We’re getting into the Winter months, where it’s nice to find a cozy spot, grab a mug of coffee or tea, and take some time to read. That means it’s time for another round of book recommendations from SCuBA! Each of these books offer the ability for you to learn something new and expand your toolkit for managing your home care agency. These 5 books that will help your home care agency are listed in no particular order. I’ll summarize their ideas below, and you can pick the one that strikes your fancy.
- Radical Focus by Christina Wodtke
- The fictional startup in the book is a specialty tea company based in California. It starts out with how they’re doing their best to succeed, but don’t have a method to hold people accountable or track progress they’re making on their issues. The Objectives and Key Results (OKR) methodology transforms how they’re running their business. Using the OKR methodology helped the founders to hold themselves and their employees accountable. It also enabled them to take their business to the next level.
- The fictional startup in the book is a specialty tea company based in California. It starts out with how they’re doing their best to succeed, but don’t have a method to hold people accountable or track progress they’re making on their issues. The Objectives and Key Results (OKR) methodology transforms how they’re running their business. Using the OKR methodology helped the founders to hold themselves and their employees accountable. It also enabled them to take their business to the next level.
- How to Fail At Almost Everything And Still Win Big by Scott Adams
- The creator of Dilbert found success, after first failing a lot. This book encourages the reader to continue their education and learning skills throughout their careers. The main premise is that the more skills the reader acquires, the more successful they’ll be in their career and personal life.
- The creator of Dilbert found success, after first failing a lot. This book encourages the reader to continue their education and learning skills throughout their careers. The main premise is that the more skills the reader acquires, the more successful they’ll be in their career and personal life.
- The Checklist Manifesto by Atul Gawande
- This will keep you organized and from missing key steps when you’re rushing.
- This will keep you organized and from missing key steps when you’re rushing.
- Tools Of Titans by Tim Ferriss
- I actually keep a copy of this in arm’s reach from my desk. It’s great to flip through when you need a bit of inspiration. The book is divided into sections, and then in each section there are chapters that are excerpts from Ferriss’ conversations with various celebrities and business executives.
- I actually keep a copy of this in arm’s reach from my desk. It’s great to flip through when you need a bit of inspiration. The book is divided into sections, and then in each section there are chapters that are excerpts from Ferriss’ conversations with various celebrities and business executives.
- Surrounded By Idiots by Thomas Erikson
- A great book for improving your communication skills. It allows the reader to take a step back and reconsider how they communicate with different types of people based on their personality style colors (Red, Yellow, Green and Blue). By identifying a person’s key personality traits, you can determine the best way for you to communicate with them, and not take offense at how they communicate with you or your colleagues.
- A great book for improving your communication skills. It allows the reader to take a step back and reconsider how they communicate with different types of people based on their personality style colors (Red, Yellow, Green and Blue). By identifying a person’s key personality traits, you can determine the best way for you to communicate with them, and not take offense at how they communicate with you or your colleagues.
Now that you’ve read a little about these books, pick one of them up the next time you are on Amazon or at your local bookstore (yes, they’re still found in the wild).
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Thanks for reading about these 5 books that will help your home care agency, and we look forward to helping you serve the senior care community!
