Read & Engage with Books Focused on Collaboration
Doing The Chores – Be Like a Farmer
For children ages 4–8, parents, grandparents, teachers, and caregivers.
A delightful, family-friendly children’s book set on a charming farm near rural Pioneer, Ohio, that shares essential life lessons through everyday chores and pitching in.
Inspired by my mom’s life growing up on the farm with her family and by her 35 years of experience as an elementary school teacher.
This engaging book teaches positive habits like hard work, trustworthiness, and cooperation. It also includes a fun hidden-bee activity woven throughout the beautifully illustrated pages by BarbDragony.com.
Doing The Chores – Creating The Groundwork For Success
This talent development book is for professionals, contributors, managers, coaches, lifelong learners, and farmers.
A practical, farm-inspired book for personal and professional growth, it helps readers build responsibility, work ethic, and growth-minded habits that support career and life success.
Through real lessons of doing farming chores, readers can reflect on and apply these ideas to their current job and life. Managers and coaches can also use the book as a practical development conversation tool. The result is a solid work ethic, effective collaboration, and clearer developmental conversations (ROI for both the reader and the manager).
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