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StandOut: Find Your Edge at Work
StandOut: Find Your Edge at Work, by Marcus Buckingham, One Thing Productions, Inc.
This brand-new book and assessment continues Buckingham’s reputation as the national leader in the strengths movement. For 20 years, Buckingham worked for The Gallup Organization studying what makes the real difference in exceptional performance for both employees and their managers. Since then he has written and presented extensively on the power of knowing your own natural strengths and those of the people who work for you and with you.
This newest addition to the strengths movement is particularly good for people who have not taken the original assessment because this is more targeted. Out of nine strength roles, you will learn your top two and then receive specific advice on how to maximize these strengths in your career.
It’s simpler and more applicable than the earlier assessments. I would recommend it!
Get Noticed…Get Referrals
Get Noticed . . . Get Referrals: Build Your Client Base and Your Business by Making a Name for Yourself, by Jill Lublin, McGraw Hill, 2008.
Lublin is a master at helping business owners like us build our businesses through the art of nurturing relationships and encouraging referrals.
She brings a wonderful energy and a wealth of experience to her workshops and books. I had the opportunity to travel to the California wine country to take one of her courses with my colleague and media extraordinaire, Judith Harlan. We both took away a huge amount of information to apply to our businesses and a bottle or two of wine tucked in the back seat.
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Tagged communication, Leadership, Networking, Relationships
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Job Searching with Social Media for Dummies
Job Searching with Social Media for Dummies by Joshua Waldman, John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 2011.
There are lots of books out there on social media but this is the first I’ve seen that specifically addresses social media and the job search. It’s well written (like many of the Dummies books) and tackles one social media resource per chapter. It even covers personal branding and the nuances of weaving your brand into your internet presence. And of course, my favorite chapter is on LinkedIn.
Waldman keeps it simple, strategic and smart. Perfect for professionals like me!
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The Happiness Project
The Happiness Project, by Gretchen Rubin, Harper Collins Publishers, 2009.
I seem to find the best books in airports, and once again I picked up this gem while racing through Denver on the way to Philadelphia for the Army Navy BIG football game. Rubin captures what many of us are thinking about and striving toward – bringing another layer of joy, contentment and happiness into our personal and professional lives. She has a wonderful humorous style that engages you from the first page and has you both thinking and smiling throughout.
But most importantly, you find yourself making some resolutions for yourself all with the goal of making 2013 the best year yet!
Enchantment
Enchantment: The Art of Changing Hearts, Minds, and Actions, by Guy Kawasaki, 2011.
Is it possible to convince people to dream the same dream that you do and then to inspire them to invest their hearts, souls & actions into making that dream a reality? That’s tough for any experienced leader to do.
But Kawasaki tackles this challenge in a most unique way. He believes that any of us can “enchant others” into making positive, sustainable changes in their own lives and in our global world. Examples include initiating a major social change, launching an innovative product or taking your company to that next profitable level.
Is that too unrealistic? Maybe not . . . as I read further, I realized that this is exactly what great world leaders and the most successful entrepreneurs do – they enchant others to believe in causes bigger than themselves. And we all benefit as a result. It’s a fascinating book!
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