During the month of October, ADMIN’s team decided to test the waters for our Book of the Month. Sure, we wanted a book that related to business and how we work, but we also wanted to branch out of the traditional business book arena. This landed us on Cal Newport’s book: Digital Minimalism. In a day and age where the hype of minimalism clashes with the want to have and do it all, we were intrigued to see how putting down our phones and stepping ...
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MONTHLY BOOK REVIEW: GRIT
GRIT: THE POWER OF PASSION AND PERSEVERANCE While September proved to be a busy month for the ADMIN team, we still managed to sink our teeth into a book that has been on our ‘to be read’ list for some time. In business and in life, it can often be thought that in order to be successful, one needs to possess a gift. Angela Duckworth challenges this by stating it is not a natural ability that leads you to success. Rather, it is a ...
MONTHLY BOOK REVIEW: DARING GREATLY
Over the past year, ADMIN Partners has shared a number of book reviews on all the different aspects of business. While we have enjoyed each of those reads, we wanted to change things up for August and check out a book that focused on personal development. It is our belief that building your personal development skills will better one’s life both in and out of the workplace. Lucky for us, we stumbled on the book Daring Greatly by Brené Brown and ...
MONTHLY BOOK REVIEW: THE CULTURE CODE
For the month of July, the ADMIN team decided to take a step away from our usual book topics (i.e. sales, leadership, etc.) and we grabbed a book that focused on one of the most important aspects of a business: culture. Creating a productive and motivating company culture is vital to the success of any business. It is also one of the most challenging things to do. With this is mind, we dived deep into The Culture Code by Daniel Coyle with the ...
MONTHLY BOOK REVIEW: THE MAKING OF A MANAGER
June proved to be a busy month for ADMIN, but we made sure to squeeze in a quick read before the month ended. Keeping on the theme of leadership, we picked up a new book by Julie Zhuo called ‘The Making of a Manager.’ What drew us to this book was Julie’s own story of becoming a manager at just 25 years old. With no formal training under her belt, Julie took the role and used the experience as a training tool to help her lead teams. Now, the VP ...
MONTHLY BOOK REVIEW: THE LATTE FACTOR
Working in the retirement industry, we often spend a lot of time talking about saving money. If you ask us, it’s something that is not talked about enough. In fact, the significance of saving money for your later years is usually overlooked. With a tough economy and high expenses, people tend find themselves focusing more on getting by each day versus planning for the years ahead. This is something that ADMIN understands and can sympathize with; ...
MONTHLY BOOK REVIEW: FIRST, BREAK ALL THE RULES
When looking for a book to read in March, the ADMIN team stumbled around a bit. However, when we saw the title of this book, it immediately grabbed us and made us dive in. In business, there are a lot of rules that can be pushed on people to find success or propelled at managers who want to lead better. Now, we are not here to say that all rules are bad, but we are interested in what happens when people break these rules and try something ...
MONTHLY BOOK REVIEW: SHIFT AHEAD
For the month of February, ADMIN’s team wanted to select a book that could apply to any business in any industry. We searched through endless book lists and landed on Shift Ahead by Allen Adamson & Joel Steckel. While the concept of the book stood out for us, it was the comprehensive case studies that really hooked us once we started reading. If you have ever considered how your business can keep its edge in a World where economy and ...
MONTHLY BOOK REVIEW: GREAT AT WORK
If you work in any sort of office environment, you may have seen the differences in the level of work done by employees around you. In fact, this is one topic that has confounded professionals for years. Why, in work, do some people perform better than others? To help answer this perplexing question, Morten T. Hansen dedicated years to studying over 5,000 managers and employees. His investigation looks into what habits (or as he refers to ...
MONTHLY BOOK REVIEW: UPSTAIRS AT THE WHITE HOUSE
Here at ADMIN, we are constantly working on enhancing our productivity both as a company and as individuals. For inspiration, we will often turn to things like TEDTalks and podcasts. In fact, that is why we started our podcast series here on our blog. This same initiative has encouraged us to start a new monthly series on the blog that is dedicated to books that have influenced our team. Welcome to the Monthly Book Review. For ...
MONTHLY BOOK REVIEW: START WITH WHY
Here at ADMIN, we are constantly working on enhancing our productivity both as a company and as individuals. For inspiration, we will often turn to things like TEDTalks and podcasts. In fact, that is why we started our podcast series here on our blog. This same initiative has encouraged us to start a new monthly series on the blog that is dedicated to books that have influenced our team. Welcome to the Monthly Book Review. It has been some ...
MONTHLY BOOK REVIEW: TRIBE OF MENTORS
Here at ADMIN, we are constantly working on enhancing our productivity both as a company and as individuals. For inspiration, we will often turn to things like TEDTalks and podcasts. In fact, that is why we started our podcast series here on our blog. This same initiative has encouraged us to start a new monthly series on the blog that is dedicated to books that have influenced our team. Welcome to the Monthly Book Review. If you haven’t ...
