Grit
This book is a detailed study of what makes some people succeed where others fail: grit. Grit, according to Duckworth, is a combination of passion and…
Tag: Leadership
The Sharing Economy
Anybody who has taken a ride on Uber, rented an Airbnb room or purchased a product from Etsy has participated in the sharing economy. Sundara…
Creative Teams – Making Art Within the Organization
By Ted Esler, PhD Sometimes you need to accomplish a job and you can’t do it with the usual list of suspects. These are tasks…
Home Office Morale Busters: What Puts Staff on Edge
Marv Newell has personally visited more than 85 mission offices across North America. In so doing, he couldn’t help but notice that they come in all…
Uber Mission
by Ted Esler I have been reading the book, The Sharing Economy: The End of Employment and the Rise of Crowd-Bases Capitalism, for the Leader’s…
Last One to Find Out
by Ted Esler Do you ever feel like you are the “last one to find out” about something? If you are a leader you probably…
Deep Work
This is a book about personal productivity in which the author makes the case and gives strategies to maximizing “deep work” in an environment whi…
The Ideal Team Player
This book, like most of Lencioni’s books, is written in two parts, the first being a business parable and the second is the unpacking of the ideas i…
Author Interview: Marcus Warner
An interview with Marcus Warner, author of Rare Leadership: 4 Uncommon Habits For Increasing Trust, Joy, and Engagement in the People You Lead
Rare Leadership
Warner and Wilder believe that healthy teams begin with healthy leaders, and at the heart of this dynamic is emotional maturity—the quality the grea…
