The Five Dysfunctions of a Team: A Leadership Fable by Patrick Lencioni is a powerful book that explores the common pitfalls that hinder team performance and provides insights on how leaders can address these challenges. Through a compelling leadership fable, Lencioni sheds light on the five dysfunctions and offers practical advice for building cohesive and high-performing teams.
Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance by Angela Duckworth is a groundbreaking book that explores the concept of grit and its profound impact on success and achievement. Angela Duckworth, a psychologist and MacArthur Fellow, presents a compelling argument that grit, a combination of passion and perseverance, is a more accurate predictor of success than talent alone. Through her research and engaging storytelling, Duckworth offers readers valuable insights and strategies for cultivating grit in their own lives.
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.
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.
"Death by Meeting: A Leadership Fable... About Solving the Most Painful Problem in Business" by Patrick Lencioni is a thought-provoking book that confronts the common problem of ineffective and tedious business meetings. Lencioni, well-versed in organisational health and leadership, weaves a compelling narrative that not only educates but also provides valuable guidance on turning meetings from uninspiring and time-consuming rituals into engaging and results-driven interactions.
"The Carrot Principle: How the Best Managers Use Recognition to Engage Their People, Retain Talent, and Accelerate Performance" by Adrian Gostick and Chester Elton is a motivational and insightful book that explores the powerful impact of recognition in the workplace. Through extensive research and real-world examples, the authors demonstrate how simple acts of appreciation and acknowledgment can transform employee engagement, retention, and performance.