Recommendations from Executive to Executive
As part of the Kane webinar series, we ask our participants to share what they are reading, what podcasts they listen to and other tips. Below is an ongoing compilation of these executive recommendations.
Kenneth Munson
CEO, Community Care, Inc.
Recommended Reading: David Zach
Martha Carrigan
President & CEO, Big Shoes Network
Recommended Reading: Check out the BigShoesNetwork Resources page, containing links to blogs, podcasts and publication
Darian Stibbe
Executive Director, The Partnering Initiative
Recommended Listening: Outrage + Optimism Podcast by former UN Chief Christiana Figueres
Mayor Cory Mason
Racine, Wis.
Recommended Reading: Nudge: Improving Decisions about Health, Wealth, and Happiness by Richard H. Thaler and Cass R. Sunstein
John Borgen
Senior Vice President, Catholic Financial Life
Recommended Reading: Harvard Business Review
Rodney Ferguson
CEO and General Manager, Potawatomi Hotel & Casino
Recommended Reading: Becoming Kareem: Growing Up On and Off the Court by Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Raymond Obstfeld
Steve Baas
Senior Vice President of Governmental Affairs, Metropolitan Milwaukee Association of Commerce (MMAC)
Recommended Reading: RealClearPolitics.com and A Knock at Midnight: Inspiration from the Great Sermons of Martin Luther King, Jr. edited by Clayborne Carson and Peter Holloran
Rick Appleby
Certified Business Coach and Experienced EOS Implementer™ with Strategic Planning Solutions of Milwaukee, Wis.
Recommended Reading: The Hard Thing About Hard Things: Building a Business When There Are No Easy Answers by Ben Horowitz
Manfred Elsig
Deputy Managing Director and Professor of International Relations at the World Trade Institute of the University of Bern, Switzerland
Recommended Viewing: World Trade Center Institute weekly webinars,
Recommended Reading: Clashing Over Commerce: A History of US Trade Policy by Douglas A. Irwin
Christine McMahon
CEO, Christine McMahon & Associates, LLC
Recommended Reading: Mindset: The New Psychology of Success by Carol S. Dweck; Start With No by Jim Camp; Never Split the Difference by Chris Voss
Steve Palec
Chief Marketing Officer, Irgens
Recommended Reading: In Awe: Beatles, Baseball and Bourbon
Paul M. Neuberger
Founder & CEO, The Cold Call Coach, LLC.
Recommended Reading: The Secrets to Cold Call Success by Paul M. Neuberger; The works of Robert Greene
Bridget Kraus Marketing Director, Walbec Group
Recommended Reading: Start with Why by Simon Sinek
Ben Fox Executive Director of Global Communications, GE Healthcare
Recommended Reading: Great Society by Amity Shlaes
Shannon Sims
Main Anchor/Reporter, TMJ4
Recommended Reading: The Memo: What Women of Color Need to Know to Secure a Seat at the Table by Minda Harts
Dean Amhaus
President & CEO, The Water Council
Recommended Reading: The Pioneers by David McCullough
Dave Wendland
Vice President – Strategic Relations, Hamacher Resource Group, Inc.
Recommended Reading: Group Genius: The Creative Power of Collaboration by Keith Sawyer
Kane Team Recommendations
James Burnett, Director, Public Relations - Fair Warning by Michael Connelly
Morgan Burns, Director, Brand & Creative - Words of Fire: An Anthology of African-American Feminist Thought edited by Beverly Guy-Sheftall; HouseWork podcast by Ester Parel; Y: The Last Man Book Series by Brian K. Vaughan and Pia Guerra; The United States of Anxiety podcast hosted by Kai Wright
Kathleen Elsig, Senior Advisor, Corporate Responsibility and Partnerships - The Globotics Upheaval: Globalization, Robotics, and the Future of Work by Richard Baldwin
Taylor Fisher, Public Relations Advisor - Leave Your Mark by Aliza Licht
Katharine Foley, Account Supervisor - Together: The Healing Power of Human Connection in a Sometimes Lonely World by Vivek H. Murthy, MD; NPR's Code Switch podcast with Shereen Marisol Meraji and Gene Demby; The Years That Matter Most by Paul Tough
Sarah Fracek, Vice President, Strategy & Marketing - Reinventing You: Define Your Brand, Imagine Your Future by Dorie Clark
Sydney Hofer, Senior Advisor, Brand Journalism & PR - Persona: The Dark Truth Behind Personality Tests - A CNN/HBO Max Documentary; Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World that Can't Stop Talking by Susan Cain; Drop the Ball: Achieving More by Doing Less by Tiffany Dufu
Steve Jagler, Director, Executive Communications - The works of presidential historians Doris Kearns Goodwin and Michael Beschloss
Terese Radke, PR & Social Media Intern - Global Health NOW's COVID-19 Expert Reality Check
Laura Rodriguez, Account Supervisor - A regularly updated blog tracking brands’ responses to racial injustice by AdAge