09 Jan 19 Good Books To Read
Here are some good books to read on leadership, people, business, strategy, and personal development in 2019.
- Multipliers by Liz Wiseman
Leadership expert Liz Wiseman explores these two leadership styles, persuasively showing how Multipliers can have a resoundingly positive and profitable effect on organizations — getting more done with fewer resources, developing and attracting talent, and cultivating new ideas and energy to drive organizational change and innovation. - Daring Greatly by Brené Brown
Show up, try and fail. Being vulnerable is a strength. - Quiet: The Power of Introverts by Susan Cain
If you are an introvert, you might be the next great leader – in – waiting. Cain shows the hidden power of how introverts’ function and win. - Start with Why by Simon Sinek
This book centers on an important business truth: People don’t buy what you do, they buy why you do it. - Drive by Daniel H. Pink
Daniel H. Pink states that our internal motivation drives things – at work and in personal life. - Thinking, Fast and Slow, by Daniel Kahneman
Even though the guy won the Nobel Prize, this book is surprisingly readable. It about how we humans really think and make decisions. And although it isn’t designed to do so, Kahneman also shows how and why so much of the stuff you read in the business press is crap. - Made to Stick, by Chip and Dan Heath
The Heath brothers dig into surprising nuances of how to design ideas that people will remember and act on. - Bad Blood, by John Carreyrou
This is a compelling, well-written, and carefully researched book about CEO Elizabeth Holmes and her once celebrated start-up Theranos. - To Sell is Human, by Dan Pink
Dan does a masterful job of showing how, to lead and motivate others, to protect and enhance of the reputations of the people, teams, and organizations we care about, and to have successful careers as well, we all need to be able to sell people our ideas, products, solutions, and yes, ourselves. - The Path Between the Seas by historian David McCullough
On building the Panama Canal. This is a great story of how creativity happens on a big scale. It is messy. Things go wrong. People get hurt. But they also triumph and do astounding things. - Collaboration by Morten Hansen
In Collaboration, author Morten Hansen takes aim at what many leaders inherently know: in today’s competitive environment, companywide collaboration is imperative for successful strategy execution, yet the sought-after synergies are rarely if ever, realized. - The Silo Effect by Gillian Tett
A stunning analysis of why once organizations are broken into specialized groups all sorts of bad things that undermine the greater good, along with some mighty thoughtful ideas about how to overcome these problems and make the best use of such specialized and isolated “stovepipes”. - Give and Take by Adam Grant
Takers, matchers and givers – the new currency of success. “Give and Take just might be the most important book of this young century with profound implications for how we manage our careers, deal with our friends and relatives, raise our children, and design our institutions. - Tribes by Seth Godin
Communicate and motivate. To lead you must inspire others to follow your example or orders. Get them on board your proposal or idea. - Farsighted: How We Make the Decisions That Matter the Most by Steven Johnson
Big, life-altering decisions matter so much more than the decisions we make every day, and they’re also the most difficult: where to live, whom to marry, what to believe, whether to start a company, how to end a war. There’s no one-size-fits-all approach for addressing these kinds of conundrums. - Joyful: The Surprising Power of Ordinary Things to Create Extraordinary Happiness Hardcover by Ingrid Fetell Lee
Designer and TED star Ingrid Fetell Lee presents groundbreaking research to explain how making small changes to your surroundings can create extraordinary happiness in your life. - Principles by Ray Dallio
Ray Dalio, one of the world’s most successful investors and entrepreneurs, shares the unconventional principles that he’s developed, refined, and used over the past forty years to create unique results in both life and business—and which any person or organization can adopt to help achieve their goals. - Managing the Mental Game by Jeff Boss Former Navy SEAL Jeff Boss shows readers how to build self-confidence and fortitude.
- Act Like a Leader, Think Like a Leader by Herminia Ibarra
You aspire to lead with greater impact. The problem is you’re busy executing on today’s demands. You know you must carve out time from your day job to build your leadership skills, but it’s easy to let immediate problems and old mindsets get in the way.
Let me know what you are reading as well.
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