Books with author Robbins

What makes a great team? Author, leadership expert, and corporate consultant looks at how businesses can build trust and achieve high performance.Have you ever been on a team where the talent was strong, but the team wasn't very good? On the flip side, have you ever been on a team where not every single member was a rock star, but something about the team just worked? We've all had these types of experiences. And yet, it can be difficult to understand what makes one team successful and another one not. In this book, Mike Robbins dives deep into the ways great teams build trust, collaborate, and perform at the highest level. As an expert in teamwork, leadership, and emotional intelligence, Mike draws on more than 18 years' experience working with top teams and organizations like Google and Microsoft, as well as his athletic career for the Kansas City Royals.The book's core principles include fostering an environment of psychological safety, honoring diversity and inclusion, addressing and navigating conflict, building trust, and a maintain a balance of healthy expectations and empathy.Also features interviews with high-level business leaders and thought leaders to provide insights into an ever-changing workplace culture.

Nogard the Dragon, has a big day ahead of him. After his flight training, he is to head off to the Red Top Mountains. His problem is not flying, as he is great at that, but instead, his ability to read directions becomes quite obvious when he gets lost on his first solo flight. Will Nogard find out why the letters bounce and flip around when he tries to read? Will he ever reach his destination? Find out what happens to Nogard the Dyslexic Dragon.

My name is Aggie Jumble, and I'm a 6th grade monster hunter. Some say I'm countrified. They say I have a funny accent, I git to spell words all wrong, and make them laugh. Momma just says we're differnt. I moved to the city not too long ago and boy, it's just all weird. It's almost like I done moved into a farn country. There's all kinda ruckus goin on here. Seeins how it's just far too much to recollect in my head, I tried to git it all down in this here story book. Momma made me call it a Diary so even citified girls might want to read about them there scary monsters too. It might help spread the word on how to wallop these things upside the head...just in case we don't make through our adventures.Diary of a Countrified Zombie Killer is a short story intended to make people laugh and is entertaining for children, middle school students, and even adults.Age Level: 9 - 12 | Grade Level: 4th and up