Book Review: PROACTIVE Problem Solving — A Fresh Take on Building a Problem-Solving Culture
- Book Review
- June 22, 2026

Organizations depend on metrics for their business. Question is, are they helping people do the right things? Or, encouraging them to overreact to every uptick, downturn, and change? Mark Graban, author of, Measures of Success, shows a better way to chart and manage your metrics, in any organization or setting. For your business processes and
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Companies rely on metrics to run their businesses but are they just reacting to noise or responding to meaningful signals in the metrics. The success of your company relies on learning the Measures of Success. Mark Graban penned an insightful, practical guide to encourage a new way of thinking about your KPIs. Accepting a better
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If you’re in business then it is inevitable there are problems that need to be solved. Unfortunately, many are not great problem solvers. We want to solve each problem we face. Not all problems are the same and can’t be solved the same old way. Now there is a new resource to help you understand
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Leaders create a credible and hopeful image of a future for everyone who needs to invest. The also connect the future to the present by turning aspirations into action. Effective leaders gauge when their focus needs to be on architecting the organization and its capabilities, and when it needs to shift to individuals and their
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The Five Dysfunctions of a Team summary is based on the leadership book The Five Dysfunctions of a Team by Patrick Lencioni. This book is widely regarded as essential reading for managers, leaders, and professionals who want to understand why teams struggle—and how to fix it. At its core, the book explains that team failure
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Paul Akers, founder and president of FastCap, has published his first book 2 Second Lean: How to Grow People and Build a Fun Lean Culture at Work and at Home. I have been following Paul for several years as he has built FastCap into one of the model Lean Companies in this modern age. So now that
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