Book Summaries

Based on nearly a decade of research, the six critical practices that are identified will give you a head start in building the competence and confidence you need to succeed as a first-time manager.

Wake Up and Smell the Coffee puts the imperative of teams in context; discusses the characteristics, strengths, and challenges of the basic team types; and teaches leaders and team members alike how to have effective teams.

Primal Teams shows how anyone can control potentially damaging emotions, while triggering the kind of passion and energy that supercharge performance.

Unstoppable Teams shows managers at every level, at both large and small organizations, how to inspire, motivate, and lead the people around them.

Tom Kendrick includes information on Agile methods and evolving project management tools, and strategies for working with virtual teams.

Authors Barry Kaplan and Jeffrey Manchester show how to create a sense of safety, encourage exploration, and develop an INpowered team.

In Building the Best, LearnLoft CEO John Eades takes you on a journey of transformation that will equip you with the tools you need to become the kind of cutting-edge leader today’s workplace needs.

In The Solutions Oriented Leader: Your Comprehensive Guide to Achieve World-Class Results, Goodman shares the wisdom he gained on that journey and gives readers the ‘secret sauce’ to transform teams into rockstars.