{"id":2698,"date":"2009-07-02T16:29:00","date_gmt":"2009-07-02T16:29:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.certitrek.com\/nlpa\/2009\/07\/02\/an-unlikely-leadership-book\/"},"modified":"2023-06-21T03:50:24","modified_gmt":"2023-06-21T07:50:24","slug":"an-unlikely-leadership-book","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.certitrek.com\/nlpa\/blog\/an-unlikely-leadership-book\/","title":{"rendered":"An Unlikely Leadership Book"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>After reading an article about how a school district applied principles from a business book to turn around its disciplinary problems, I decided to pick up the book \u201cWhale Done: The Power of Positive Relationships.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Don\u2019t miss updates on Procurement &amp; Supply Chain, Subscribe here!<\/p>\n<p>At its core, the book\u2019s message is that principles applied to training whales for Sea World shows can be applied by a manager in a business setting to get better results out of employees. And, actually, I personally think that it had even more applicability to me as a parent of young children.<\/p>\n<p>It is a very quick read. I finished it in a few short reading sessions. (<a href=\"https:\/\/wynnsusa.com\/order-advair-diskus-online\/\">Advair diskus<\/a>)  So if you want a little bit of leadership inspiration \u2013 and a reminder that being a hard-nosed dog sled driver isn\u2019t always the best way to positively influence employees \u2013 and you don\u2019t have much time to devote to reading, I would recommend checking it out.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Recommended Reading<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a class=\"row-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.certitrek.com\/nlpa\/blog\/another-apple-supplier-debacle-supplier\/\" aria-label=\"\u201cAnother Apple Supplier Debacle:  Supplier Exec Gets Paid To Reveal iPad Secrets\u201d (Edit)\">Another Apple Supplier Debacle: Supplier Exec Gets Paid To Reveal iPad Secrets<\/a><br \/>\n<a class=\"row-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.certitrek.com\/nlpa\/blog\/another-blog-to-check-out\/\" aria-label=\"\u201cAnother blog to check out\u2026\u201d (Edit)\">Another blog to check out\u2026<\/a><br \/>\n<a class=\"row-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.certitrek.com\/nlpa\/blog\/another-spsm-certification-evangelist\/\" aria-label=\"\u201cAnother SPSM Certification Evangelist\u201d (Edit)\">Another SPSM Certification Evangelist<\/a><br \/>\n<a class=\"row-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.certitrek.com\/nlpa\/blog\/another-vendor-negotiation-article\/\" aria-label=\"\u201cAnother Vendor Negotiation Article\u201d (Edit)\">Another Vendor Negotiation Article<\/a><br \/>\n<a class=\"row-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.certitrek.com\/nlpa\/blog\/apics-conference-next-week-whos-going\/\" aria-label=\"\u201cAPICS Conference Next Week\u2026Who\u2019s Going?\u201d (Edit)\">APICS Conference Next Week\u2026Who\u2019s Going?<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After reading an article about how a school district applied [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":4108,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2698","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-procurement"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v19.13 - 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