A listener mentioned that we talk a lot about books we’ve read, both in a positive way and joking at their expense. So he posed this question:
What are some great books for leaders and knowledge workers to read, and what are some not-so-great books to avoid?
The books we thought you should read (in no particular order):
- Drive (Pink) [here is the video we discussed]
- Waltzing With Bears (Demarco)
- How to Win Friends and Influence People (Carnegie)
- Leaders Eat Last (Sinek)
- Leading Change (Kotter)
- Radical Candor (Scott)
- Mistakes Were Made (Tavis)
- Phoenix Project (Kim)
- Lynchpin (Godin)
- Tipping Point (Gladwell)
- Purple Cow (Godin)
- Blink (Gladwell)
- Power of Habit (Duhigg)
- Smarter, Faster, Better (Duhigg)
- Checklist Manifesto (Gawande)
- Icarus Deception (Godin)
What Dawn will be reading soon:
- No Fail Meetings (Hyatt)
- When (Pink)
- Whole New Mind (Pink)
What Jer will be reading soon:
- Principles (Dalio)
- Daring Greatly (Brown)
- Culture Code (Coyle)
- Switch (Heath)
- Innovator’s Dilemma (Christensen)
- Thinking in Bets (Duke)
It should be noted that we get a small amount of money if you purchase the a book through the above links. It’s not much money, I don’t think…honestly, I don’t know. I just recently found out that affiliate links were still a thing!