by Jacob | Dec 28, 2018 | Career & Learning
Thinking Fast and Slow Daniel Kahneman © 2013 When I first picked this book up from the library I was surprised and more than a little intimidated by the thickness. I almost put it back and picked another book, but I am really glad I didn’t! Thinking Fast and Slow...
by Emileigh | Sep 15, 2018 | Leadership
Team of Teams: New Rules of Engagement for a Complex World Ret. Gen. Stanley McChrystal © 2015 This book by Retired General Stanley McChrystal is the meat of the leadership development world. Extending back hundreds of years into history, Team of Teams begins by...
by Emileigh | Jul 28, 2018 | Career & Learning
Nothing to Envy: Ordinary Lives in North Korea Barbara Demick © 2010 The images we usually see of North Korea are of goose-stepping, uniform-clad formations marching in front of highly decorated officials. Missiles. Tanks. Conformity. Mystery. “LONG LIVE KIM...
by Emileigh | Feb 16, 2018 | Career & Learning
Shoot Like a Girl: One Woman’s Dramatic Fight in Afghanistan and on the Home Front Major Mary Jennings Hegar © 2017, 292 pages I’ve been scanning the suggested reading lists from military leaders and seeing which books are available at my local library,...
by Emileigh | Oct 19, 2017 | Career & Learning
It Worked for Me: In Life and Leadership Colin Powell (with Tony Koltz) © 2012, 283 pages I’ll admit, I haven’t read a whole book for fun in a while. However, as I’m gearing up for officer training in March I am feeling increasingly motivated to...
