A Book Review by Soundview The Power of Passion & Perseverance Angela Duckworth, a professor of psychology at the University of Pennsylvania, won a 2013 MacArthur Fellowship, an award so prestigious that it is also
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Create Lasting Organizational Change
Congratulations go out to authors Chris McChesney, Sean Covey, and Jim Huling! Their book, The 4 Disciplines of Execution was Soundview’s most-downloaded book summary during the month of April 2021. Our Top Book Summary in
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5 Techniques to Ask for What You Want
by Michelle Tillis Lederman Are you happy to step up for someone when they ask for help? Does it make you feel good, useful, and even valuable? So then why is it so hard to
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The Top 5 Startup Books that Entrepreneurs Need to Read
(1) THE ART OF THE STARTThe Time-Tested, Battle-Hardened Guide for Anyone Starting Anything In The Art of the Start, Guy Kawasaki brings two decades of experience as one of business’s most original and irreverent strategists
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How to Become a Great Remote Teammate
Even before the coronavirus hit, remote work was growing at nearly 30 percent per year, and now it’s just a fact of life. There are many millions of people who once worked at a central
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Change the Way You See the World
Book Review by Taylor Berrett When it comes to helping people unlock innovation in their own lives, there are few people who seem more qualified than Ozan Varol. Varol is an accomplished astrophysicist responsible for
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Remote Work Has Changed Tech Salaries But It’s Not All for the Better
by Artur Meyster Being able to work from anywhere in the world is one of the greatest benefits of remote work. Your daily activities will not be constrained to an office and you can travel
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How Amazon, Apple, and Google Innovate
What is it about the top tech product companies such as Amazon, Apple, Google, Netflix, and Tesla that enables their record of consistent innovation? Most people think it’s because these companies are somehow able to
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Become a More Confident Decision-Maker
Book Review by Taylor Berrett Making decisions. It’s something that each of us does hundreds or even thousands of times each day, but for all the practice we get we don’t seem to get much
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The Vision Code: How to Create and Execute a Compelling Vision for your Business
by Oleg Konovalov We are living in a time of leadership blindness. All leaders claim to have a vision. At best, the vast majority are only pretending. In truth, about 0.1% of business, social, or
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Become an Effective Remote Worker
Congratulations go out to authors Kevin Eikenberry and Wayne Turmel! Their book, The Long-Distance Teammate, was Soundview’s most-downloaded book summary during the month of March 2021. Our Top Book Summary in March: The Long-Distance Teammateby
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Implement Positive, Lasting Change
According to Harvard Business Review, “most studies still show a 60–70 percent failure rate for organizational change projects––a statistic that has stayed constant from the 1970s to the present.” When all is said and done,
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4 Time Traps to Avoid in 2021
by Rick Goodman Being more productive will be much easier and less stressful if you know the time traps to avoid in 2021. In 2020 much of the world as we know it shut down
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