Bookends Book Club

The Four Dimensional Manager 04.05.2020 45:28 ↓

Successful managers must often will work like a coach. They will assess each person’s strengths and weaknesses and develop strategies to get the job done. The 4-Dimensional Manager shows how managers can become more effective by using the DiSC. In the book’s first part, readers assess their own DiSC style, the style of the people they manage, and the style of their organization. The second part sh...

Thought Leader: Lynn Ware 04.05.2020 13:35 ↓

Lynn Ware is the CEO of Integral Talent Systems and the author of Hiring Winning Talent and Retaining Winning Talent. During this podcast, Susan talks with Lynn about what organizations can do when the labor market is tight and it becomes increasingly more difficult and expensive to find talent.

Thought Leader: Pam Haines 29.04.2020 9:27 ↓

In this episode we visited with thought leader Pam Haines . Pam was the chief change agent at Slate Consultants and was known as Slate’s Professor of Productivity . Listen in as Pam shares why admiring a problem will never solve it.

The Great Connection 18.03.2020 35:29 ↓

The Great Connection is the story of a man on a journey to learn to connect with himself. In the process, he learns how to connect with others. Susan Stamm interviewed Arnie Warren on March 7, 2008 -- just one month prior to Arnie’s untimely death on April 19, 2008.  The Great Connection has been used by practitioners of the DiSC model of behavior as a way to help audiences develop a deeper apprec...

The Work of Leaders 18.03.2020 32:44 ↓

The work that leaders do—the work that really matters—is boiled down to three areas: crafting a vision, building alignment, and championing execution. Vision, Alignment, and Execution are the "magic words" that take the goal of leadership and turn it into tangible steps. With passion and insight, the authors of The Work of Leaders draw from the best-known leadership authorities and hundr...

Effective Apology 14.01.2020 41:23 ↓

The willingness to apologize shows strength and integrity. It has the power to heal our relationships. So why do so many of us avoid it? In this interview, Kador provides the reasons he has found many leaders don’t apologize. However, Kador outlines the benefits that leaders receive when they apologize including a theory on if those who apologize are wealthier than those who don’t practice using a...

Faster, Fewer, Better Emails 05.08.2019 53:31 ↓

Many of us are drowning in email. Listen as Dianna Booher offers practical tips to do email better from her new book: Faster, Fewer, Better Emails . Discuss this interview with your colleagues. Download our discussion guide to reflect on Dianna's tips and insights to make your email more productive.