Matt’s Books

How do I influence my boss? Dr. Matt Rawlins shows you how to take the stress of working with your direct authorities and turn it into a powerful tool. He pulls in a very practical model and helps you understand your leadership style and how different styles create different ways of leading in a changing world. Learn how to use the dynamics of power to your advantage and become a key player in your organization. It is a quick read but also something you will come back to repeatedly when you need help.
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Influencing Up

In a world of noise, learning to listen is no small task. Some will say it is just being quiet or paying attention. Through Matt’s journeys to many different cultures, he shares what it took for him to learn how to listen to the humanity in each person. Strangely enough, listening begins within you as you understand and get comfortable in your own skin. Then, and only then, can you listen to others and engage them at a heart level. This is a fun book that walks through the art and science of learning to listen, equipping you with the tools to transform your interactions and lead to more fulfilling connections.
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Whaaat? The Power of Listening to Transform Myself and Others

The hardest part of leadership is dealing with people who are a toxic pain in the @ss. This short ebook will help you define the characteristics of broken people, recognize the dynamics involved, and clarify what you can do about it. In it, you will walk through a framework that will help define the human challenge using humility (self-awareness) as a grid to see brokenness through. It’s short, punchy, and clear style makes it easy to read in a short time, but you will want to return to it repeatedly to maintain your sanity when managing difficult people.
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Dealing with Broken People

Do you wonder how you can create a link between your head and your heart? Matt offers a practical guide to making peace with your emotions, turning them into powerful tools to help you navigate conflict, build deeper connections, and lead with empathy. Take a journey to understand how to create an authentic life that makes sense to both your head and your heart.
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Understanding Emotions

A dialogue about leadership and changeThe book is a story between an old retired teacher who has taught children all his life and a young manager who has somehow survived the educational system, but still doesn’t know how to learn. They meet by accident on a green park bench and a relationship begins that will change both of them.
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The Green Bench I

More dialogue about leadership & communicationJoin in as a friendship continues between a retired teacher and a young executive who is overwhelmed by the dilemmas he faces everyday.
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Green Bench II

A question can change a lifeHow do people succeed? Simply put, they know how to ask the right questions. 
 Relationships and businesses flourish when people know how to ask the right questions. Although it sounds simple enough, few of us have been taught the fine art of asking questions.
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The Lottery

Discover the Single Most Powerful Tool for GrowthWhat would happen if you had an elephant in your team or organization? Its presence is felt by all, yet no one is willing to talk about it?
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There is an elephant in the room

What do these three areas have in common?
  • Dealing with change
  • Creativity
  • Difficult Conversations
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Finding the Pain in your @ss-umption

How do you prepare for the unknown?We face an unknown future and it scares us. The question we carry is how do you prepare yourself, your children and even your company for the great unknown? Is there a way to gather wisdom to adapt to this future rushing towards us while keeping those things that are truly worth keeping?
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The Race