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Leadership is Language: The Hidden Power of What You Say -- and What You Don't by L. David Marquet
3.0
Reiteration of familiar ideas about action and reflection using a dichotomous allegory of 'red' and 'blue' work. Some interesting tools and approaches for teamwork, but the book itself is overly drawn out and the implementation example scenarios are awkward and exaggerated. Some of the ideas I will take from this book are:
1. Asking open-ended questions (Wh-, how)
2. Asking the team as a whole to justify the minority's perspective (What are they seeing that we aren't? Let's adopt their perspective and justify the opposite of what we believe).
3. Creating more equal levels of power - no exclusive spaces for 'more important' or executive staff
4. Giving each team member equal responsibility and accountability
5. Fostering a trusting environment where it is safe to report errors, admit mistakes and ask for help
6. Importance of balancing 'red work', action, with 'blue work', reflection and introspection
.... And some more which I will need to retrieve from Libby... All are great ideas, but they are drawn from books which discuss each in greater depth. In particular, I recommend 'Black Box Thinking', 'Nonviolent Communication', 'Scrum', Covey's '7 Habits', and Kotter's 'Leading Change'.
Concerning the audiobook narration - not too bad, but he sometimes spits out stressed words as though they are venom, which is pretty hilarious, especially when listening at 1.5 or 1.7 speed. At least I had something bringing my attention back to the often boring contents!
1. Asking open-ended questions (Wh-, how)
2. Asking the team as a whole to justify the minority's perspective (What are they seeing that we aren't? Let's adopt their perspective and justify the opposite of what we believe).
3. Creating more equal levels of power - no exclusive spaces for 'more important' or executive staff
4. Giving each team member equal responsibility and accountability
5. Fostering a trusting environment where it is safe to report errors, admit mistakes and ask for help
6. Importance of balancing 'red work', action, with 'blue work', reflection and introspection
.... And some more which I will need to retrieve from Libby... All are great ideas, but they are drawn from books which discuss each in greater depth. In particular, I recommend 'Black Box Thinking', 'Nonviolent Communication', 'Scrum', Covey's '7 Habits', and Kotter's 'Leading Change'.
Concerning the audiobook narration - not too bad, but he sometimes spits out stressed words as though they are venom, which is pretty hilarious, especially when listening at 1.5 or 1.7 speed. At least I had something bringing my attention back to the often boring contents!