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Episode #044: Bev Flaxington, Author, Make Your SHIFT

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Bev FlaxingtonFor most of us, when we think change, we resist. There are things, it seems, that begin happening inside our body that tense up at just the idea of it.

Change is something we all have to face from time to time, but the word change sounds so abrupt, doesn’t it?

What if we could think instead to shift, much like an entrepreneur’s business idea might do when it comes to responding to changing market conditions?

Shift feels more gradual, more baby step-friendly, more evolutionary and, maybe most important, less stressful.

In her book Make Your SHIFT, Bev Flaxington reveals the five most powerful moves you can make to get where you want to go. Change, in other words, doesn’t have to be hard.

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Episode #043: Simon Sinek, Author, Leaders Eat Last: Why Some Teams Pull Together and Others Don’t

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Simon SinekIn his new book Leaders Eat Last: Why Some Teams Pull Together and Others Don’t, Simon Sinek asks why only a few of us get to say “I love my job?”

It seems unfair that only a few lucky ones get to feel valued by their organizations, to feel like they belong.

But what if we could all feel that way, every day, knowing we were going to feel valued and trusted, and then return home fulfilled?

In many successful organizations today, great leaders are managing to create a safe place in which teams naturally gel to do some pretty amazing things.

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Episode #042: My 5 Favorite Leadership Books from the Last Five Years

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Blinkist AdToday’s episode is special. There is no guest!

Wait?! What?! How is that special you may ask? There’s rarely an opening on the schedule like today so, rather than toss the week aside, I thought now is as good a time as any to share something with you I’ve wanted to share for quite some time. Some of my favorite leadership books from the last few years.

As you know, we tackle a number of topics here on the podcast in addition to leadership. Topics like business, marketing, personal development, career and entrepreneurship. At the same time, each of these broader topics points back to improving our leadership abilities. It is the Read to Lead podcast after all, right?

In the case of my leadership book list, however, I attempted to choose books specifically on the topic of leadership itself (“attempted” being the key word). I did allow one non- leadership-focused book to sneak through. I think you’ll agree it is worthy of inclusion here.

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Here they are, in no particular order, my 5 favorite leadership books from the last five years.

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Episode #041: Dan Roam, Author, Show and Tell: How Everyone Can Make Extraordinary Presentations

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Author, Dan RoamOne of my favorite books from the last decade is The Back of the Napkin (Expanded Edition): Solving Problems and Selling Ideas with Pictures by today’s guest Dan Roam.

I was fascinated by Dan’s assertion that a simple drawing on a humble napkin could be more powerful than the slickest PowerPoint presentation. According to Dan, everyone is born with a talent for visual thinking, even those who swear they can’t draw.

In his new book Show and Tell: How Everybody Can Make Extraordinary Presentations, Dan reminds us that delivering a presentation doesn’t have to be so hard. We struggle, Dan says, when we forget the basic steps we learned in Kindergarten: show and tell.

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