Communicate To Connect

Mentee Reading | Conversation is communal. The goal of any conversation is to connect. There is a very real human need to be included, to belong, to be heard, to share and to relate to experiences that resonate. There is strength in any conversation that enhances community and meaningful connections.

Choices, Clarity, Coach-Mentor, C-Suite, Conversations That Matter, Executive Committees, Leadership, Powerful Stories, New Business Leader, Questions, Reading Circle, Stimulating Ideas, The Long View, Think Differently!, Communicating, ConnectingDianne Jacobs16 March 2024Supercommunicators: The Power of Conversation and the Hidden Language of Connection, Charles Duhigg, Connect: How to Inspire, Influence and Energise Anyone, Anywhere, Anytime, Simon Lancaster, Making Numbers Count: The art and science of communicating numbers, Chip Heath and Karla Starr, You're Invited: The Art and Science of Connection, Trust, Jon Levy, Smart Brevity: The Power of Saying More with Less, Axios, Jim VandeHei, Mike Allen, and Roy Schwartz, How To Know a Person:The Art of Seeing Others Deeply and Being Deeply Seen, David Brooks, Connection, Communicating, C-Suite, Future, Mastery, Powerful Stories, Questions, Human, Dianne Jacobs, The Talent Advisors, The NED Advisors, BelongingComment

Learn To Love The Problem

Mentee Reading | Having problems is *not* the problem. Can you find the opportunity and build a better or novel solution? What do you do when you're faced with a big decision? How can you Work Creatively! to be more effective as a strategist, innovator or problem-solver? What do you do when a wild problem requires a leap in the dark? How can you seek viewpoints, be open minded, question your own judgement or conclusions, look for novelty, adopt integrative thinking and look for what you can learn?

Coach-Mentor, Conversations That Matter, Problem Solving, Reading Circle, The Long View, Think Differently!, C-Suite, Boardroom, Continuous Learning, Curiosity, Executive Committees, Future Focus, Leadership, New Business Leader, Stimulating IdeasDianne Jacobs2 January 2024Achieving, Breakthrough, Business Leadership, CEO, Emergent Strategy, Future Choices, Get The Right Things Done, Ideas, Risk, Loonshots, Imagination, Connected Strategy, Outside-In Thinking, Problem Solving, Questions, Strategy, Diverse Thinking, Work Creatively, Excellence, Love The Problem, How To Decide, Solving Problems, Test Business Ideas, Creativity, Uri Levine, Russ Roberts, Tony Fadell, Annie Duke, Charles Conn, Robert McLean, Decisions That Define, Dianne Jacobs, The Talent Advisors, To Solve a Tough Problem, Reframe It, Julia Binder and Michael D. WatkinsComment

Questions and Inquiry

Mentee Reading | Great questions make for better solutions and good conversation. Staying open to possibilities, intellectual curiosity and a ‘coach-not-tell’ style are key aspects of leading at the next level. Ask more, hold back on advice giving, use better questions and change the way you lead is what links these book choices. Happy reading and stay curious!

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