behaviour almost daily, so our habits shape our existence, and our future. If we change our habits, we change our lives.” Gretchen Rubin has become … Continue reading
An Evening with Margaret Trudeau
Tonight I enjoyed attending an event, featuring Margaret Trudeau, with my friend Kim. I had seen Trudeau speak at a work event 8 or 9 years ago and had appreciated her open conversation about her bipolar disease. Wordsworth Books (Waterloo) … Continue reading
The Happiness Advantage (Shawn Achor)
“Studies show that simply believing we an bring about positive change in our lives increases motivation and job performance, that success, in essence, becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy”. Shawn Achor, Harvard professor, shares that success does not lead to happiness but … Continue reading
