May Reviews (Title, Author, Publication Date):
101 Leadership Insights, Bob Phillips; Del Walinga, 04 May 2021
Practical Tools, Tips, and Techniques for New and Seasoned Leaders
#101LeadershipInsights #NetGalley
This is 101 chapters, each of which is two pages long - making it an easy read during a break at work or first thing in the morning.
Each chapter begins and ends with a quote, and generally includes a diagram and a question to consider. The clipart doesn't add value and it's too bad it was included.
Description (from NetGalley)
Tools, Tips, and Techniques for the Leader on the Go
Whether you lead in an office, a jobsite, a church, or a classroom, 101 Leadership Insights is a handy guidebook guaranteed to help you better handle the challenges and conundrums that come with being a leader.
Written by bestselling author Bob Phillips and business owner Del Walinga, this book is packed with wisdom that will help you improve your skills as a manager, mentor, and communicator. This collection of short yet highly informative chapters takes on more than a hundred of the most common leadership issues, such as…
- handling workplace conflict
- maintaining a healthy work/life balance
- recognizing red flags in unfamiliar situations
- finding fulfillment even while working unsatisfying jobs
Featuring helpful personal checklists, solution-oriented questions, illuminating infographics, and valuable perspectives from well-known leaders, 101 Leadership Insights provides thoughtful and practical guidance that’s readily available when you’re in a pinch.
The True Story of a Zealous Mormon Missionary Who Discovers the Jesus He Never Knew
#PassporttoHeaven #NetGalley
Description (from NetGalley)
How a Modern-Day Saul of Tarsus Encountered the Life-Changing Love of God
When Mormon missionary Micah Wilder set his sights on bringing a Baptist pastor and his congregation into the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, he couldn’t have imagined that the entire trajectory of his life was about to be changed—forever.
Micah’s passionate effort to convert these Christians was met by a surprising challenge: to read the Bible through the eyes of a child, letting the Word speak for itself. He learned of a God whose love didn’t have to be earned, and he wrestled with the radical idea of God’s mercy for the remaining 18 months of his mission. As he struggled to reconcile the teachings of his Church with the truths revealed in the Bible, he encountered the true character of Jesus for the first time—and awakened to his need for His grace.
Passport to Heaven is a gripping account of Micah’s journey from living as a devoted member of a religion based on human works to embracing the divine mercy and freedom that can only be found in Jesus Christ.
8 Principles for Bringing Up Healthy, Happy, Successful Children Who Can Overcome Obstacles and Thrive despite Adversity
#RaisingResilientKids #NetGalley
Before I can even consider the content I have to nit-pick about the format of the chapters. It's a bit confusing... There are two parts, but part two is divided not only chapters but into weeks. Why not just ditch the double labelling and remove the chapters from part two? Then there are five separate appendixes, which just seems like a lot.
Part One: Get Ready... Get Set
Chapters:
1: A Mom in Hiding - this tells me the book is geared to moms, rather than both parents, why does it all fall on Mom?
2: A Resiliency Capital: Uncovering their Secrets
Part Two: Go!
Chapters:
3: Week 1: Digging Goats and Gardens
4: Week 2: Creating Balanced Kids
5: Week 3: Raring to Go
6: Week 4: Cultivate Life-Giving Relationships
7: Week 5: Following Your Spiritual GPS
8: Week 6: Embracing a Mountain-Moving Mindset
9: Week 7: Becoming the Solution
10: Week 8: Building a Legacy of Health (and Happiness!)
Questions for Discussion Groups
Appendixes with Resiliency Program Assessment Survey, Evaluation, Maintenance Scorecard, Recipes
Dinner Conversation Kick-Starter Questions
The chapters include a quote, the body, "Homework Time" - questions to consider, and endnotes. Each chapter is so jam-packed I'm exhausted just thinking about reading the whole book.
Description (from NetGalley)
With so many “experts” touting different approaches to raising thriving children, how do you know which is the best one?
Dr. Rhonda Spencer-Hwang, professor of public health at Loma Linda University and mom of three, had the same question. As a member of a community known worldwide for its health and longevity, often referred to as a Blue Zone, she decided to study the area’s many centenarians to find out what they—or their parents—did right in childhood to make them so resilient to stress, disease, and the adversities of life.
In Raising Resilient Kids, Dr. Spencer-Hwang reveals the intriguing findings from her research and offers eight principles for raising happier, healthier children who are equipped to flourish despite life’s inevitable adversities.
Readers of Raising Resilient Kids will learn how to:
- Empower children with determination, motivation, and empathy.
- Win over picky eaters and others who resist new routines.
- Reduce negative stress and boost happiness.
- Instill the values that motivate children to serve and help others.
- Enhance academic performance through healthy habits.
- Help kids begin to explore their passions and purpose.
Better Decisions, Fewer Regrets, Andy Stanley, 20 Oct 2020
5 Questions to Help You Determine Your Next Move
#BetterDecisionsFewerRegrets #NetGalley
Chapters:
More Than a Decision
The Integrity Question: Am I Being Honest with Myself... Really?
The Legacy Question: What Story Do I Want to Tell?
The Conscience Question: Is There a Tension that Deserves My Attention?
The Maturity Question: What is the Wise Thing to Do?
The Relationship Question: What Does Love Require of Me?
The five questions are neatly listed in the Appendix.
Description (from NetGalley)
Good questions lead to better decisions. Discover five game-changing questions to ask every time you make a decision--questions that will help you in your finances, relationships, career, and more.
Your decisions determine the direction and quality of your life. Your decisions create the story of your life. And while nobody plans to complicate their life with bad decisions, far too many people have no plan to make good decisions.
This book will help you live differently.
In Better Decisions, Fewer Regrets, Andy Stanley will help you learn from experience and stop making bad decisions by integrating five questions into every decision you make, big or small.
You'll discover how to:
- Develop a decision-making filter that reveals which choices will likely lead to positive results in your life.
- Avoid selling yourself on bad ideas and making quick decisions when time is short.
- Find truth and clarity in any tricky decision.
- Improve relationships and heal division through better decisions.
- Discover the reasons behind your decisions so you can move forward with positive changes.
- Consider the long-term impact of your choices so you can write a life story worth celebrating.
- Easily identify any red flags that signal which decisions may result in future regrets.
Better Decisions, Fewer Regrets will set you up for success in every season of life, for the rest of your life.
