Fantastic resource for educators, trainers and leaders to build better teams and meetings!!!
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This book is packed with more useful, practical ideas to connect and build your teams during retreats, meetings, events, or workshops than any other full size book on the market! The activity using the photo/quote cards titled "Ingredients of Trust" is really powerful! Those cards are here
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Everything is spelled out so simple. Very powerful tool.
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Several years ago, I had the pleasure of meeting Dave Mitchell when I attended one of his leadership sessions.  The Power of Understanding People was the focus of this training, and I found the lessons within to be monumentally helpful in all aspects of my daily life.  It was as if I had finally been given a missing key to understanding some of those around me.  All of a sudden, I understood why some relationships were easier (and better) than others.  More importantly though, I learned that some relationships were challenging because I didn't understand their language, and they didn't understand mine.  The lessons in this book help us recognize different communication styles, and how to best communicate with all types of styles.  The lessons are incredibly easy to understand and remember, because they are taught with humor, using examples that resonate with being human.

As a leader, I have used this book and Dave's training to strengthen my teams and companies.  When I have become part of a new team, I have provided this training, and given copies of this book to the team members.  I use these resources as team-building opportunities, and also to maximize team performance.

Dave teaches that in a team dynamic, if there is great diversity among the styles, then there will be greater discord, and the teamwork can feel "clunky".  However, if the team is empowered with better communication and higher levels of understanding, then the team will be incredibly strong and highly productive.  I have witnessed these transformations first hand, and have seen teams become superstars.

An added benefit is that The Power of Understanding People helps all types of relationships.  The lessons are just as applicable to family and home as they are to business and sales.  And, given that there is a tendency for most married couples to consist of vastly different communication styles, the lessons in this book are highly effective at improving personal relationships.

I highly recommend this book, the lessons within, and the author.
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As a business owner, I am always looking for ways to develop myself and my employees.  This book is a fantastic tool that does just that!  It's a quick and easy read, providing valuable points to improve communication, encourage meaningful dialogue between people and most of all, calls our attention to the fact that for us to achieve results, we must "own" our contributions to them.  I highly recommend this book for business owners and leaders to improve their business and team results.
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This book is full of actionable items for teams. One office manager I coach used it while talking to a patient about their benefit coverage. She put the patient on a brief hold looked up and used the suggested scripting and was excited to be able to get a great response from the patient! It is a must read for all team members. I highly recommend it!
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I Can Do Hard Things is another great resource! So thankful for Gabi for writing this book so that as educators we can have a simple resource with a storyline that students can connect with and easily internalize to use in their everyday lives! As an occupational therapist and youth yoga instructor I work a lot on supporting and encouraging students to use positive self talk to manage feelings and thoughts throughout their day. This book of mindful affirmations for kids is such a great addition!! Go buy it you guys!!! The kids love it and connect so well!! As one of my students said " I need to go text Gabi and let her know "we just love it!!"
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Love the strategies, great resource!! Recommend this to any teacher looking to include kids! Should be on every teachers bookshelf for sure!
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This book is for anyone who has people reporting to them, who wants to be a better coach, and anyone looking to improve organizational performance.

As someone who is passionate about employee engagement, coaching, mentoring, and leadership, this book truly spoke to me. The author's experience shines through with excellent personal examples, references to wider theory, and a story told through the lense of each chapter to bring the concepts to life. Her nautilus metaphor is excellent, and I know I'll be referring back to this book as a resource for the rest of my career.
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Simply put, this book is a must read!

Here is the short of it:

-#InnovatorsMindset is told in a narrative the draws readers into the learning story.
-This book is great for Central Admin, Principals, Teachers and Parents - everyone can be a learner!
-This will open the reader up to new perspectives, new ways of thinking and most importantly, new ways of learning.
-Not only a passionate narrative, but George lays out a solid foundation and plan to improve school culture and the learning environments in
 our buildings.
-The ideas in this book are transformational!

And the long of it:

I have read many a resource on supporting learners, assessment, leadership, 21C teaching and learning and innovation.  Many of these books, while having some valid points, lack the personal touch and narrative.  These two points are extremely important when it comes motivating staff to take action and bring about a change in learning for students.  The Innovator's Mindset by George Couros (@gcouros), has BOTH of these and easily engaged our staff.

The personal narrative the George winds throughout the book entices readers along in their learning journey throughout all of the chapters.  This narrative causes readers to reflect on their practices and asks them if they are bringing out the best in our students.  Further to this, the narrative also encourages staff to create a safe culture and to focus on building relationships where all people feel safe as they challenge their current practices and educational philosophies.

Our staff have been reading this book as we re-examine our school's vision and we craft our new direction and it meshes perfectly with what we are doing.  The discussion questions at the end of each chapter assist staff to deepen their understanding and broaden the possibilities of innovative learning opportunities.  The resource links that George provides are current, relevant and engaging and are highly suitable for professional learning opportunities.  They really help to illustrate the points that George makes and they resonate with staff.

