I just picked up Michael Gerber’s “E Myth Mastery”. This book has been around awhile since it was published in 2006 but still very relevant. Gerber has a few books in the E Myth vein but up to this point I was only familiar with his first. If you are or have ever aspired to [...]
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John Kotter’s “Our Iceberg is Melting” is an easy to read fable about a colony of penguins facing a life or death change. This colony of penguins must find a new home before their current home breaks apart. Faced with skepticism and outright opposition, the forward thinking penguins are able to convince the group [...]
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Book Overview Most managers do not have charismatic personalities; the kind of personalities that easily attract and potentially sway followers. Yet, even though they may lack charisma, every manager is still responsible for motivating the employees they oversee. Lacking charisma neither excuses nor prevents managers from motivating employees. In The Manager as Motivator, Kroth [...]
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I can’t consider myself a young man anymore not that I’ve exceeded that age of fifty. But in 1988, when I first encountered John Maxwell, I was much younger. I had never heard of John Maxwell before I heard him speak at his then church, Skyline Wesleyan near San Diego. Of course, at that [...]
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In Good to Great, Jim Collins compares companies that excelled to those that did not during the same time periods. The research Collins and his team conducted enabled him to create Good to Great which purports to show what techniques, concepts and attitudes are needed to propel a company to greatness. In introducing [...]
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Send your entire office to hear Zig Ziglar, Robert Schuler, Rudy Juliani, Terry Bradshaw, Coach Pete Peterson (Boise State Broncos) and more for only $19? Of course there had to be a catch and there was. The catch was, in between the advertised speakers, we had to listen to some very high power sales pitches. [...]
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Looking at the title of this book from Zig you may think it is just of the multitude of Christian and secular books that tell you that all you need to do is think more positively to change your life. But think again. Yes, this book does include the importance of a positive outlook on [...]
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Overview While “Leading Change” by John Kotter is not particularly a Christian Book, it is still a very valuable read for anyone in management or leadership. Kotter gives many compelling reasons why change will be necessary for companies to survive. In the first two chapters, along with making his case for change, Kotter outlines eight [...]
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I am a morning person. My wife may not agree, but her morning begins in the middle of the night. For me, bed time is ten o’clock sharp and by that time, she’s usually been asleep for an hour or so. Anyway, I wake up ready to face the day at work. After showering I [...]
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Dave Ramsey of Fox Business News, radio fame and author of the best seller, Total Money Makeover, mingled around the crowd before he began this session. He listened to success stories, shook hands and let himself be photographed with attendees who thought to bring a camera. I was impressed with his genuineness and lack of [...]
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