Leadership
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Call Sign Chaos: Learning to Lead
Posted September 30, 2019 in Career Management, Latest News & Insights, Leadership, What We're ReadingBy: Jim Matthis and Bing West Reviewed by: Susan MacKenzie The Premise: At the Roundtable, leaders notice an increase in navigating a VUCA (volatile, uncertain, complex and ambiguous) environment. This is a military term and who better to share his leadership philosophies and best practices in that VUCA world than Jim Matthis. If his name […]
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The Fearless Organization: Creating Psychological Safety in the Workplace for Learning, Innovation & Growth
Posted August 30, 2019 in Career Management, Latest News & Insights, Leadership, What We're ReadingBy: Amy Edmondson Reviewed by: Leah Parkhill-Reilly The Premise: Amy Edmondson is a Harvard researcher and professor who is best-known for coining the phrase “psychological safety” and delivering a phenomenal TED talk on the subject. At the heart of it, being a great leader (and ultimately a great boss) is about how effectively you can […]
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Stop Doing That Sh*t: End Self-Sabotage and Demand Your Life Back
Posted July 31, 2019 in Career Management, Latest News & Insights, Leadership, What We're ReadingBy: Gary John Bishop Reviewed by: Liyana Johan The Premise: From the author of Unfuck Yourself, Gary John Bishop is back with his second book Stop Doing That Sh*t which attempts to describe the reasons why we’re stuck in destructive self-sabotaging cycles and how by Stop Doing That Sh*t, we can break through and achieve […]
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Quiet Leadership – Six Steps to Transforming Performance
Posted June 28, 2019 in Career Management, Communication, Decision Making, Latest News & Insights, Leadership, What We're ReadingBy: David Rock Reviewed by: Susan MacKenzie The Premise: At the Roundtable, we work with some of the brightest leaders around. We coach to change their behaviour which results in better performance. If you are a people leader, how much of your energy gets focused on improving the performance of your team? In today’s work […]
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The First 90 Days
Posted September 9, 2016 in Leadership, What We're ReadingBy: Michael Watkins Reviewed by: Glain Roberts-McCabe The Premise: In an homage to the recent US inauguration and the scrutiny being placed on President Obama, we thought we’d revisit Michael Watkins’ guidebook to navigating your first three months in a new leadership role. Watkins is an Associate Professor at Harvard Business School where he specializes […]
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Onward
Posted August 10, 2016 in Leadership, What We're ReadingBy: Howard Schultz Reviewed by: Glain Roberts-McCabe The Premise: In 2007, after years of recording record growth and profits, Starbucks Coffee Company started to take a rapid and brutal nose dive. With analysts and critics pronouncing the death of the coffee juggernaut, entrepreneur and founder, Howard Schultz stepped back into the business after moving away […]
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