by Stephanie Barros | Aug 14, 2025 | Book Reviews
Workplace fear may be invisible, but its impact isn’t. In The Fearless Organization: Creating Psychological Safety in the Workplace for Learning, Innovation, and Growth, Amy C. Edmondson offers a compelling blueprint for what it takes to create workplaces where people... 
by Stephanie Barros | Aug 7, 2025 | Book Reviews
First published in 1997 by Doubleday, The 80/20 Principle by Richard Koch introduces a compelling way to view time, effort, and results that challenges the status quo of modern productivity thinking. The principle is simple but powerful: 80 percent of results often... 
by Stephanie Barros | Jul 25, 2025 | Book Reviews
Published in 2013 by Allen & Unwin, The Courage to Be Disliked by Ichiro Kishimi and Fumitake Koga is one of my all time favourite reads and had a profound impact on my life. Drawing deeply from Alfred Adler’s individual psychology, this book reframes the way we... 
by Stephanie Barros | Jul 3, 2025 | Book Reviews
First published in 1989 by Free Press, The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People quickly became a cornerstone in the personal development genre. Stephen Covey’s work isn’t just a manual; it’s a leadership philosophy that blends timeless principles with practical... 
by Stephanie Barros | Jun 26, 2025 | Book Reviews
Why do some people rise so far above others in their fields? Malcolm Gladwell’s Outliers: The Story of Success (2008, Little, Brown and Company) investigates that very question with a compelling twist: it’s not just talent and ambition that shape success, it’s... 
by Stephanie Barros | Jun 5, 2025 | Book Reviews
John Gray’s Beyond Mars & Venus (2017, BenBella Books) offers a contemporary look at relationship dynamics, adapting his iconic Mars-Venus framework for today’s evolving world. This book stands out as a practical guide for navigating modern relationships in a...