Leadership Learning

What Book I’m Reading

12 Habits Of Valuable Employees: Your Roadmap to an Amazing Career

Are you looking to transform your career and achieve your full potential at work? Do you wish your employer recognized your talent and contributions more? This book reveals the insider secrets to becoming the most valued employee.? Bestselling authors Verne Harnish, Kevin Daum, and Anne Mary Ciminelli surveyed hundreds of employers to uncover what sets adequate employees apart from truly valuable players. Through insightful stories and practical tips, you'll learn the 12 key habits in four essential areas - Will, Values, Results, and Skills - that lead to amazing careers and fulfillment at work

What Article I’m Reading

3 Ways to Make a Request That Doesn’t Feel Coercive

Research shows that people feel more pressured to agree to requests than we realize, frequently agreeing to do things they would rather not do, such as taking on burdensome, low-promotability work tasks. As a manager, what can you do to ensure that your employees aren’t taking things on because they feel like they have to, but because they actually want to??

The cult of Costco: How one of America’s biggest retailers methodically turns casual shoppers into fanatics

On your first visit to a Costco Wholesale warehouse, it’s easy to feel as if the whole experience is designed to haze the newbie.?

What I’m Listening To

Netflix Co-Founder Marc Randolph reveals the four words behind every company policy he created Baseball shaped the founder of the company that grew to more than 250 million subscribers and fundamentally altered how the world experienced media. Lessons include:

What playing second base taught Marc about the importance of good daily habits. Why Netflix decided to have no vacation policy or travel policy. How to develop managers to be excellent evaluators of talent.

David Novak, Cofounder and former CEO of Yum! Brands – Be an active learner Today’s guest isn’t a guest at all. It’s David Novak himself! We’re turning the tables and putting David in the hot seat, so you can hear more about how he leads.

This conversation is full of stories and insights into how he’s leveraged the superpower of being an active learner in order to drive success, both as the CEO of Yum! Brands but also now with David Novak Leadership.

What I’m Watching

Jimmy Kimmel reading a blog that Kobe Bryant posted after he torn his Achilles at the age of 35. He vented and let all his raw elements out…

This quick Kobe Bryan social media rant, to himself, is a good wakeup call for anyone suffering a setback. Seeing how golfer Scottie Scheffler calmly handled being arrested before his big golf match was a wonderful lesson for me. Stay calm and keep pushing forward.

What I’m Pondering