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.
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.
"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.
"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.
"The Art of Mentoring: Lead, Follow and Get Out of the Way" by Shirley Peddy is a comprehensive guide to mentoring in a business context. The author emphasizes the importance of building strong relationships, setting goals, providing feedback, and developing the skills and knowledge needed to succeed as a mentor or mentee.
"The Leadership Pipeline: How to Build the Leadership-Powered Company", co-authored by Ram Charan, Stephen Drotter, and James Noel, was originally published in 2001. This seminal work offers a comprehensive and insightful framework for developing and managing leadership talent within organisations. It provides a structured approach to identifying, nurturing, and promoting leaders at different levels, from front-line managers to top executives.