Soundview Magazine

The Power to Empower Others

August 5, 2020August 6, 2020 Book Review, Leadership

by Kristen Cudd There is no shortage of leadership books out there. They help leaders join the race but never quite push them across the metaphorical finish line. The problem is that they focus on

Companies May Think They Have Integrity Until They Get Skewered

August 4, 2020August 4, 2020 Trust, Workplace Culture

During the COVID-19 pandemic, some businesses have made tough decisions that have earned them goodwill and loyalty from employees and consumers alike, while others have made decisions that they will be explaining away for years.

Leaders Need to Overcome the Gratitude Gap

July 29, 2020July 29, 2020 Book Summary, Leadership

Workers want and need to know their work is appreciated. And showing gratitude to employees is the easiest, fastest, most inexpensive way to boost performance. New research shows that gratitude boosts employee engagement, reduces turnover,

5 Tips for Successfully Working from Home

July 23, 2020July 23, 2020 Remote Work

By Mike Robbins During this COVID-19 health crisis that we’re all experiencing, here are my top 5 things you can do to have an effective and efficient work-from-home experience: Take Care of Yourself Set up

Strategies to Make Giant Leaps in Work and Life

July 21, 2020July 21, 2020 Book Review, Strategic Thinking

Book Review by Kristen Cudd Rocket scientists see the world through a different lens that allows them to push the boundaries of human achievement and experience. What would happen if we could all harness this

Why Are You Leading in the First Place?

July 16, 2020July 16, 2020 Book Summary, Leadership

New York Times best-selling author Patrick Lencioni has written a dozen books on how leaders can build teams and lead organizations. In The Motive, he helps leaders understand the importance of why they’re leading in

Profiles in Failure

July 15, 2020July 15, 2020 Crisis Management

by James E. Lukaszewski, ABC, Fellow IABC, APR, Fellow PRSA, BEPS Emeritus What Crisis Behavior Patterns Always Precipitate and Perpetuate Trouble and Failure Sometimes the only way to help organizations avoid embarrassment, humiliating visibility, enormous

July Spotlight: A Focus on Professional Skills

July 15, 2020July 15, 2020 Book Summary, Personal Development, Storytelling, Workplace Culture

Storytelling, Generational Insights, Workplace Engagement, and Dealing with Change … all timely topics that we address in this month’s Spotlight. Each month, Soundview summarizes many books that will help you strengthen your career skills. To

Companies Are Running Experiments on Millions of Users Every Year. What Are the Ethical Implications?

July 10, 2020July 10, 2020 Strategy

by Stefan Thomke Leading companies – including Microsoft, Amazon, Booking.com, Facebook and Google – each conduct more than ten thousand online controlled experiments annually, which individually engage millions of users. Startups and companies without digital