By Elk Herder, on March 10th, 2008
My husband and I are looking at getting a dog. We’ve never owned a dog as adults, so I’m trying to get as much information as I can ahead of time. Sort of get a plan together so that we’re not too surprised when the dog comes home.
This has led me to the library, picking [...]
By Elk Herder, on June 4th, 2004
I hate that phrase. It doesn’t mean anything at all since it’s been so overused. But the management book that uses the phrase doesn’t really mean that. Or at least this management book, Leadership and Self-Deception: Getting Out of the Box, didn’t mean it that way. This was more a take on what motivates people [...]
By Elk Herder, on February 20th, 2004
I finally finished reading The Bridge Across Forever by Richard Bach. This story is a fictionalized account of the man searching for and finding his soul mate.
It’s an interesting treatise on relationships and overcoming fear as an impediment to happiness. As told from his side, it seems extremely reasonable. The assumptions are put in place [...]
By Elk Herder, on June 17th, 2003
More business books, but these are a little more instructional than the Elephant story. The Five Dysfunctions of a Team: A Leadership Fable and The Five Temptations of a CEO: A Leadership Fable by Patrick Lencioni can’t really be separated in a review. Yes, they’re separate books, however they don’t actually behave separately. They’re based [...]
By Elk Herder, on June 10th, 2003
I’ve just finished reading Throwing the Elephant : Zen and the Art of Managing Up by Stanley Bing. This book was presented to me as a useful tool to help in my management career. Let me tell you right now that this book is not serious. That was the first mistake I made reading it, [...]
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