"In finite games, like football or chess, the players are known, the rules are fixed, and the endpoint is clear. The winners and losers are easily identified. In infinite games, like business or politics or life itself, the players come and go, the rules are changeable, and there is no defined endpoint. There are no winners or losers in an infinite game; there is only ahead and behind. The more I started to understand the difference between finite...

A practical guide to navigating workplace conflicts by better understanding the power dynamics at play in every interaction.

"It's the night before the first day of basketball season, and Coach David is nervous about how to get his players to come together as a team this year. Pacing the house, he remembers a fable his mother told him about sticks. He gathers a bunch of sticks, and the next day, he gives the team a task: each player has a word on their stick and needs to find a partner with the same word. Together, they research why a team needs that trait in order to be...

"The quality of our leadership all starts with our individual intentions, energy, presence, self-care, and choices. Drawn from Cavanaugh's proprietary approach to leadership, Intentional Energetic Presence® (IEP Method®), Contagious You shows you how to "own" your leadership and effectively guide, inspire, and serve those around you. Insightful stories and real-life examples address the areas of team, dealing with failure, leading and changing culture,...

Are you prepared to take the risks necessary to drive innovation and champion an environment of over-the-top invention? Cirque du Soliel CEO Daniel Lamarre shares what it takes for anyone, regardless of position or industry, to embrace the value of creative leadership.

"A record-breaking adventurer and leadership consultant draws on his extraordinary experiences to show how our mistakes can actually help us achieve our goals-if we ask five crucial questions about them"--

"We are all broadcasters. We are constantly broadcasting information to others, even if we don't say a word. Managers broadcast to their teams during meetings. Team members broadcast to clients. Clients broadcast to potential clients. And the messages we choose to broadcast shape others' views of the world. Our words can move other people from a fear-based mindset in which they see obstacles as insurmountable, to a positive mindset where they see...

"Nobody wants to fail. But in highly complex organizations, success can happen only when we confront our mistakes, learn from our own version of a black box, and create a climate where it's safe to fail,"--Amazon.com.

"Two coaches to Fortune 500 companies and social enterprises show how to use the social-psychology of human connection and curiosity to drive meaningful workplace communication and collaboration In today's increasingly polarized world, we're struggling to fully understand and respect one other. As a result, we're losing sight of the importance of building and maintaining professional relationships; even forgetting to be curious and listen to each...

"What's the worst thing you can hear when you have a good idea at work? "That's not how we do it here!" In their iconic bestseller Our Iceberg Is Melting, John Kotter and Holger Rathgeber used a simple fable about penguins to explain the process of leadƯing people through major changes. Now, ten years later, they're back with another must-read story that will help any team or organization cope with their biggest challenges and turn them into exciting...