📗 Harold and the Purple Crayon, by Crockett Johnson, inspires readers to transform imagination into reality. It has no words, but visually demonstrates the power of perspective-taking and looking for a second, third or fourth right answer. 📗 Istvan Banyai’s book, Zoom, we have used for over 15 years. These books are marketed as “thought-provoking meditations” and teach the importance of compassion and living in the moment. Muth’s book, The Three Questions (based on a story by Leo Tolstoy), or his equally insightful book, Zen Shorts. To whet your appetite, here are a few of our favorites:
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Send your titles and insights to We’d love to hear from you and will offer a composite list as a future free download on our website. Since we learn from each other, we’re wondering what are your favorite children’s books and why. Used intentionally, they can open minds and hearts, inspire high performance, and create a foundation of trust. 💡Poetry and quotations - If you haven’t read or watched Amanda Gorman’s Inaugural poem, “The Hill We Climb,” we encourage you to share from it as an invitation to see differently.Īs we wrote in our last post: Words are powerful. 💡Music and how the lyrics of a favorite song might connect to what you and your team are experiencing these days. 💡Television and movies clips you might play from YouTube (Learning #13 of our 21 Ways to Learn book). Stay alert to and look for learning opportunities and themes in a variety of places. He asked, “Are you tired like Grey, or maybe feeling pigeonholed like Pink?” The book opened the door for a fun, honest exchange about capacity, burnout and preferences.Īs leaders, we invite you to try something different with your teams. Before the holidays, he read this book to his team as a fun, virtual team experience-and used the book to tie the crayon’s feelings to the feelings of his employees. One of our coaching clients, who happens to have three young children, read the book and immediately drew parallels to his role as a leader. Green has no complaints, but Orange and Yellow are no longer speaking to each other,” due to their disagreement about the “true” color of the sun. Blue needs a break from coloring all that water, while Pink just wants to be used. As described on the book jacket, “Beige is tired of playing second fiddle to Brown.
Each page is a letter from a different colored crayon, expressing its concerns. One book, especially appropriate for these challenging times, is The Day the Crayons Quit by Drew Daywalt. Their messages are simple  they’re a quick read (generally less than 15 minutes) and often filled with insightful, charming and profound lessons. In our recent book, Ignite Your Imagination: 21 Ways to Learn, one learning application invites readers to check out children’s books. Leaders, many of whom are experiencing similar feelings themselves, are looking for ways to help teams find purpose, renewed energy and a break from the routine.
Individuals and teams still suffer from COVID-19 fatigue: struggling with staying at home and missing face-to-face interactions. With the hope of a healthier, brighter 2021, we find ourselves living a rerun of 2020. With Groundhog Day just behind us, many leaders and their teams feel as if they’re starring repeatedly in the movie, Groundhog Day.
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