Book Review: Walking Free by Munjed Al Muderis
Review by Jean Fagan Mudjed Al Muderis came from a privileged background. He went to school with Saddam Hussein’s sons and he did his medical training just as the Iran-Iraq war began. The 27 year old junior surgeon at Bagdad’s Saddam Hussein Medical Centre started…
Political Amnesia, How we forgot how to govern
Laura Tingle is political editor of the Australian Financial Review. She won the Paul Lyneham Award for Excellence in Press Gallery Journalism in 2004, and Walkley awards in 2005. She appears regularly on Radio National’s Late Night Live and ABC-TV’s Insiders. Written in essay style, Tingle argues that…
Book Review: Your Next Move by Michael D Watkins
Your next Move: The Leaders Guide to Navigating Major Career Transitions Author: Michael D. Watkins Reviewed by Emma Stoner – Guest Contributor Publisher: Harvard Business Press, 2009 ISBN-13: 978-1422147634, 256 pages Watkins is one of the most recognised authorities on leadership transitions. Your Next Move…
Book Review: Lead With a Story by Paul Smith
We tell ourselves stories in order to live – Joan Didion Book review by Tara Rivkin Joan Didion’s words reflect the sheer centrality of stories to the human condition: storytelling is innate to human beings and the foundation of human history. We tell stories to…
Influencer: The New Science of Leading Change
Influencer: The New Science of Leading Change by Joseph Grenny; Kerry Patterson; David Maxfield; Ren McMillan; Al Switzler ISBN: 9780071808866 Review by Tara Rivkin Stephen Covey sums this book up when he says: “Whether you are leading change or changing your life, this book delivers”….
Book review: Coherence – the secret science of brilliant leadership
Title: Coherence – the secret science of brilliant leadership Author: Dr Alan Watkins ISBN 9780749470050 E-ISBN 9780749470067 Reviewed by: Tara Rivkin When I was young, I played tennis in interschool competitions. I was pretty decent for someone of my age and had a abundance of…
Book Review: The Turning Point by Gregg Braden
The Turning Point: Creating Resilience in a Time of Extremes by Gregg Braden Reviewed by Tara Rivkin ISBN: 978-1-4019-2923-7 (hardback) 978-1-4019-2926-8 Depending on your viewpoint on a variety of issues, you will either find Gregg Braden’s The Turning Point fascinating or maddening, or both simultaneously….
Book review: Hostage At The Table
How Leaders Can Overcome Conflict, Influence Others, and Raise Performance Author: George Kohlrieser ISBN: 978-0-7879-8384-0 Review by Tara Rivkin How would you react in a hostage situation? What would be your initial response if you were surprised by an armed intruder and threatened? Do you…
It Starts With One: Changing Individuals Changes Organizations
By Stewart Black ISBN 9780133407303 Book Review by Tara Rivkin The premise of J. Stewart Black’s book about leading strategic change, It Starts With One, is that “Without individual change, there can be no meaningful organizational change.” Professor of Global Strategy and Leadership at IMD,…
Book Review: Left Brain Right Stuff
How leaders make winning decisions ISBN: 9781610393072 (hardcover); 9781610393089 (e-book) Anyone who has, even perfunctorily, dipped into the science of decision-making will have heard of a couple of factors that distort human judgment. We are subject to confirmation bias, for example, which means that we…
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