Stop Being Reasonable: How We Really Change Our Minds by Eleanor Gordon-SmithFollow the Feeling: Brand Building in a Noisy World by Kai D. WrightCommunication: How to Connect with Anyone by Gill Hasson Where lies the power of persuasion? By Cindy Wagman (November 28, 2019) Stop Being Reasonable: How We Really Change Our … [Read more...] about Gordon-Smith, Wright & Hasson: On persuasion
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Had it Coming & She Said: With consciousness raised, what’s next?
There still remains substantial debate over “what behaviour crosses the line” By Katherine Verhagen Rodis (November 22, 2019) Had It Coming: What’s Fair in the Age of #MeToo? by Robyn Doolittle, Allen Lane, September 24, 2019, 304 pp, $19.17 In the wake of the #MeToo movement that caught fire in social media in 2017, Globe and Mail reporter … [Read more...] about Had it Coming & She Said: With consciousness raised, what’s next?
The Busy Leader’s Handbook & The Intelligent Leader: Tweaking your leadership style
Helping Busy Leaders Lead By Roger D. Ali, MBA, CFRE (November 18, 2019) The Busy Leader’s Handbook: How to lead people and places that thrive by Quint Studer, Wiley, October 1, 2019, 288 pp., $33.65 The Busy Leader’s Handbook offers a quick and easy reference of “how to” strategies to put into action right away for a new or seasoned … [Read more...] about The Busy Leader’s Handbook & The Intelligent Leader: Tweaking your leadership style
Sabotage to Support: Fighting stereotypes that women are hardwired to backstab
By Maryann Kerr (November 12, 2019) Sabotage to Support: A new Vision for Feminist Solidarity in the Workplace, Joy L Wiggins & Kami J. Anderson, Berrett-Koehler Publishers, May 14, 2019, 208 pp., $22.12 Have you ever heard people talking about you when you were out of earshot or somewhere unseen? Maybe in a washroom stall? And you realize the … [Read more...] about Sabotage to Support: Fighting stereotypes that women are hardwired to backstab
Empowerment Dialogue: Taking the mystery out of ‘the ask’
By Joanne Linka (November 7, 2019) Empowerment Dialogue: A New Approach to Fundraising, Ken Ramsay, Civil Sector Press, 2016, 106 pp., $31.95 Have you ever slogged through a book — especially one for work — and reached page 239 and thought: “this book could have been written in 50 pages and spared me the time and boredom of the extra 189 pages?!?” When an author feels the … [Read more...] about Empowerment Dialogue: Taking the mystery out of ‘the ask’