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Book Review: “Death by Meeting”

Tired of sitting through horrible meetings? Patrick Lencioni’s book “Death by Meeting” explains how to run the right meetings the right way.

Did you just become a manager? Congrats! Now, let’s get to work. Here’s what you can do on your first day to build trust with your new team.

I read over 70 books in 2021. These were my fiction and nonfiction favorites from what I read this year, along with a couple hidden gems.

T.S. Eliot said, “Immature poets imitate; mature poets steal.” But how can we distinguish between stealing as art and stealing as plagiarism?

In his book How We Learn, Benedict Carey unearths the surprising truth about when, where, and why we learn. Here’s a brief summary and review.

Salman Rushdie, author of The Satanic Verses and Midnight’s Children, recently recorded a MasterClass on writing. Here are his best tips.

If you’re trying to learn how to give feedback effectively, you should read these books. I’ve included a brief summary of each one.

The point isn’t to write with perfect grammar and syntax—it’s to communicate thought-provoking ideas. The words are merely the raw material.

From all of the true crime books I’ve read, here are my 10 favorites about serial killers, fraudsters, and mobsters. How many have you read?

Elizabeth Gilbert, Joyce Carol Oates, and David Sedaris all tapped the wisdom of dead authors to fuel their success. We should do the same.