Leadership & Management

QBQ! The Question Behind the Question

John G. Miller · 2001

The question you ask decides who you are in that moment. Ask the one with an I in it.

Decisive

Chip Heath, Dan Heath · 2013

A better decision is rarely the loudest option. It is the one that survives alternatives, evidence, distance, and a plan for being wrong.

Drive

Daniel H. Pink · 2009

The deepest drive is not a prize dangled in front of us, but the chance to direct our lives, improve at meaningful work, and serve something larger.

Emotional Intelligence

Daniel Goleman · 1995

In a very real sense we have two minds, one that thinks and one that feels.

Emotional Intelligence 2.0

Travis Bradberry, Jean Greaves · 2009

Emotional intelligence is not the absence of heat. It is the skill of keeping your best self available while the heat is present.

Extreme Ownership

Jocko Willink, Leif Babin · 2015

Leadership starts the moment the sentence changes from they failed to I own this.

Give and Take

Adam Grant · 2013

The best givers do not disappear into everyone else's needs. They build a world where generosity has memory, boundaries, and momentum.

Good to Great

Jim Collins · 2001

Greatness is not a function of circumstance. Greatness, it turns out, is largely a matter of conscious choice.

Lean In

Sheryl Sandberg · 2013

In the future, there will be no female leaders. There will just be leaders.

Originals

Adam Grant · 2016

Originality begins when the default stops looking inevitable and starts looking editable.

Radical Candor

Kim Scott · 2017

Radical Candor is what happens when you put care personally and challenge directly together.

Rework

Jason Fried, David Heinemeier Hansson · 2010

What you do is what matters, not what you think or say or plan.

The Checklist Manifesto

Atul Gawande · 2009

The checklist is not about making experts less expert. It is about making expertise reliable when the room gets loud.

The Five Dysfunctions of a Team

Patrick Lencioni · 2002

Teamwork begins by building trust. And the only way to do that is to overcome our need for invulnerability.

Think Again: The Power of Knowing What You Don't Know

Adam M. Grant · 2021

The mark of intelligence is not defending a belief forever. It is knowing when the belief has stopped earning its place.

Crucial Conversations: Tools for Talking When Stakes are High

Kerry Patterson, Joseph Grenny, Ron McMillan, Al Switzler · 2002

Truth travels farther when safety is kept in the conversation.

Girl, Stop Apologizing: A Shame-Free Plan for Embracing and Achieving Your Goals

Rachel Hollis · 2019

A goal gets stronger when it stops being hidden as an apology.

Surrounded by Idiots

Thomas Erikson · 2014

Adapt your message before frustration turns into contempt.

The E-Myth Revisited

Michael E. Gerber · 1995

Your business is nothing more than a distinct reflection of who you are. So if your business is to change, you must change first.

The One Minute Manager

Kenneth H. Blanchard · 1982

People work better when expectations are clear and feedback arrives while the moment is still alive.

The Coaching Habit

Michael Bungay Stanier · 2016

Stay curious a little longer, and rush to action and advice a little more slowly.

How to Listen: Discover the Hidden Key to Better Communication

Oscar Trimboli · 2022

The speaker has more to say than their first sentence. Wait, and let the rest of it arrive.

The Art of Active Listening: How People at Work Feel Heard, Valued, and Understood

Heather R. Younger · 2023

People do not remember that you listened. They remember what happened next, and whether you told them.

The Empathy Advantage: Leading the Empowered Workforce

Heather E. McGowan & Chris Shipley · 2023

Lead like the guide on the rope, not the general on the hill: the team goes up together, or not at all.

Immunity to Change

Robert Kegan & Lisa Laskow Lahey · 2009

The brake is not your enemy. It was built to protect you from something. Find out whether that something is still there.

Humble Inquiry: The Gentle Art of Asking Instead of Telling

Edgar H. Schein · 2013

Ask what you do not know, of the person who knows it, and let them see that you need the answer.

Creativity, Inc.

Ed Catmull, Amy Wallace · 2014

Original work survives when the room is brave enough to tell the truth while the idea is still fragile.

Leadership and Self-Deception: Getting Out of the Box

The Arbinger Institute · 2000

The box opens when the other person becomes fully human again.

Managing Oneself

Peter F. Drucker · 1999

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Nice Girls Don't Get the Corner Office: 101 Unconscious Mistakes Women Make That Sabotage Their Careers

Lois P. Frankel · 2004

Authority grows when competence stops hiding.

The 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership: Follow Them and People Will Follow You

John C. Maxwell · 1998

Leadership is measured by the capacity it creates in others.

The 33 Strategies of War

Robert Greene · 2006

The best strategy often prevents the fight it understands.

The 8th Habit

Stephen R. Covey · 2004

Voice appears where strength, care, need, and conscience overlap.

The Art of Gathering: How We Meet and Why It Matters

Priya Parker · 2018

A gathering improves when purpose is allowed to make decisions.

The Art of Possibility

Rosamund Stone Zander · 2000

A new frame can make room for better music.

The Energy Bus

Jon Gordon · 2007

Your team needs a destination, fuel, and a driver who protects the route.

The Hard Thing About Hard Things: Building a Business When There Are No Easy Answers―Straight Talk on the Challenges of Entrepreneurship

Ben Horowitz · 2014

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The Power of Moments: Why Certain Experiences Have Extraordinary Impact

Chip Heath · 2017

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