- Paperback: 112 pages
- Publisher: Jardin Publishing (31 July 2006)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0977685616
- ISBN-13: 978-0977685615
- Product Dimensions: 21.6 x 14 x 0.7 cm
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,460,382 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Today, more than ever, individuals are searching for ways to contribute positively to organizational leadership, culture and behavior. They look for insight into organizational truth as well as an understanding of how to interact with others to bring about positive impact. Dave Riveness, in his insightful and entertaining book, reveals how to adopt and apply a "jester's perspective". True jestership is not about wearing colorful costumes and entertaining others with jokes, but is, instead, a unique perspective into organizational impact. True jesters have the rare ability to uncover and address hidden blind spots in thinking and action that negatively effect companies, organizations, and individuals. The perspective and behaviors of a jester can be understood and adopted by anyone regardless of their organization, role or position. Those who apply what they learn from this book can wield significant influence and bring about remarkable positive change. David T. Riveness is the founder and CEO of Corporate Jester, a company created to assist individuals and organizations learn and develop strategies for success. As part of this role, he delivers personalized keynotes, learning sessions and coaching for companies, organizations, and individuals. Prior to founding Corporate Jester, David served as the Director of Global Facilitations for Eagle's Flight, a world-wide innovator in the development and delivery of practical training programs for organizations. While at Eagle's Flight, he facilitated and implemented training programs with such industry leaders as Honda, Lockheed Martin, Nike, Pfizer, The American Heart Association and Motorola on a variety of topics relating to organizational and individual effectiveness. David has successfully hosted dynamic training workshops and speaking engagements ranging in scale from more intimate classroom-style engagements to large-scale, more formal venues with over 3,500 attendees. Dave's experiences have been global in scope, facilitating and speaking across the world including such diverse locations as India, China and Brazil.
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This review is from: The Secret Life of the Corporate Jester (Paperback)
How do you live your life? Do you go with the flow? Do you find yourself biting your tongue so that you never have to be the one to tell the truth about any given situation? The reality is that most of us are afraid to disagree with the status quo and really get to the truth of what needs to be changed in our workplace and in our lives. Few are willing to say what needs to be said (be the outspoken, the fool, and the outcast) to actually make change occur.
The Secret Life of the Corporate Jester explores this very interesting concept. The jester may seem like a fool to most. However, in actuality, this individual had the power to tell the truth of any given situation. Moreover, the jester did this in such a way that everyone listened, no one condemned the truth, and no one felt attacked. Think what we could all do with such skills, both in our workplace and in our lives in general.
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Beyond an exceptional book... Dave Riveness really gets it,
By Greg Inozemcev - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: The Secret Life of the Corporate Jester (Paperback)
Sure, you've seen all the terrific reviews about The Secret Life of the Corporate Jester, but what you're not reading is how fantastic Dave Riveness is as a facilitator and trainer! After reading his book and sharing it with my team, we enjoyed it so much that we invited Dave to join us for a leadership development event. Dave's dynamic, interactive learning sessions brought to life the entertaining stories, effective exercises, and thought-provoking questions in his book and enabled us to realize the potential of uncovering blind spots. Thank you, Dave, for inspiring new ways of thinking and guiding people to do the right thing.
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Jesters revealing blindspots,
By Keith Lewis - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: The Secret Life of the Corporate Jester (Paperback)
After you read a book, a good book, something sticks with you. What sticks with me is the author's idea of blindspots. We all have them. The question is do you have a jester to help you see them?
"The Secret Life..." uses analogy and story to highlight an opportunity to be our own jester and seriously reflect on our behavior. Wish I had learned how to do this earlier in my career!!! Keith Lewis President To Point B 3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
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Speaking Truth to Power: read this book,
By Frank O'MAHONY "SantaFeFrank" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: The Secret Life of the Corporate Jester (Paperback)
If you've ever wanted to get past the gatekeepers to the Truly Big Cheese in your organization - or somebody else's - read this book. And if you Are that Big Cheese, read the book too, because otherwise you'll never know where to go, and whom to ask, to find out what's really going on in your organization and how to fix it.
This is a great read for sitting on the beach or waiting for your plane to stop circling and land at LAX. And you'll find out that don't have to wear a funny hat to be a jester. |
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