If you\u2019ve been wanting to think a bit more about your leadership style, and if you\u2019ve been hearing that you should add some coaching <\/a>to your skill repertoire,\u00a0The Coaching Habit<\/a>\u00a0by Michael Bungay Stanier is brilliant. It is written in a really laid-back, easily digestible style and is focused on the 7 main coaching questions Stanier thinks everyone should use. This book is great bang for your buck. A quick read but with significant impact.<\/p>\n\n\n\n INVENTIONS AND OUR FUTURE<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Katrine Mar\u00e7al has written an exceptionally interesting book on how labelling something \u201cfemale\u201d or \u201cmale\u201d influences its value to, and influence on, the market and the economy. In a very compelling way, Mother of Invention<\/a> describes how limiting it is for inventors, companies, and venture capitalists to pursue only one half of that equation. I can\u2019t do it justice in words \u2013 it is a really fascinating read and an excellent way to confront one\u2019s own gendered lens. I\u2019ll let Mar\u00e7al\u2019s book jacket do the talking: RACISM<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n I kept seeing and hearing about The Vanishing Half<\/a> by Brit Bennett but somehow never really understood the hype. Then I downloaded it to my Kindle for my flight to Toronto, and for the first time ever spent the entire 8-hour flight reading!! That\u2019s how good a story this was. I started reading, and couldn\u2019t stop. Brilliantly written! It\u2019s the story of twin girls born in the US South in the 1960s. Being light-skinned, one of them decides to \u201cpass\u201d for white, and as a result lives an entirely different life to her black twin sister. It\u2019s a fascinating and sobering look into what judging people based merely on the colour of their skin can mean for their opportunities, their livelihood, and their choices.<\/p>\n\n\n\n ROAD TRIPPING<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Summer holidays often mean road trips! Hours on the road can be a bit boring, so I am a huge fan of audiobooks. My teenage daughter and I did a \u201cmother-daughter book club\u201d last summer, reading the same book and discussing it. It was a really good YA mystery: One of Us is Lying<\/a> by Karen McManus. This summer, the two of us chose another book by the same author, The Cousins<\/a>, but this time as an audiobook for our travels. Each chapter is narrated by one of the four main characters, and so the audiobook has four different voices. It was brilliantly done and we both wished our 6-hour car journey had been *longer* so we could listen to more!! An excellent choice for keeping boredom at bay while on the road. 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\u201cWe live in a world shaped by gender.<\/em>
Virtually every aspect of our existence \u2013 from the cars we drive and the luggage we carry, to the defining inventions of our past and the ideas that shape our future – is affected by our deeply held beliefs about the role of men and women within society.<\/em>
It\u2019s the reason why, every day, extraordinary inventions and innovative ideas are ignored by investors.<\/em>
And why it took more than 5,000 years to attach wheels to a suitcase.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n
I love audiobooks with great narrators, and I love a good series! These are my favourite narrators & series for road tripping:
The Cormoran Strike<\/a> novels, written by Robert Galbraith and read by Robert Glenister \u2013 a series about a London-based Private Investigator and his partner as they solve murders. Excellent range of accents, and wonderful character development!
The Alex Delaware series<\/a>, written by Jonathan Kellerman and read by John Rubenstein \u2013 a child psychologist helps an LA homicide detective solve crimes.
The Stephanie Plum series<\/a>, written by Janet Evanovich and read by Lorelei King \u2013 a somewhat inept bounty hunter in New Jersey tries to find wanted criminals and gets into multiple scrapes along the way.
The Alphabet Series<\/a>, written by Sue Grafton and read by Judy Kaye \u2013 a female Private Investigator in 1980s California solves crimes using pencil, note cards, and the telephone book. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Happy reading!
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