Uncategorized Posts
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Blog / ChangeThis
The Beauty of Conflict
By Porchlight
"Conflict. Most of us avoid it like crazy. But what if harnessing conflict was your best chance to build trust, transform relationships and create championship teams that produce greatness? What if it's a healthy thing for a team to erupt so that they can transform from the ashes?"
Categories: changethis
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Blog / ChangeThis
Re-Imagine "Networking"
By Diana Faison
"Networking is a phrase that elicits a number of opposing responses. Extroverts think of a party or a social event where cocktails are served and stories are shared. Work agenda items may be attended to... or not. Overall, a pleasant time is had by all. Introverts often see networking as a 'must I really attend?' activity. It may be necessary for career advancement or to connect with colleagues, but often these events are situations which test their social limits. They are deemed an exercise in futility. All of us, whether we are extroverts or introverts, have an opportunity to reframe networking and re-imagine it in a way that unleashes the 'power of the Informal' as a strategy to exponentially increase our personal and professional influence."
Categories: changethis
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Blog / New Releases
Business Books to Watch in February 2018
By Porchlight
Here is a list of twenty books we hope to be able to spend time with over the next month.
Categories: new-releases, narrative-biography, publishing-industry
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Blog / Book Giveaways
The Kings of Big Spring: God, Oil, and One Family's Search for the American Dream
By Porchlight
Bryan Mealer has written a family history that also serves as a social history of Texas and the industries that have shaped the state.
Categories: giveaways
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Blog / Editor's Choice
That's What She Said: What Men Need to Know (and Women Need to Tell Them) About Working Together
Book Review by Porchlight
Joanne Lipman discusses the hidden lives of women at work, how they must recalibrate their behavior in the workplace, and the great benefits of changing that paradigm.
Categories: editors-choice, narrative-biography
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Blog / Blog
800-CEO-READ Business Bestsellers for January 2018
By Porchlight
The bestselling business books at 800-CEO-READ for January 2018.
Categories: the-company
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Blog / News & Opinion
The 2017 800-CEO-READ Business Books Awards and Industry Party
By Porchlight
Scenes from our time in New York City, hosting and honoring our friends and colleagues in the publishing industry.
Categories: news-opinion, publishing-industry, the-company
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Blog / Book Giveaways
Building on Bedrock: What Sam Walton, Walt Disney, and Other Great Self-Made Entrepreneurs Can Teach Us about Building Valuable Companies
By Porchlight
Derek Lidow's new book helps us understand that there is more than one way to build a business, and that the one most popularized in the press in probably the wrong way for you to go about it.
Categories: giveaways
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Blog / Excerpts
Type R: Transformative Resilience for Thriving in a Turbulent World
By Porchlight
Ama and Stephanie Marston's new book is about the challenges we face as individuals, family members, leaders, and as a species, and the transformative resilience we need to use those challenges for change.
Categories: excerpts
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Blog / Editor's Choice
Herding Tigers: Be the Leader That Creative People Need
Book Review by Porchlight
Todd Henry's new book is about how to lead teams of creative people with structure and principles.
Categories: editors-choice