Aside from his surname， Bill Treasurer is simply put - the man - with his new book， titled Leadership Two Words at a Time: Simple Truths for Leading Complicated People。 As the title would suggest， the book is less about the substantive nature of business， and more about the internal， communicatory fabric of it。 Treasurer expertly shows that people skills， something once mocked， maligned， and derided as ‘snowflakish’ too literally in the workplace， now lay the foundation for widespread success。 T Aside from his surname， Bill Treasurer is simply put - the man - with his new book， titled Leadership Two Words at a Time: Simple Truths for Leading Complicated People。 As the title would suggest， the book is less about the substantive nature of business， and more about the internal， communicatory fabric of it。 Treasurer expertly shows that people skills， something once mocked， maligned， and derided as ‘snowflakish’ too literally in the workplace， now lay the foundation for widespread success。 Treasurer goes about articulating his roadmap to achieving this in conversational， laid-back prose。 He never feels inaccessible on an emotional level when it comes to things， which displays a certain， reassuring continuity。 After all， feeling is as much a part of the equation as shrewd， tactical decision making。 “Congratulations， new leader， you’ve joined the leadership ranks at an exceptionally complicated time。 The world in which you will operate is fraught with touchy political divisions， economic disparities， generational tensions， and racial disharmonies。 Magnifying the difficulty are the ever-shifting dynamics of today’s workplace。 More leaders are leading remote teams across larger geographic distances， presenting unique challenges in terms of onboarding new employees， giving performance feedback， building esprit de corps， and nurturing healthy relationships。 The traditional stability of consistently applied standard operating work protocols has also been upended。 Now individual exceptions and customized deals are common， tailored to flexibly accommodate each person’s extenuating life realities，” Treasurer writes in this vein。 “Today’s leaders struggle to treat everyone fairly， yet individually。 Letting one person work from home three days a week to care for an immunocompromised parent may make sense to you， but it may not make sense to the healthy single person you require to be onsite every day。 You’ll simultaneously be seen as exceedingly fair or unfair， depending on who benefits from policy exceptions that today’s realities require you to allow。”The book then delves into how to navigate the separated， amorphous nature of accommodating each employee’s aesthetics， pros and cons， and skills。 As far as Treasurer is concerned， this is the present - and the future。 The postmodernist disposition（s） are a part of workplace hiring practices， or have to be， from hereon out。 It’s a reality that cannot be denied， or tampered with the intent to maintain old ways。 The fast pace of the rat race still exists， just not in a manner traditionalists might anticipate， or recognize off the bat。 It’s a question of being conscious and conscientious， but not a pushover。 “While the realities facing new leaders are unprecedentedly novel， challenging， and anxiety-provoking， the meager amount of support and training that has historically been provided to new leaders remains， sadly， unchanged，” Treasurer writes。 “According to Development Dimensions Inc。’s Global Leadership Forecast， 83 percent of organizations say it’s important to develop leaders， but only 5 percent have fully implemented plans to do so。 While your organization may not be intentionally setting you up to fail， they likely aren’t setting you up to succeed either。”A dire warning， and notification to read this book。 I give it an A- 。。。more