Read this book! Read this book! Read this book! Ok, I said it. This follow-up to Lencioni's Five Dysfunctions of a Team, is a great distillation of a ton of best practices for fostering organizational health. It is certainly directed at people at the top of organizations and it is possible to misapply some of... Continue Reading →
The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People
This is probably one of the most well known personal development books in the world. If you have not read it, you have certainly heard of it. I certainly can't say I was disappointed, I really liked the book and there is a lot in here you can take away if you want. In fact,... Continue Reading →
Extreme Ownership
No two ways about it, Jocko Willink and Leif Babin are beasts. If you have ever seen a talk by Jocko you know exactly what I am talking about. If you have never heard of them than you just need to know one word, SEALs. This book outlines many of the leadership principles they learned... Continue Reading →
Heroic Leadership
I honestly don’t remember where I found a recommendation for this book because leadership lessons from the founders of the Jesuits doesn’t seem like something that would commonly come across be desk but I am glad this did. There were a few parts I skipped over where it went deeply into some side bar histories... Continue Reading →
Start With Why
A lot of people have read this book. A lot of people have liked this book. And if you are getting into learning about leadership, this book by Simon Sinek isn’t a bad place to start. The mass popularity comes from the fact that it has a relatively simple and straight forward message, the best... Continue Reading →
The Effective Executive
I picked this one up in the airport on my way back from a work trip after hearing about Peter Drucker from a number of different places. Though it seems like it might be primarily focused and higher levels of management, nothing could be father than the truth and I would recommend it to a... Continue Reading →