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The Innovator's Mindset: Empower Learning, Unleash Talent, and Lead a Culture of Creativity

The Innovator's Mindset: Empower Learning, Unleash Talent, and Lead a Culture of Creativity by George Couros is a dynamic and insightful book that focuses on fostering a mindset of innovation in education, leadership, and personal growth. George Couros, an educator and thought leader, provides a compelling argument for cultivating an innovator's mindset and offers practical strategies for achieving this transformation.

Co-Active Coaching: Changing Business, Transforming Lives

"Co-Active Coaching: Changing Business, Transforming Lives" by Henry Kimsey-House, Karen Kimsey-House, Phillip Sandahl, and Laura Whitworth offers a comprehensive approach to coaching in a business context. The authors introduce the Co-Active Coaching model, which emphasizes the importance of building strong relationships, exploring values and beliefs, and developing strategies for creating change. 

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5 minutes

Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap and Others Don't

Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap and Others Don't is a book by Jim Collins that explores the key factors that separate successful companies from those that struggle to achieve long-term success. Collins and his team of researchers studied a wide range of companies over a period of five years, analysing their financial performance and leadership practices to identify the characteristics that set the great companies apart.

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5 minutes

Great One-on-One Meetings for Busy Managers: Manage your team in a way that's empowering for them and dependable for you

Great One-on-One Meetings for Busy Managers: Manage your team in a way that's empowering for them and dependable for you by Nick Robinson is a practical guidebook that offers valuable insights and strategies for conducting effective one-on-one meetings with team members. Recognising the challenges faced by busy managers, Robinson provides practical advice and actionable techniques to optimise these meetings, fostering stronger relationships and driving team performance.

Zero to One: Notes on Startups or How to Build the Future

"Zero to One: Notes on Startups, or How to Build the Future" is a book by entrepreneur and investor Peter Thiel, in which he outlines his perspective on what it takes to create a successful startup. Thiel argues that the most valuable businesses are those that create something truly new - going from "zero to one" - rather than simply improving on what already exists. 

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5 minutes

The One Minute Manager Meets the Monkey

"The One Minute Manager Meets the Monkey" by Kenneth H. Blanchard, William Oncken Jr., and Hal Burrows is a concise and engaging book that offers valuable insights into the art of delegation and time management. Written in a parable format, the book presents a practical and memorable framework for effective delegation that empowers both managers and their teams.

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4 minutes
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