MY READING SELECTION
Some of the books that I found useful and recommend for further reading on the topics below (in no particular order) :
MANAGEMENT AND LEADERSHIP
ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE
LEARNING AND DEVELOPMENT
SKILLS DEVELOPMENT
MISCELLEANOUS
Some of the books that I found useful and recommend for further reading on the topics below (in no particular order) :
MANAGEMENT AND LEADERSHIP
- 'Managing' by Mintzberg, Henry
- 'Strategy Safari: The complete guide through the wilds of strategic management' by Mintzberg, Henry
- 'Management - It's not what you think!' by Mintzberg, Henry, et.al
- 'Strategy Bites Back' by Mintzberg, Henry
- 'Start With Why: How Great Leaders Inspire Everyone to Action' by Sinek, Simon
- 'David and Goliath: Underdogs, Misfits, and the Art of Battling Giants' by Gladwell, Malcolm
- 'Lead With A Story: A Guide to Crafting Business Narratives That Captivate, Convince, and Inspire' by Smith, Paul
- 'Strengths Based Leadership: Great Leaders, Teams, and Why People Follow' by Rath, Tom and Conchie, Berry
- 'High Output Management' by Grove, Andy
- 'The 48 Laws of Power' by Greene, Robert
- 'Becoming Steve Jobs: The Evolution of a Reckless Upstart Into a Visionary Leader' by Schlender, Brent
- 'Let My People Go Surfing: The Education of a Reluctant Businessman' by Chouinard, Yves
- 'Business Stripped Bare: Adventures of a Global Entrepreneur' by Branson, Richard
- 'Managers Not MBAs: A Hard Look at the Soft Practice of Managing and Management Development' by Mintzberg, Henry
- 'Philosophy Inc.: Applying Wisdom to Everyday Management' by Iñiguez de Onzoño, Santiago
ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE
- 'The Advantage: Why Organizational Health Trumps Everything Else in Business' by Lencioni, Patrick
- 'Balancing Acts: A Human Systems Approach to Organizational Change' by Conklin, James
- 'Maverick: The Success Story Behind the World's Most Unusual Workplace' by Semler, Ricardo
- 'The Lean Startup: How Today's Entrepreneurs Use Continuous Innovation to Create Radically Successful Businesses' by Ries, Eric
- 'Good to Great: Why some companies make the leap ... and others don't' by Collins, Jim
- 'The Culture Map: Breaking Through the Invisible Boundaries of Global Business' by Meyer, Erin
- 'Fish Can't See Water: How National Culture can Make or Break Your Corporate Strategy' by Lewis, Richard and Hammerich, Kai
- 'Understanding Organizations ... Finally!' by Mintzberg, Henry
LEARNING AND DEVELOPMENT
- 'Working Identity: Unconventional Strategies for Reinventing Your Career' by Ibarra, Herminia
- 'The Trusted Advisor' by Meister, David
- 'Focus: The Hidden Driver of Excellence' by Goleman, David
- 'The Greatest: What Sport Teaches Us About Achieving Success' by Syed, Matthew
- 'Rebel Ideas: The Power of Diverse Thinking' by Syed, Matthew
- 'Conflicted: Why Arguments Are Tearing Us Apart and How They Can Bring Us Together' by Leslie, Ian
- 'Fearless Consulting: Temptations, Risks and Limits of the Profession' by De Haan, Eric
- 'Outliers: The Story of Success' by Gladwell, Malcolm
- 'Helping: How to Offer, Give, and Receive Help' by Schein, Edgar
- 'Co-Active Coaching: The proven framework for transformative conversations at work and in life' by Kimsey-Hause, Henry & Karen
- 'Cosmopolitan Managers: Executive Development that Works' by Iñiguez de Onzoño, Santiago
- 'How the Mind Works' by Pinker, Steven
- 'The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable' by Taleb, Nassim
- 'Thinking, Fast and Slow' by Kahneman, Daniel
- 'Think Again: The Power of Knowing What You Don't Know' by Grant, Adam
- 'Emotional Intelligence: Why it Can Matter More Than IQ' by Goleman, Daniel
- '12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos' by Peterson, Jordan
- 'The Simplicity Principle: Six Steps Towards Clarity in a Complex World' by Hobsbawm, Julia
- 'Right Kind of Wrong: Why Learning to Fail Can Teach Us to Thrive' by Edmondson, Amy
- 'The Coaching Habit: Say Less, Ask More & Change the Way You Lead Forever' by Bungay Stanier, Michael
- 'The Advice Trap: Be Humble, Stay Curious & Change the Way You Lead Forever' by Bungay Stanier, Michael
- 'Challenging Coaching: Going Beyond Traditional Coaching to Face the FACTS' by Ian Day & John Blakey
- 'Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking' by Cain, Susan
SKILLS DEVELOPMENT
- 'Talk like TED: The 9 Public Speaking Secrets of the World's Top Minds' by Gallo, Carmine
- 'TED Talks: The official TED guide to public speaking' by Anderson, Chris
- 'Public Speaking: An Audience-Centered Approach', by Beebe, Steven and Beebe, Susan
- 'De Bono's Thinking Course' by De Bono, Edward
- 'Lateral Thinking: A Textbook of Creativity' by De Bono, Edward
- 'The Art of Persuasion: How to Influence People and get what you want' by Erickson, Juliet
- 'Never Split the Difference: Negotiating as if your life depended on it' by Voss, Chris
- 'The Speed Reading Book: Read more, learn more, achieve more' by Buzan, Tony
- 'Mind Map Handbook: The ultimate thinking tool' by Buzan, Tony
MISCELLEANOUS
- 'On the Good Life' by Cicero
- 'The Second Curve: Thoughts on Reinventing Society' by Handy, Charles
- 'Adventures of a Bystander' by Drucker, Peter
- 'The Little Prince' by Saint-Exupéry, Antoine
- 'A Sense of Life' by Saint-Exupéry, Antoine
- 'The Prince' by Machiavelli, Niccolò
- 'The General in His Labyrinth' by García Márquez, Gabriel
- 'A Part of Myself: Portrait of an Epoch' by Zuckmayer, Carl
- 'What Am I Doing Here?' by Chatwin, Bruce
- 'Silence: In the Age of Noise' by Kagge, Erling
Further recommended articles you can find under resources.