Issue No. 474 of Your Weekly Staff Meeting asks that you join me in this USA Memorial Day tribute to the heroes who keep us safe. If you missed my 2019 book-of-the-year, here are the highlights from Call Sign Chaos, by former U.S. Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis. With Israel and Palestine in the headlines recently—this leadership-savvy book will also shed light on a general’s in-the-trenches insights on the Middle East. And this reminder: click here to download free resources from the 20 management buckets (core competencies) and click here for my review of another hero's insights in Leaders Eat Last: Why Some Teams Pull Together and Others Don’t.
Memorial Day Masterpiece
EDITOR'S NOTE: Memorial Day Blessings! This review was first published on Oct. 18, 2019. Call Sign Chaos was my 2019 book-of-the-year.
Wow. This morning I just finished one of the most powerful, insightful, leadership-savvy books I’ve ever, ever read. I will read it again. It’s remarkable on many, many levels. Jim Mattis, former U.S. Secretary of Defense (Jan. 20, 2017 to Jan. 1, 2019), writes:
“If you haven’t read hundreds of books, learning from others who went before you, you are functionally illiterate—you can’t coach and you can’t lead.”
To read the full review, click here.
2019 Book-of-the-Year!
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