August 2016 – Melissa Williams-Gurian

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Three Books For Leaders (Part Two)

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In June, I recommended three leadership books for summer reading. Here are three more books I have found helpful to my work, to take readers into fall. Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us by Daniel Pink. Riverhead Books. December 2009. Pink gives real-life examples about what motivates a person. As it turns out, it's not so much carrots and sticks, as the rewards of autonomy, mastery, and purpose. Self-knowledge is extremely important to leadership, and in this book, you'll learn what most drives you forward. Leadership from the Inside Out: Becoming A Leader For Life by Kevin Cashman. Berrett-Koehler Publishers. 2nd revised & updated edition, September 2008. A philosophical book, with research and case studies, that covers the importance to leadership of doing inner work on who you are, your…

What Is Your Leadership Brand?

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Your leadership brand is what people say about you when you’re not in the room. What do you think they would say about you? What would you want them to say? If you’re interested in working on your leadership brand, remember that your brand is not based only on tasks, or on results, but on your behavior on your way to those results. How are you interacting with others? Are you behaving in a way that is consistent with how you’d like to be seen? Behaviors that are consistent create a brand over the long term. If we lose sight of that, our brand diminishes, and it becomes more difficult to get results.

Managing The Tangle Of Anxiety

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Have you ever wrapped up a vacation by losing sleep over the work ahead of you? You might have set aside your cares for a few days, but now your mind is spinning with anxiety about your bulging email inbox, an aggravating situation with a co-worker, or an important presentation. Some of our best vacation moments are when we’re living in the now. Our anxiety, on the other hand, is nearly always set in the future—can we handle what’s next? There is a good kind of anxiety that excites and prepares us for something meaningful and challenging. If this is what you feel at the end of vacation, you might feel nervous, but you’re ready to stretch your capacity and tackle what’s ahead. Then there is the unpleasant anxiety that can…