Initially we purchased copies of this book for just our school leadership team.  Our staff were so engaged and passionate about the book, we purchased copies for everyone in our school.  We are also undertaking the revision of teaching and learning for our entire school board; and we purchased copies of The Innovators Mindset for everyone on the committee.

George's book is a must have for any organization looking to help people out of their comfort zone in order to build innovative learning environments for students.
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My husband and I currently lead a missional community of 16 people.  This is our third group that has used this book as our anchor resource.  As a former educator, I am somewhat critical of most training manuals/guide books.  This guide book, however, blew me away with it's organization, it's coaching and it's easy (yet quality) plug-and-play format!

The guide book and reader work hand in hand.  Like most small groups, our group reads one chapter a week and then meets to discuss it.  But in that lies the ONLY similarity to a regular small group.  This guide book also leads your group through coordinated daily quite time readings and weekly memory verses that reinforce the concepts presented in the book.  Furthermore, it leads you to immediately apply what you are learning through practical exercises like rehearsing a one-minute "elevator" testimony and practicing simple gospel explanations.  The schedule/outline for the weekly meeting is anchored in a focused prayer time over an impact list, instead of tacking it on at the end of the meeting.  Last, members meet as ministry teams throughout the week for prayer and outreach.  All this is outlined in an easy step-by-step format.

Please, please, please order this study guide and book.  Take all you small group leaders through it and then have them take their groups through it! You will see God's kingdom expand not just in numbers, but in the hearts of your people as well!
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This is a sure-fire resource to help us up-level our conversations, innovations, organizations and culture; one relationship, one department, one business, one school, one community at a time.  And please, would someone in the White House and Congress please bring it to work with you too (soon?)?!
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There were many, many great techniques in this book.  I was able to practice new ways of communicating or leading my team right away.  I would read and then try what I leaned the next day.  The delegation steps were really good.  I was missing just one of them so adding a specific date to create a call to action, as she puts it, made a huge difference immediately!  I am handing off more work and it is getting done!  Very exciting!
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Leaders Made Here is a must read for anyone who is trying to build something. Whether you are in charge of a company, team, department, or even trying to lead a family, this book will help you learn how to build a culture of excellence. Mark Miller does a great job teaching the principles in the context of a story, which makes Leaders Made Here easy to read and apply. These simple principles have helped the organization I lead, and I'm confident they will do the same for you. I highly recommend this book!
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Ingeniously put together and lovingly conceived concise compendium of team-building activities for teachers that is well laid out, professional and  worth investing in. The excellent examples and sheer quantity of tips and pearls of wisdom are really quite impressive. Thanks Patrice!
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What a wonderful resource  terrific workbook! Personal (R)evolution offers the reader the perfect structure  including a rich set of tools, exercises, models, questions, insights, and actions to help you identify and achieve your Goal. That is a GOAL that is meaningful to you and based on your own values, talents, and skill set. Task writes in a way that is easy to follow, casual, and upbeat - her energy and passion are contagious. I highly recommend this book to anyone interested in becoming or hiring a life coach!
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I'm so grateful that Lucy, Raj and Judi put this toolkit together. I've been waiting for something to come out that puts everything together in one resource. Not only are there clear exercises with instructions and handouts, there are also video clips that show the training in action and handouts you can download. As a somewhat new facilitator of NVC, this has been a great support in giving me proven exercises and resources to use in workshops. It also includes templates with needs, feelings, signs that are useful for posting, guided meditations, etc. This helps your workshop reach people who learn in different ways more easily.

It's definitely worth the $58 - they have over 500 pages, lots of video clips and have been very responsive to me about questions I've had! Make the investment. I got it the day it came out because I was so eager to have the tools to help me share NVC with more confidence. I am very pleased! -Bonnie, speakingoflistening.com
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There are a wealth of books and online resources for single project agile teams. I am working with an organization grappling with adopting agile across multiple teams and product lines. We found it challenging to extend and adapt agile principles and practices to our situation. Johanna's book provided us both a framework and mindset to tackle multi-team, multi-product agile adoption. If you are working with an organization that has more than one agile team or more than one product this book is an invaluable resource.

I can't recommend this book highly enough!
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"It begs the question" is a great resource for any professional that seeks to improve their performance as an individual contributor, team member, mentor, and leader.  The concept of QCC and its five core elements is extremely insightful and challenges readers to reflect upon individual leadership styles and approaches within their organizations and work groups.

I found the topic of Managing (about the "what") and Coaching (about the "how") particularly helpful, as well as learning about the importance of proactively coaching inputs versus reactively managing results.  Also, I found the discussion around working "on" verses "in" the system a powerful concept.

I highly recommend "It begs the question" to any business professional looking to improve their skillset and effectiveness.  And personally, I look forward to implementing the learnings from "It begs the question" to turbo-charge my individual performance and that of my team!