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August monthly round-up
August has been a quieter month with only two book summaries and no blog posts:
Book summaries
- Power: Why Some People Have It —and Others Don’t by Jeffrey Pfeffer
- Difficult Conversations: How to Discuss What Matters Most by Douglas Stone, Bruce Patton and Sheila Heen
I expect to be publishing more than this in September, though. Next week you'll see a summary for Death by Meeting by Patrick Lencioni and an accompanying blog post with some of my own thoughts on meetings.
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