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Blog / Staff Picks
The Enchanted Hour: The Miraculous Power of Reading Aloud in the Age of Distraction
Book Review by Porchlight
Our newest employee, Emily Porter, reviews Meghan Cox Gurdon's new book about "The Miraculous Power of Reading Aloud in the Age of Distraction."
Categories: staff-picks
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Blog / Excerpts
Giving Done Right: Effective Philanthropy and Making Every Dollar Count
By Porchlight
Phil Buchanan, the president of the Center for Effective Philanthropy, "arms donors with what it takes to do more good more quickly and to avoid predictable errors that lead too many astray."
Categories: excerpts
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Blog / Book Giveaways
How We Make Stuff Now: Turn Ideas Into Products That Build Successful Businesses
By Porchlight
Jules Peiri, Cofounder and CEO of The Grommet, has written a "step-by-step DIY guide that shows today’s entrepreneurs how to create and launch new products, package and market them to consumers, and build a thriving business."
Categories: giveaways
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Blog / Editor's Choice
Falter: Has the Human Game Begun to Play Itself Out?
Book Review by Porchlight
Bill McKibben lays out the array of challenges facing us as we struggle to ensure a human future, and two very different technologies at our disposal.
Categories: editors-choice
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Blog / ChangeThis
The Essential Actions to Building Unstoppable Teams
By Alden Mills
"Care is the soil from which teams grow; a leader's focus provides the fertilizer. Unpack that statement, and you'll understand what it takes to grow a group of individuals into an Unstoppable Team."
Categories: changethis
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Blog / ChangeThis
Reinventing Reinvention: Choosing the Continuous 'Wise Pivot' Over One-Time Transformation
By Omar Abbosh, Paul Nunes, Larry Downes
"The relentless digital disruption of one industry after another has left leaders looking for a new path to the future. In a world of light-speed technological advances and overnight disruption from all directions, the large-scale business 'transformations' of old no longer suffice, if they ever did."
Categories: changethis
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Blog / ChangeThis
How to Stop Procrastinating
By Sam Horn
"When we get to the end of our life, we won't regret the things we did, we'll regret the things we didn't do. That's the purpose of this manifesto: to share best-practices on how to stop procrastinating on the little things, the big things, and the important things so we can prevent regrets. Here we go."
Categories: changethis
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Blog / ChangeThis
Leading Loyalty: Cracking the Code to Customer Devotion
By Sandy Rogers, Leena Rinne, Shawn Moon
"You build customer loyalty when the people in your organization show empathy for customers, take responsibility for helping them reach their real goals, and treat them generously. Earning loyalty is much more than teaching good service techniques or giving everyone a copy of Customer Service for Dummies and ordering the team to smile and say, 'Have a nice day.'"
Categories: changethis
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Blog / ChangeThis
Does Real Leadership Require Spirituality?
By Porchlight
"Spirituality is not a religion; it is guided by practices, not beliefs. It shows through in the decisions you make and the actions you take. Successful leaders embrace spirituality, as well as structure and logic, to move the team and vision forward."
Categories: changethis
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Blog / ChangeThis
A Leader's Most Powerful Tool: Choosing When to Say No
By Janelle Bruland
"Isn't it funny that one of the most important words to say is also one of the hardest? One simple word: no. Yet, to say it brings up a flood of feelings—guilt, defensiveness, a fear of offending. … Yet, the ability to say 'no,' to set boundaries and build a structure that works for us, is one of the most important tools we can add to our arsenals to successfully create our best lives."
Categories: changethis
