Association Executive Book Shelf
The two titles selected for this month may be a surprise to some, but they are both about perspective –To be an effective leader you have to see beyond your own limitations, remain on a path of continuous learning, and encourage your staff and your membership to join you on this path.
Why Dinosaurs Matter (TED Books)
by Kenneth Lacovara (2017, Simon and Schuster)
The author begins by writing to us about Einstein and his many achievements during his life. Einstein is gone, though. But that hardly means he doesn’t matter...
The Inner Life of Animals: Love, Grief, and Compassion: Surprising Observations of a Hidden World
by Peter Wohlleben (2017, Greystone Books Ltd.)
Can animals count? I’m not talking about Clever Hans, the horse that performed fraudulently by responding to signals from his farmer. The author tells us about a family of goats on his farm...