by El | Mar 30, 2020 | Book reviews, Choice, Community, Emotions, Performance, Self-awareness, Uncategorized
The Courage to be Disliked by Ichiro Kishimi & Fumitake Koga As virtually all of this book is in the form of dialogue between two persons, it was easy to read. This also made it easier to understand the points being made by the authors, as the characters clarify...
by El | Mar 20, 2020 | Book reviews, Choice, conflict, Interventions, Language, Performance, Presence, Self-awareness
Difficult Conversations by Douglas Stone, Bruce Patton, Sheila Heen I appreciate how ‘real’ this book is. Consider the following statements made by the author, with regards to the work championed by this book: “Who has time for all this in the real world? Nobody.”...
by El | Mar 13, 2020 | Book reviews, Habit, Mindfulness, Performance, Self-awareness
Atomic Habits by James Clear This is an extremely lean book; it’s almost almost pound-for-pound substance. It gets straight to the point and maintains interest with a steady flow of interesting knowledge that’s easy to consume. I can see care was taken to make sure...
by El | Feb 28, 2020 | Book reviews, Gestalt, Whole-being
Gestalt Therapy: 100 Key Points and Techniques by Dave Mann It felt like an exhaustive index of Gestalt fundamentals, which will likely make this one of my professional ‘textbooks’ from now on. I came to this book after experiencing some essentials of Gestalt therapy...
by El | Jan 2, 2020 | Book reviews, Coaching, Gestalt, Interventions
A Gestalt Coaching Primer: The Path Toward Awareness IQ by Dr. Dorothy E. Siminovitch, MCC I was motivated to read this book mainly because I had the good fortune to learn, in person, from its author, Dr. Dorothy Siminovitch, MCC. It took me four long months to finish...
by El | Jan 1, 2020 | Book reviews, Choice, Community, Interventions, Language, Leadership
Community: The Structure of Belonging by Peter Block I read this book because of my growing fascination and sense of relevance towards organizational development. A big part of my appreciation for this book goes to the content that speaks to interpersonal level work...
