January 2018
Intermediate to advanced
256 pages
4h 19m
English
book
The Power of Community: How Phenomenal Leaders Inspire their Teams, Wow their Customers, and Make Bigger Profits
by Howard Partridge
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WHY WE NEED COMMUNITY
CHAPTER
1
Have you ever been in the same room with someone who is plugged into his or her phone and not paying attention to you? Have you ever been that person?
I have.
Today, more than ever before, strangers on a screen influence people’s minds, molding their beliefs, instilling fear rather than hope. Communication has been reduced to e-mails, instant messages, sound bites, and tweets.
Today, more than ever before, strangers on a screen influence people’s minds, molding their beliefs, instilling fear rather than hope.
A couple of years ago, I was on the balcony of my hotel room in Clearwater Beach sipping a cup of coffee. Looking down from the tenth floor, I could see an employee of the hotel who was supposed to ...
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