Books

Book Club

Big ideas from amazing books

Books

Book Club

Big ideas from amazing books

Julia Sloan

Learning to Think Strategically
“Given that strategy is the number one leadership responsibility, leaders need to be clear about what strategic thinking is and laser focused in applying it with confidence and ease.”
“Given that strategy is the number one leadership responsibility, leaders need to be clear about what strategic thinking is and laser focused in applying it with confidence and ease.”

Carl Spetzler, Hannah Winter, and Jennifer Meyer

Decision Quality

Value Creation from Better Business Decisions

The core of leadership is assembling the right people to make quality decisions.—Peter Drucker
The core of leadership is assembling the right people to make quality decisions.—Peter Drucker

Amy C. Edmondson

The Fearless Organization

Creating Psychological Safety in the Workplace for Learning, Innovation, and Growth

“(…) creating an environment where psychological safety is high enough that a “making mistakes doesn’t strike terror into employees’ hearts.”
“(…) creating an environment where psychological safety is high enough that a “making mistakes doesn’t strike terror into employees’ hearts.”

Daniel Coyle

The Culture Code

The Secrets of Highly Successful Groups

Skill 1. BUILD SAFETY -How signals of connection generate bonds of belonging?
Skill 2. SHARE VULNERABILITY – How mutual, interpersonal risk-taking builds trust?
Skill 3. ESTABLISH PURPOSE – How narratives and stories create shared goals and values?
Skill 1. BUILD SAFETY -How signals of connection generate bonds of belonging?
Skill 2. SHARE VULNERABILITY – How mutual, interpersonal risk-taking builds trust?
Skill 3. ESTABLISH PURPOSE – How narratives and stories create shared goals and values?

Edgar H. Schein

Humble Inquiry

The Gentle Art of Asking Instead of Telling

“Humble Inquiry is ultimately the basis for building trusting relationships, which facilitates better communication and, thereby, ensures collaboration where it is needed to get the job done.”
“Humble Inquiry is ultimately the basis for building trusting relationships, which facilitates better communication and, thereby, ensures collaboration where it is needed to get the job done.”

Edgar H. Schein

Helping

How to Offer, Give, and Receive Help

“Help in the broadest sense is, in fact, one of the most important currencies that flow between members of society because help is one of the main ways of expressing love and other caring emotions that humans express.”
“Help in the broadest sense is, in fact, one of the most important currencies that flow between members of society because help is one of the main ways of expressing love and other caring emotions that humans express.”

Clayton M. Christensen

The Innovator’s Dilemma

When New Technologies Cause Great Firms to Fail

“This book is about the failure of companies to stay atop their industries when they confront certain types of market and technological change. It’s not about the failure of simply any company, but of good companies.”
“This book is about the failure of companies to stay atop their industries when they confront certain types of market and technological change. It’s not about the failure of simply any company, but of good companies.”

Peter Thiel, Blake Masters

Zero to One

Notes on Startups, or How to Build the Future

“What important truth do very few people agree with you on?”
“What valuable company is nobody building?”
“What important truth do very few people agree with you on?”
“What valuable company is nobody building?”

Patrick Lencioni

The Five Dysfunctions of a Team

A Leadership Fable

“Not finance. Not strategy. Not technology. It is teamwork that remains the ultimate competitive advantage, both because it is so powerful and so rare.”
“Not finance. Not strategy. Not technology. It is teamwork that remains the ultimate competitive advantage, both because it is so powerful and so rare.”

Daniel T. Jones and James P. Womack

Lean Thinking

Banish Waste and Create Wealth in Your Corporation

“The single most powerful tool available for creating value while eliminating waste in any organization.”
“The single most powerful tool available for creating value while eliminating waste in any organization.”

Martin Seligman

What You Yan Change and What You Can’t

Learn to Accept Who You Are

“I want to provide an understanding of what you can and what you can’t change about yourself so that you can concentrate your limited time and energy on what is possible. (…) Because there have been so many failures, we are now able to see the boundaries of the unchangeable (…).”
“I want to provide an understanding of what you can and what you can’t change about yourself so that you can concentrate your limited time and energy on what is possible. (…) Because there have been so many failures, we are now able to see the boundaries of the unchangeable (…).”