Graduate of the Culinary Institute of America, Annelise has spent her career making sure food sounds appetizing on paper, looks good in pictures and tastes amazing when you order it. Her day-to-day consists of working as Marketing Manager at Ready Foods to connect food service operators with ready-to-use kitchen solutions that are easy to incorporate into a kitchen flow and bring great flavor to menu items. Her favorite hot lunch in elementary school was always nacho day. Ready Foods Annelise McAuliffe Soares Ready-to-Use Tips!
Favorite books on Personal Development from the Ready Foods Team.
Personal development and making time to learn is just as important as knocking out the to-do list each day. To make continuous learning a habit, our team has adopted the ritual of having a book club each quarter. We read a chapter or two a week on our own and meet once a week to share our learnings and brainstorm if there’s anything we can implement to improve our flow. It’s a quick chat that we have while we enjoy our morning coffees. We’ve found these small moments each week have contributed to building team cohesion and even retention. If it feels like there is no time to read a book, try an audiobook and listen on your commute or while you walk the dog. Here are some of our team’s favorite reads from the past year: Turn the Ship Around by L. David Marquet A leadership book about the Navy, this is not only a good story, but also has great tips on how to inspire a team to think for themselves. Change by Design by Tim Brown Tim Brown shares real world examples of how to innovate for your customers or diners, using a method called Design Thinking. If you’re looking to inspire yourself or your team to think outside of the box, this is a great read. Dare to Lead by Brené Brown This book rocked our world! In a good way. It challenged us to rethink our meeting structure, provided us with great team building activities and even brought new
language to our organization so that we can be clear and effective. We highly recommend this book for any team. Switch by Chip Heath and Dan Heath Switch is all about our minds and why we as humans find change to be so uncomfortable. Once the science is understood, the pages provide insights into how we can make it easier for change to be accepted. If your environment is going through a lot of adjustments, this could be a good read for you. The Culture Code: The Secrets of Highly Successful Groups by Daniel Coyle If you’re looking to build a team that is collaborative and trusts each other, this is a great book. The pages have great examples of various professional teams that have created positive environments to solve problems and grow together.
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Lastly, our team is currently reading Trust and Inspire: How Truly Great Leaders Unleash Greatness in Others by Stephen M.R. Covey and Blindspot: Hidden
Biases of Good People by Mahzarin R. Banaji and Anthony G. Greenwald . We’ll let you know what we think! What leadership or professional thinking books have you resonated with? We’d love your recommendations!
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