Book Review: The Truth about Employee Engagement: A Fable about Addressing the Three Root Causes of Job Misery

The Truth about Employee Engagement: A Fable about Addressing the Three Root Causes of Job Misery by Patrick Lencioni
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

Another excellent Patrick Lencioni fable that teaches such great truths. The premise is about employee engagement, but it's really about dealing with people in general. Through the story he teaches the three things that make for a miserable job--immeasurability, irrelevance, and anonymity. Except for measurement, in every day life people want to be relevant and have impact on others as well as be known to others. This is a very helpful and meaningful read since I'm on the Employee Engagement and Experience team at work--definitely sharing with others.

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Book Review: For Such a Time as This

For Such a Time as This: My Faith Journey through the White House and Beyond by Kayleigh McEnany
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

By the time Kayleigh McEnany became Press Sec. for Trump, I was kind of over the MSM and all the false narratives so I admit I really didn't know much about her. I like that a woman of faith was in this position. Her attention to detail and excessive research and preparation for her work is beyond admirable. It seemed she needed a word count and many ideas were repeated even if in slightly different situations. I get it, she had a baby that she constantly referred to as Baby Blake rather than just Blake, her mother either kept Baby Blake in FL or brought her to DC, and Kayleigh hated to leave Baby Blake every time she went to work. I also thought there were too many details about her mammograms, ultrasounds, and dense breast tissue. This is a quick and easy read but as is typical for me, my evenings were choppy to complete it very fast.

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Book Review: Making Numbers Count

 

Making Numbers Count: The Art and Science of Communicating Numbers by Chip Heath
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Excellent reference tool for communicators. Reading it straight through gave me general ideas but it's hard to remember the various strategies when presented with so many. I see going back to this for quick reminders.

If you think you aren't a numbers person, you need to read this to communicate and see relationships of numbers.
If you are a numbers person, you need to read this to make numbers relevant to the common man.

If you like general trivia, this is an interesting read simply to go through the examples which are put into tables and easily noticeable to read.

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