Leadership and Culture Reading Path

Develop the leadership skills to inspire teams, build strong cultures, and create organisations that thrive.

Outcome: Inspire teams, build culture, lead through change.

Books in this path (10)

1

Start With Why

Simon Sinek, 2011

• People don't buy what you do; they buy why you do it. And what you do simply proves what you believe
• There are only two ways to influence human behavior: you can manipulate it or you can inspire it

2

Leaders Eat Last

Simon Sinek, 2017

• In Leaders Eat Last, Simon Sinek, internationally bestselling author of Start With Why, investigates these great leaders from Marine Corps Officers, who don't just sacrifice their place at the table but often their own comfort and even their lives for those in their care, to the heads of big business and government

3

The Culture Code

Daniel Coyle, 2019

• The Culture Code reveals the secrets of some of the best teams in the world - from Pixar to Google to US Navy SEALs - explaining the three skills such teams have mastered in order to generate trust and a willingness to collaborate

4

Dare to Lead

Brene Brown, 2018

• With Dare to Lead, Brene brings decades of research to bear in a practical and insightful guide to courageous leadership
• This book is a road map for anyone who wants to lead mindfully, live bravely, and dare to lead

5

Good To Great

Jim Collins, 2001

• Good is the enemy of great. And that is one of the key reasons why we have so little that becomes great. We don't have great schools, principally because we have good schools. We don't have great government, principally because we have good government. Few people attain great lives, in large part because it is just so easy to settle for a good life.
• The purpose of bureaucracy is to compensate for incompetence and lack of discipline.

6

The Infinite Game

Simon Sinek, 2020

• Leaders are not responsible for the results, leaders are responsible for the people who are responsible for the results. And the best way to drive performance in an organization is to create an environment in which information can flow freely, mistakes can be highlighted and help can be offered and received.
• To ask, What's best for me is finite thinking. To ask, What's best for us is infinite thinking.

7

No Rules Rules

Reed Hastings,Erin Meyer, 2020

• If you give employees more freedom instead of developing processes to prevent them from exercising their own judgment, they will make better decisions and it's easier to hold them accountable.
• The Fearless Organization, she explains that if you want to encourage innovation, you should develop an environment where people feel safe to dream, speak up, and take risks. The safer the atmosphere, the more innovation you will have.

8

Turn The Ship Around

David Marquet, 2015

• He is the kind of leader who comes around only once a generation
• He is the kind of leader who doesn't just know how to lead, he knows how to build leaders

9

Extreme Ownership

Jocko Willink,Leif Babin, 2017

• Highly Decorated Navy Seals, Now Successful Businessmen, Show Readers How To Lead And Win In Business And In Life With Principles Learned On The Battlefield
• In Extreme Ownership, Jocko Willink And Leif Babin Share Hard-Hitting, Navy Seal Combat Stories That Translate Into Lessons For Business And Life

10

The Effective Executive

Peter F. Drucker, 2007

• The measure of the executive, Peter Drucker reminds us, is the ability to 'get the right things done'
• Usually this involves doing what other people have overlooked, as well as avoiding what is unproductive

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