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Blog / News & Opinion
The 2018 800-CEO-READ Business Books Awards and Industry Party
By 800-CEO-READ
Scenes from our time in New York City, hosting and honoring those in the publishing industry whose work makes our work possible.
Categories: news-opinion, publishing-industry, the-company
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Blog / Editor's Choice
Team Human
Book Review by Dylan Schleicher
Douglas Rushkoff diagnoses the structural problems of the digital age, and points the way toward human liberation.
Categories: editors-choice
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Blog / ChangeThis
My Metacognitive Journey: The Power of Understanding Yourself
By Dave Mitchell
"Perhaps the most satisfying development associated with writing a book is when you as the author stumble upon a revelation in the middle of the process. For this book, I came to understand the answer to a question that I am often asked and have struggled to answer for many years. So many times, I am approached by an attendee and asked, 'Can people change?'"
Categories: changethis
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Blog / ChangeThis
Weathering the Perfect Storm: How to Prosper in the Reputation Economy
By Mike Mooney
"It is vital to understand that we are living in a perfect storm that is making our reputations more fragile than at any other time in human history! This perfect storm consists of the values-gap in behavior among leaders that litter the headlines, the fact that we are all now citizen journalists carrying smartphones to capture events, all colliding with the hyper-connected and shareable world that social media channels have created. It's a new day in the court of public opinion and oftentimes these moments go viral and a bad situation gets worse in a hurry. It doesn't just impact high-profile leaders, executives, celebrities, and professional athletes. It's true for us and can be just as devastating as individuals as it is for companies."
Categories: changethis
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Blog / ChangeThis
The Power of Positive Coaching
By Lee J. Colan PhD, Julie Davis-Colan
"It wasn't too long ago that having a business coach was like having a scarlet letter on your professional suit. Back then, most coaching was remedial—there was a problem that needed to be fixed. Today, having a coach has been elevated in status. Business leaders have realized what professional athletes have always known—having a coach produces better results. That's a significant and necessary paradigm shift. Instead of symbolizing a problem, having a coach symbolizes a leader's willingness to develop and grow as a person and a leader."
Categories: changethis
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Blog / ChangeThis
Live Big: The Entrepreneur's Guide to Passion, Practicality, and Purpose
By Ajit Nawalkha
"As an entrepreneur, you need to know that your business isn't an entity. It's an experience. It's unfolding at every moment. Every moment is vital. Critical. The only way to handle the chaos and the crazy beauty of it all is this: know that growing your business is actually about growing yourself. It's about staying sane, centered, and focused. [...] All you have is this moment, this experience. Make it an interesting one. Make it fun. Make it worth sharing. When you let love in to everything you do, everything you do seems to be created with a little more magic. When you let love in to your work, your work is better."
Categories: changethis
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Blog / ChangeThis
Stop Undermining Democracy and Your Business
By Carol Sanford
"This is the fork in the road. Here, those who advocate external feedback as the solution to life’s problems take one path, based on the belief that people cannot develop the awareness needed for change. Those who have seen the unlimited potential of a developmental approach based on a holistic, living-systems view take another. This road is of a higher order, in that it is based on a belief that people have the capacity to be self-managing once they have learned to be self-observing and self-reflecting. But they need development to do so."
Categories: changethis
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Blog / Book Giveaways
Winners Take All: The Elite Charade of Changing the World
By Porchlight
This week, we're giving away Anand Giridharadas' brilliant book on "The Elite Charade of Changing the World," which we named as the best book of 2018.
Categories: giveaways
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Blog / News & Opinion
The 2018 800-CEO-READ Business Book of the Year
By Dylan Schleicher
The 2018 800-CEO-READ Business Book of the Year is Anand Giridharadas' diagnosis of "how the global elite's efforts to 'change the world' preserve the status quo and obscure their role in causing the problems they later seek to solve."
Categories: news-opinion, publishing-industry, the-company
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Blog / Book Giveaways
The Power of Positive Coaching: The Mindset and Habits to Inspire Winning Results and Relationships
By Porchlight
Lee J Colan and Julie Davis Colan have a new book that brings together two highly-relevant topics in the field of management: coaching and positive psychology.
Categories: giveaways
