By: Ibram X. Kendi Reviewed by: Leah Parkhill-Reilly The Premise: Ibram X. Kendi, speaker, scholar, researcher and director of the Antiracist Research and Policy Center at American University takes us, the readers, on a deeply personal and humane path to antiracism. He grounds readers in the terms of antiracism and racism and unpacks why racism …
By: Cristina DiGiacomo Reviewed by: Shelby Gobbo The Premise: In Cristina DiGiacomo’s book Wise Up! At Work, she commences with the notion that people need to work smarter and not harder. When I started reading the first few pages of the book, I knew I had landed on a book that was certainly timely and …
By: Neil Pasricha Reviewed by: Susan MacKenzie The Premise: This is a book about resilience. I read “You are Awesome” for the first time sitting on a tropical beach. Shortly after, our world shifted personally and professionally. I then picked up the book 10 weeks into socially distancing. I couldn’t have imagined while on the …
By: Todd Herman Reviewed by: Liyana Johan The Premise: Todd Herman is a high-performance coach for ambitious people who want to achieve outrageous goals. He’s coached athletes, entrepreneurs, leaders, and companies that have become internationally known. In The Alter Ego Effect, Todd shows readers how to tap into the human imagination to create hidden versions …
By: Nancy Koehn Reviewed by: Shelby Gobbo The Premise: Harvard Business School Professor Nancy Koehn highlights the profiles of five remarkable leaders and uses their profiles and stories to produce of book full of tools to help facilitate courageous leadership behaviours. Featuring Ernest Shackleton, Abraham Lincoln, Frederick Douglass, Dietrich Bonhoeffer and Rachel Carson – five …
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By: John Carreyrou Reviewed by: Glain Roberts-McCabe The Premise: In Bad Blood, Wall Street Journalist John Carreyrou gives a play-by-play recounting of the rise and fall of Theranos, a media-darling silicon valley startup that fell like a house of cards and destroyed lives and reputations along the way. Carreyrou was the Journal reporter that blew …
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