by Marion Howell | Jul 11, 2020 | Uncategorized
2006, by David Rock. I was first read “Quiet Leadership” after hearing Rock lecture at a coaching conference around 2008. I routinely suggest this title to coaching clients who want to move away from an ineffective command and control leadership style they...
by Marion Howell | Dec 30, 2019 | Uncategorized
2009, by Robert Kegan and Lisa Laskow Lahey This book is essential to understanding why people in organizations get stuck and what to do about it. I often work with leaders who come to me feeling frustrated and out of options. They keep trying to...
by Marion Howell | Dec 30, 2019 | Leadership, Organizational Change and Culture
2002, by Patrick Lencioni Patrick Lencioni’s model is a classic that I believe every leader should be familiar with. He makes clear the five factors that create dysfunctional teams. They are (1) Absence of Trust (2) Fear of conflict (3) Lack of...
by Marion Howell | Dec 27, 2019 | Leadership, Organizational Change and Culture
2018, by Brene Brown I’m a huge fan of Brene Brown’s work and I’ve only recently had the opportunity to do a deep dive into a number of her books. I listened to Dare to Lead in the audio format, and loved the fact that she read personally rather than hiring...
by Marion Howell | Nov 10, 2019 | Complex Adaptive Systems Theory (CAS)
2005, by Margaret J. Wheatley This was the first book I read on CAS Theory, and it was really helpful to understand how Wheatly was one of the pioneers of applying CAS Theory to human systems. Wheatly describes a simpler way to lead that aligns with human nature...
