Sunday, August 17, 2008
BELIEF books & talents
What books and movies would you recommend to someone strong (or weak) in Belief?
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Donald Clifton, Ph.D. 1924-2003
Father of Strengths Psychology and Grandfather of Positive Psychology
Peter F. Drucker, 1909 -2005
"The idea that there are "well-rounded" people, people who have only strengths and no weaknesses ... is a prescription for mediocrity if not incompetence. Strong people always have strong weaknesses. ... And no one is strong in many areas."
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Peter F. Drucker Quote:
"People-decisions are time-consuming, for the simple reason that the Good Lord did not create people as "resources" for organizations. They do not come in proper size and shape for the tasks that have to be done in organization - and they cannot be machined down or re-cast for these tasks. People are always "almost fits" at best. To get the work done with people (...) therefore requires lots of time, thought and judgement."
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Richard Strozzi-Heckler is a psychologist who was selected in 1985 "to be part of a team that designed and conducted a bold and experimental training for the Army Special Forces. ... For six months our team introduced twenty-five Green Berets to the newest methods of mind/body/spirit integration including aikido, other martial arts, nutrition, physical fitness training, stress reduction, meditation, warrior values, healing arts, team building, and communications skills. ... this classified experiments produced positive, off-the-chart results in every area tested"
In his book "The Leadership Dojo", Mr. Strozzi-Heckler explores the deeper reasons for this success and shows that is is similarly successful for civilian leaders. It would be beyond the scope of this comment to explain this, but I believe that this "mind/body/spirit" combination may be of great interest for people with Connectedness and Belief!
Almost everybody knows Stephen Covey and his book "The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People". But not everybody knows his book "Principle-Centred Leadership". The back cover says:
"(Covey) invites people to centre their lives and leadership around such timeless principles as fairness, equity, justice and integrity that constitute the roots of every family and institution that has ever prospered."
The book is not an easy read, unless you have Belief, in which case I imagine that you fill find a lot of inspiration for why this apparently so "un-business" talent is indeed a big asset for leadership!
Marshall Rosenberg's "Nonviolent Communication" is a good read for people with strong but "unpolished" Command, Competition, Analytical and Belief talents. I quote from the back cover: "Most of us have been educated from birth to compete, judge, demand and diagnose - to think and communicate in terms of what is "right" and "wrong" with people. At best, communicating and thinking this way can create misunderstanding and frustration. And still worse, it can lead to anger, depression, and even emotional or physical violence."
In this book, you will learn how to do better than that: "Far more than a communication technique, you'll learn to transform the thinking, language, and moralistic judgments that keep you from the enriching relationships that you dream of."
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