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.
Mentoring 101: What Every Leader Needs to Know by John C. Maxwell is a practical guide that explores the art and science of mentoring. John Maxwell, a renowned leadership expert and author, draws from his extensive experience to provide valuable insights and actionable strategies for effective mentoring.
"The Trusted Advisor" by David H. Maister, Charles H. Green, and Robert M. Galford provides profound insights into trust and leadership. The book articulates how trust is not just a component of successful leadership but the very foundation upon which effective leadership is built.
Primal Leadership: Unleashing the Power of Emotional Intelligence by Daniel Goleman, Richard Boyatzis, and Annie McKee explores the role of emotional intelligence (EI) in effective leadership. Drawing on extensive research and practical insights, the authors demonstrate how emotional intelligence influences leaders' ability to inspire, motivate, and create positive work environments.
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.
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.