Dare to Lead by Brené Brown

Ms Brown has written a number of books about the power of vulnerability in interpersonal relationships.  In this book she applies many of her well known ideas to the task of leadership, specifically business leadership.  She talks about how to establish trust, increase creativity, set reasonable boundaries, and change hostile working situations into productive teams. I think Ms Brown has a lot of valuable ideas but I did not enjoy this book as much as I did "The Gifts of Imperfection."  I feel like she has become mired in her own lingo.  She uses terms like "rumbling with vulnerability" "staying inside my integrity"  "leaning in" and a host of others so often it all started to sound trite. If I walked up to an employee and said, "hey, we need to have an integrity rumble" they would just look at me funny.  Also, the book felt really self-promoting.  Every time she quoted someone's experience, the first 3 or 4 sentences were that person talking about how much they liked the Brené Brown workshop they went to and how it changed their life.  It felt a little like an infomercial. It wasn't all that bad, but there are other leadership books I have enjoyed more. (2018, 298 p.)