Posted on March 7th, 2010, by Meggin McIntosh, Ph.D.
Jay, Joelle. The Inner Edge: The 10 Practices of Personal Leadership
This may be my favorite book of 2009 – and on into 2010. WOW! Dr. Joelle Jay is a master coach who has worked with executives around the country. The insights and wisdom she has provides in this book, along with the tools available in [...]
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Posted on February 2nd, 2010, by Meggin McIntosh, Ph.D.
Book Recommendations – Email
Hurst, Mark. Bit Literacy: Productivity in the Age of Information and E-mail Overload.
I have been buying this book in large quantities and have now used it in several workshops and have given it to many of my consulting clients. Not only do I love the way this guy writes (he’s very smart, articulate, [...]
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Posted on January 23rd, 2010, by Meggin McIntosh, Ph.D.
Hallowell, Edward, CrazyBusy: Overstretched, Overbooked, and About to Snap! Strategies for Handling Your Fast-Paced Life.
The title alone is probably intriguing to you – and once you read it, you will have a new perspective on whether your life is CrazyBusy and if that’s the way you want to keep it. Hallowell, who has studied professionals [...]
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Posted on January 20th, 2010, by Meggin McIntosh, Ph.D.
Kossek, Ellen Ernst & Lautsch , Brenda A. CEO of Me.
I read this book in preparation for a day-long workshop I was going to be doing at Michigan State University as part of a symposium on Work-Life Balance. The first author was one of the symposium presenters. This book is fabulous and I’ve bought at least [...]
Tags: book review, Brenda A. Lautsch, CEo, Ellen Ernst Kossek
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Posted on January 13th, 2010, by Meggin McIntosh, Ph.D.
Braiker, Harriet. The Disease to Please.
Dr. Braiker’s first book (that I read) was The Type E Woman (for the woman who tries to be everything to everyone). Let’s just say I found a few tidbits in there for myself and for others I knew. So when this particular book came out, I bought it right [...]
Tags: book review, disease, disease to please, Harriet Braiker, people pleasers
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Posted on January 6th, 2010, by Meggin McIntosh, Ph.D.
Buckingham, Marcus. GO Put Your Strengths to Work: 6 Powerful Steps to Achieve Outstanding Performance..
Marcus Buckingham is the face of the strengths movement. His earlier books that he wrote while with the Gallup Organization helped propel him to rock star status. Plus, he’s a fabulous speaker and communicator and thinker (and yes, he’s handsome, too). [...]
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Posted on January 2nd, 2010, by Meggin McIntosh, Ph.D.
Book Recommendations – Personal Growth
Who doesn’t want to get better and be able to put their emphasis on excellence? The people who visit this site know what I mean! We love to learn and grow. Here are some books that I grouped under the category of ‘personal growth’ – and they are about professional growth [...]
Tags: book review, Linda Babcock, negotiation, power of negotiation, Sara Laschever, women
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Posted on December 30th, 2009, by Meggin McIntosh, Ph.D.
Rath, Tom. StrengthsFinder 2.0.
After Marcus Buckingham left the Gallup Organization to start his own company (and write his own book….GO Put Your Strengths to Work: 6 Powerful Steps to Achieve Outstanding Performance), then it was important for Gallup to publish a new book on the Strengths work that they have continued to do. And this [...]
Tags: book review, Gallup Organization, strength, StrengthsFinder, Tom Rath
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Posted on December 13th, 2009, by Meggin McIntosh, Ph.D.
Julie Morgenstern, who has written MANY excellent books, has a new one (at least I’m just now getting around to reading it) called SHED Your Stuff, Change Your Life: A Four-Step Guide to Getting Unstuck . I heard her speak at the Mid-Atlantic Regional Conference of Professional Organizers where I was also a speaker. She [...]
Tags: book review, identity, Julie Morgenstern, shed, trash, treasures
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Posted on August 4th, 2007, by Meggin McIntosh
Question/Suggestion:
There are so many great books out there about entrepreneurship and its associated topics, but I don’t have time to read them all. Could we start a page of reviews within the blog? I’d love to read some feedback from others in the memclub about books that they have read.
Posted by Sue Vaughn | 8/4/07
Answer:
Great [...]
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