Brindlee Library Self #1
Too Many Books Too Little Time.
Brindlee Moutain is at its best when our employees are thriving and are becoming the best person they can possibly be, in all aspects of their lives.
A couple of ways a person can be their best is to always be on a journey to improve. One way to improve is to read books.
Our promise has always ways been is to help facilitate an employee on this journey providing access to seminars, conferences, videos (ex: Right Now Media) and even books.
On a recent look through Salesforce, you can find a list of 60 books that our employees have read or are in the process of reading. Below is a list of some of these. Do you see a book on this list you would like to read or listen to? If yes, let your supervisor know. We will be glad to assist you on your journey to be the best you can be.
4-3-2-1 Leadership
In 1976, armed with a college degree and a commission as an Army 2nd Lieutenant, Vinny Boles began his leadership journey. After 33 years of service, he has distilled this experience into his book, 4-3-2-1 Leadership: What America's Sons & Daughters Taught Me on the Road From Second Lieutenant to Two Star General. "Leadership is not a solo event, it is a team sport," Boles says. "And in the Army it's a team sport at the highest level. And I was truly fortunate to have great teammates in every one of these 33 years."
A Wall Street Journal bestseller, HOW SUCCESSFUL PEOPLE THINK is the perfect, compact read for today's fast-paced world. America's leadership expert John C. Maxwell will teach you how to be more creative and when to question popular thinking. You'll learn how to capture the big picture while focusing your thinking. You'll find out how to tap into your creative potential, develop shared ideas, and derive lessons from the past to better understand the future. With these eleven keys to more effective thinking, you'll clearly see the path to personal success.
Shoe Dog
Fresh out of business school, Phil Knight borrowed fifty dollars from his father and launched a company with one simple mission: import high-quality, low-cost running shoes from Japan. Selling the shoes from the trunk of his car in 1963, Knight grossed eight thousand dollars that first year. Today, Nike’s annual sales top $30 billion. In this age of start-ups, Knight’s Nike is the gold standard, and its swoosh is one of the few icons instantly recognized in every corner of the world.
But Knight, the man behind the swoosh, has always been a mystery. In Shoe Dog, he tells his story at last
Six Thinking Hats
In Six Thinking Hats, Edward de Bono shows how meetings can be transformed to produce quick, decisive results every time. The Six Hats method is a devastatingly simple technique based on the brain's different modes of thinking. The intelligence, experience and information of everyone is harnessed to reach the right conclusions quickly. These principles fundamentally change the way you work and interact.
The Leadership Lessons of Jesus
The Leadership Lessons of Jesus is more than seventy unique easy-length readings that explore and adapt the individual techniques that made Christ’s leadership so powerful. Going through the gospel of Mark, the authors highlight succinct examples of guidance methods that can influence your work, church, or family and change your life.