Leaders Lead, Leaders Read with Dr. Shaunta Scroggins

Livermore, D. (2015). Leading with cultural intelligence: The real secret to success (2nd edition). American Management Association.  This book is GREAT for people whose work has an international reach. You work with or in other cultures and on a very diverse team, or you desire to build a cross-cultural business and team. 

Multipliers: How the Best Leaders Make Everyone Smarter (2015) This book is reader-friendly, easy to follow, and a mirror for personal assessment. the five disciplines of multiplier leadership are Talent Magnet Liberator Challenger Debate Maker Investor Wiseman says a leader needs strength in only three of the above-named disciplines to be a Multiplier. Each form of multiplier leader has a diminis...

Essentialism is a movement that leads to a new way of life. Author Greg McKeown leads us down a path of mirrors where we face ourselves and all our busyness. Learning to discern the “trivial many” from the “vital few” becomes the crucial skill necessary to enforce the essential in our lives. Personal libraries deserve this book!

Christopher Witt’s book is both a leadership and communications gem. Arranged in four parts with tons of examples, readers will find this book a useful resource.

This is pretty much part three – the final episode about Duped: Truth-Default Theory and the Social Science of Lying and Deception (2020) by communications expert Dr. Tim Levine. In this episode I review the book, and share my experience interviewing Dr. Levine.

We pick up where we left off in the last episode, with Dr. Levine's comments on research methodology...replication, specifically. Enjoy Dr. Levine completes the journey through his new book Duped: Truth-Default Theory and the Social Science of Lying and Deception . 

Communications expert Dr. Tim Levine is the author of the newly released called Duped: Truth-Default Theory and the Social Science of Lying and Deception (2020). Scholars, prepare to be inspired! On a recent trip to Birmingham, Alabama, I met with Dr. Levine at the Audio 55 Recording Studio to discuss his book. I learned about his theory, truth-default theory, from a bonus episode from the Malcolm...

This episode is an homage to the late, great Diahann Carroll. Her candid recollection of relationships, decisions, and experiences reveal some important leadership traits worth our consideration. Probably the most important work of leadership is to improve ourselves for the people we lead.

Dr. Manfred Kets de Vries is the author of Lessons on Leadership by Terror: Finding Shaka Zulu in the Attic. This book in four parts and 12 chapters takes us on a historical, cultural and introspective journey of leadership through the life of Shaka Zulu. [Musical intro/outro by Keke Perez of Keke Perez Voice Studio.]

Kenneth Gangel (2008) is the author of Surviving Toxic Leaders: How to Work for Flawed People in Churches, Schools, and Christian Organizations. Neatly organized in 12 chapters, Gangel defines toxic leadership in a faith-based setting and describes nine types of toxic leaders. [Musical intro/outro by Keke Perez of Keke Perez Voice Studio.]

Hello one and all! This is the inaugural episode of the Leaders Lead, Leaders Read podcast. I want to introduce myself, introduce the podcast, and share a bit about how the podcast came to be along with examples of coming book reviews.