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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
  • '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
  • 'Strategy, People, Implementation' by Glowinskowski, Steve and King, Russell
  • '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
  • 'The Five Dysfunctions of a Team' 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
  • 'Building a Culture of Innovation: A Practical Framework' by Beswick, Cris

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
  • '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.
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