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Book Summary: “Rise”

In Rise, Patty Azzarello encourages leaders to be confident in their abilities, give more than they receive, and ruthlessly prioritize.

Fierce Conversations book review: Susan Scott shares numerous insights for having tough conversations with colleagues, friends, and family.

Mindset book review: Dweck blows the doors off IQ bias and explains why hard work and continuous improvement are more important than IQ.

In Work Rules!, Laszlo Bock taps into his experience from Google’s PeopleOps team. This is a bible for recruiters, HR managers, and execs.

Ego Is the Enemy book review: Ryan Holiday challenges readers to not let pride stand in the way of attaining or repeating success.

Grit book review: Duckworth posits that grit–which she defines as passion plus perseverance–is a better predictor of success than talent.

Smarter Faster Better explains how to leverage our brain’s hardwiring to increase productivity and accomplish ever-higher goals.

Fix It book review: This book provides practical, actionable leadership ideas that I’ve already begun to use with my team.

Black Box Thinking book review: Although his first book Bounce was really good, Matthew Syed’s newest book reaches a whole new level.

Of all John Maxwell’s work, The 5 Levels of Leadership does the best job of defining what separates good leaders from great leaders.