Books and Reading List

"The garden of the world has no limits except in your mind."

Rumi

Books:

Books open our minds and help us to grow as human beings. Writing allows us to express our knowledge, our experience and our emotions to the world. The following are a few books Eve has contributed to:

50 Activities for Promoting Ethics in the Organization

by Marlene Caroselli, Ed.D.

50 Activities for Promoting Ethics within the Organization is divided into five sections, each of which is introduced via an interview with a leading business ethicist. Each section has ten exercises designed to stimulate discussion and promote inquiry regarding business ethics. The activities focus on Leadership, Corporate Citizenship, Salesmanship, Management, and Teamwork. Contributing to this collection is a wide range of trainers from a variety of disciplines and locations, including Europe, India, Canada, and a broad cross-section of the United States. Eve Strella's contribution deals with Verbally Abusive Behavior under the Ethical Corporate Citizenship. Click Here to connect with the author.

Quality Care: Prescriptions for Injecting Quality Into Healthcare Systems

by Marlene Caroselli, Ed.D.

Quality Care highlights 10 outstanding TQM success stories. Case studies from award-winning healthcare organizations such as Franciscan Health System, Sinai Hospital, UCLA Medical Center and Cleveland Clinic Foundation give you the tools you need to benchmark healthcare's finest. Written for both the healthcare professional already involved with full-fledged quality initiatives and those just beginning quality programs, Quality Care is an excellent guide for any healthcare provider looking to apply or maintain the principles of total quality management in their operation. Problems such as apathy, fear, patient dissatisfaction, lack of measurement and innovation, inefficiency and poor personal communications are discussed and realistic and proven solutions are provided. Eve Strella's contribution deals with the topic of "Apathy" and tells her story within the Park Ridge Health System and the work she has done with teams, gaining buy-in, change and organizing the Quality Fair. Click Here to connect with the author.

Jan's Rainbow

by Lindsay Collier

If you have lost a loved one or know someone who has, you need this book. Lindsay lost his wife of 40 years to ovarian cancer in 2000. This book is packed with stories and information helpful to the process of bereavement. It contains some truly remarkable stories that will convince you that those who you have loved and lost can still be a major part of your life. These stories come not only from Lindsay's experience but from a number of other contributing authors. They will make a believer out of you! Eve Strella's contribution is titled "Straightening Eve and Davy's Coffee Cup".

Upcoming Books:

The Spirit of a Women - by Terry Gopadza

The Long Way Home - Sisters Journey to Understanding and Love - by Eve Strella and Kareen Johnston-Tucker

My brothers new book:

The Duck Pond - by Bob Johnston

Reading List:

These are books that we have found to be excellent, inspirational, leader focused and all around fabulous reading material...

- First Break All the Rules by Marcus Buckingham & Curt Coffman

- Building a Values-Driven Organization by Richard Barrett

- Leading from the Heart by Kay Gilley

- Inspiration by Wayne Dyer

- 7 Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen Covey

- The Heart Aroused by David Whyte

- Fish by Stephen Lundin, Harry Paul & John Christensen

- Liberating the Corporate Soul by Richard Barrett

- Driving Fear out of the Workplace by Kathleen Ryan & Daniel Oestreich

- The Power of Now by Eckhart Tolle

- Anatomy of the Spirit by Caroline Myss

- The Book of Secrets by Deepak Chopra

- There's a Spiritual Solution to Every Problem by Wayne Dyer

- The Power of Intention by Wayne Dyer

- The Law of Attraction by Esther & Jerry Hicks

- Ask and It Is Given Learning to Manifest Your Desires by Esther & Jerry Hicks

- The Amazing Power of Deliberate Intent by Esther & Jerry Hicks

- Five Wishes by Gay Hendricks

- A New Earth Awakening to Your Life's Purpose by Eckhard Tolle

- The Generosity Factor by Ken Blanchard