by Marion Howell | Mar 22, 2018 | Conversation Skills and Emotional Intelligence
1936, by Dale Carnegie Reading this book is like a rite of passage for all emerging leaders. Carnegie began writing about emotional intelligent ways to lead long before we understood the brain science of why his approaches work. As I review his 12...
by Marion Howell | Mar 5, 2018 | Conversation Skills and Emotional Intelligence
1995, by Daniel Goleman This is another foundational reading if you want to understand the importance of Emotional Intelligence (EI) and leadership. When this book was published in 1995, it broke through the misconception that reason guides our self-direction and...
by Marion Howell | Feb 2, 2018 | Complex Adaptive Systems Theory (CAS)
2006, Francis Westley, Brenda Zimmerman, and Michael Quinn Patton “Getting to Maybe” takes a descriptive approach to social innovation, with wisdom, insights and suggestions woven into the narrative. This book captures the lived reality of being a social innovator...
by Marion Howell | Sep 28, 2016 | Memoirs and Biographies
2018, by Michelle Obama This was a welcome addition to my reading list this year. I have always been fascinated by the Obamas yet I didn’t follow US politics closely when they were in office, which meant that many of the events recounted were new to me. I found...
