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AI can produce an answer quickly. Deciding whether it fits the situation still takes judgment. In Between You and AI, Andrea Iorio shows how professionals can combine AI literacy with human strengths such as empathy, adaptability, and contextual understanding. The practical opportunity is to become a better collaborator with technology: improve your prompts, make sense of the output, and keep trust and accountability central to your decisions. For leaders adopting AI, which human capability deserves just as much attention as the tools? Read the new Soundview Executive Book Summary®: summary.com/book-summary/bet…
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Strong organizations are built from the middle. Core Leadership reframes middle managers as your greatest untapped advantage with a Four Disciplines framework for building accountable, self-reliant teams. summary.com/book-summary/cor…
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Every workplace is already growing something. The question is what. Culture Blooming reframes culture as a living ecosystem — using the SERN framework (Soil, Exposure, Roots, Nutrients) to show what really makes people thrive at work. summary.com/book-summary/cul…
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Momentum is rarely luck. It's built. The New Science of Momentum offers a nine-part model — drawn from championship coaches, military commanders, and business leaders — for turning a single spark into sustained progress. Read the Executive Book Summary: summary.com/book-summary/the… #Soundview #Leadership #TeamPerformance
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Technical expertise alone won't keep you indispensable as AI reshapes work. Tony Frost's The Professional is a playbook for the human capabilities technology can't replace: judgment, adaptability, resilience. Read The Executive Book Summary: summary.com/book-summary/the…
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Before you can inspire a team, you have to master yourself. In It's Lonely at the Top, executive coach Nancy MacKay lays out a "You Go First" roadmap for the self-leadership behind lasting CEO influence. Read the Full Executive Book Summary: summary.com/book-summary/its…
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In Asia, trust outweighs the transaction and that changes how deals get done. Gadi Sznajder's The Asia Code is a framework for winning in Japan, China, and South Korea through relationships, not transactions. summary.com/book-summary/the…
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Most AI transformations fail for one reason: leaders treat the technology as the strategy. Matt Domo's Everybody Wins flips that — design around people first, and the results follow. Read the full Soundview Executive Book Summary® — summary.com/book-summary/eve…
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A bonsai is pruned to stay small. A sequoia is built to grow. Nicolas Darveau-Garneau's Be a Sequoia, Not a Bonsai: seven growth secrets of the world's best companies. A 15-minute read. Read this summary now: summary.com/book-summary/be-… #Growth #Soundview
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When products get commoditized in weeks, experience is the advantage. Blake Morgan's The 8 Laws of Customer-Focused Leadership: align culture, strategy, and accountability around the customer. A 15-minute read. Read this summary now: summary.com/book-summary/the… #CustomerExperience #Soundview
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Clarity, not length, decides whether your idea gets read. Smart Brevity, from the founders of Axios: say more with less. An 8-minute read. Read this summary now: summary.com/book-summary/sma… #Communication #Soundview
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Generosity isn't a soft skill. Joe Davis calls it a measurable leadership advantage. The Generous Leader: seven ways giving of yourself strengthens trust and performance. A 15-minute read. Read this summary now: summary.com/book-summary/the… #Leadership #Soundview
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Businesses rarely plateau from lack of effort. They plateau from the wrong money decisions. Robinson Aquino's The Small-Business Money Game: pricing, visibility, and systems that scale. A 15-minute read. Read this summary now: summary.com/book-summary/the… #SmallBusiness #Soundview
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Leadership is a design problem, not a personality contest. Matthew Liotta's Different Is Better: engineer the systems that produce trust, accountability, and results. A 15-minute read. Read this summary now: summary.com/book-summary/dif… #Leadership #Soundview
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Authority gets compliance. Authenticity earns commitment. Karen R. McDaniel's Win-Win Leadership pairs self-awareness with the DISC framework to build real trust. A 15-minute read. Read this summary now: summary.com/book-summary/win… #Leadership #Soundview
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Every failure has a return. You just need a system to collect it. John C. Maxwell's How to Get a Return on Failure gives you the framework — in 15 minutes. Read this summary now: summary.com/book-summary/how… #Leadership #Resilience
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When the most sensitive people in your workplace struggle, it's not a them problem — it's a systems problem. The Canary Code, by Ludmila N. Praslova, Executive Book Summary is a 15-min read on building workplaces where everyone performs at their best. Read this summary now: summary.com/book-summary/the… #Neurodiversity #Leadership #WorkplaceCulture
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The workers most at risk from AI aren't factory workers — they're educated white-collar professionals. Matt Britton's Generation AI explains why, and what smart leaders are doing about it. 15-minute read at summary.com. summary.com/book-summary/gen… #FutureOfWork #AI #Leadership
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## X (Twitter) Niceness isn't leadership. It's often what keeps teams stuck. Amira Barger's The Price of Nice shows you how to trade comfort for courage — in 15 minutes. Read this summary now: summary.com/book-summary/the… #Leadership #WorkplaceCulture
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Case Lawrence nearly went bankrupt building Sky Zone. Then it became a billion-dollar trampoline empire. *Off the Ground* breaks down exactly how — and what business leaders can learn from it. Resilience, partnerships, innovation, and customer obsession, all in a 15-minute summary. Read it now → summary.com/book-summary/off… #OffTheGround #Entrepreneurship #BusinessBooks #Soundview
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