The Motive: Why So Many Leaders Abdicate Their Most Important Responsibilities (J-B Lencioni Series)

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Body style: Lastly, but not least, is the physical description. Most beginning writers think if they nail a good physical description, they’ve created a compelling character. This is exactly why Card mentions body as the last element in his book. If you want to create an unforgettable character, the other elements are just as important as the way a character looks. Consider how you can use the way someone physically looks to help readers understand how that person feels about herself or how others treat her. If you answered yes to these questions, then your motive for leading may be off. 3. Having Difficult and Uncomfortable Conversations Do you organize team-building activities that are fun but largely ignore uncomfortable conversations about their collective behaviors? This certainly is a book for the generations that anyone can gain value from. Man’s Search for Meaning has been listed as one of the most influential books in America and has currently sold over 10 million copies in twenty-four languages. Would you rather learn to live with a person’s difficult behaviors than endure an awkward and potentially emotional discussion with them?

Too many leaders tolerate awful meetings rather than making them as focused, relevant, and intense as they should be.D.S. Butler is a published author of fiction and the pen name that is used by Dani Oakley. She’s an English author.

Psychiatrist Viktor Frankl’s discusses in-depth his experience with living in Nazi death camps and describes the lessons it taught him about spiritual survival. Frankl puts forth a convincing argument that avoiding suffering isn’t realistic. However, through choosing how we cope with that suffering and the meaning we ascribe to it, we retain the ability to move forward with renewed purpose. And what if you found out the beautiful woman had been held captive as a slave in another country since she was a teenager and had recently gotten away from her captors? One of [Kellerman’s] best works to date . . . Motive is wonderfully made, equally well-driven by plot and character, and shouldn’t be missed.” — Bookreporter Making organizations healthier boils down to reducing politics, confusion, and dysfunction; and increasing clarity, alignment, and productivity. Habits and patterns: As Card points out, does he always drum his fingers on the tabletop? Does she always clip the recipes out of the newspaper or magazines before anyone else reads them? You can use your character’s habits and patterns against her, or a change in them can suggest a change in her life.

Sometimes going through life can be a little bit of a roller coaster. There are many ups and just as many downs as we journey through the high and low points. No reasonable person has ever left a company because management communicated too much. It is always better to err on the side of over-communication. Some studies say that employees have to hear a message seven times before they believe executives are serious. Life becomes a little simpler when you accept that as we pursue our goals, there will inevitably be challenges and barriers along the way. This is why a few extra sources of inspiration, such as motivational books, never hurt anyone. Each of these scenarios would make you look at this woman differently, right? So people are what they’ve done, but also what’s been done to them in the past. As Card puts it:

This may be Pat’s best work of fiction yet. His characters are human, and the plot twists and turns kept surprising me. And of course, the lesson about our motives is critical for anyone who leads or wants to lead.” — Elizabeth BryantChief Learning Officer Southwest Airlines Helping subordinates establish a direction and knowing how they are progressing is far from micromanagement. If your meetings are bad, there is a good chance that your executives are having bad meetings with their teams.

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Jonathan Kellerman’s psychology skills and dark imagination are a potent literary mix.” —Los Angeles Times