6 Books on Leadership, Culture, Business, and Countries
The following are the books I have read over the last month which I found interesting enough to share.
Contagious You by Anese Cavanaugh – This is an excellent book on leadership. It has also been selected to be one of the best business books of 2020. It is worth a peek for sure. I had reviewed her earlier book Contagious Culture here Contagious Culture. There is a concept which she has called Intentional energetic presence. For every interaction you can ask what your intention is, what impact you are having and the energy you are bringing to it. The key to the whole book is we should engage in self-care and we are contagious with our emotions and energy. All of us can be more aware of the effect our emotions and energy has on others. You can read my review here. Contagious You
Life's Great Question and It's not about you by Tom Rath – Both of these books were a quick read on how to find your true purpose in life. The main theme is life is not about you but what you do for others. To put it another way it is about how you make others feel in your presence. It also asks the readers to focus on strengths. The takeaway is to find purpose in whatever work you do and connect to a higher calling. Here is my review. It's not about you and Life's great question
Leadership is a language by David Marquet – He wrote another wonderful book Turn the ship around. This one is equally good. There is a lot of focus on collaboration which is the key to leadership success. The first step is to control the clock to ensure your time is spent on the right things and it is first step towards better collaboration. The next step is collaborate which is all engaging in debate and also ensuring dissent is not penalized. Commitment follows collaboration and this involves discretionary effort. The next step is complete which is a sense of progress and accomplishment. We all feel great when we complete projects and are making progress. The final is improve which is all about learning everything you can about what happened and reflect to make sure we make things better.
Leadership Strategy and Tactics by Jocko Willink – I have read his other books as well including Extreme Ownership. There is some overlap between the latter book and this. Here is my review of Extreme Ownership. Extreme Ownership. Cover and Move is the first principle discussed here. The main point of this principle is team work. Ensure the team is clear on the mission. Give clear objectives to your team and ensure the team morale is high.
The Values Compass by Dr Mandeep Rai – If you are interested in learning about the world this book is wonderful. The author has taken 101 countries as an example of how purpose, life and leadership are implemented in each country. Of course we can skip chapters as well and just read about the countries we are interested in.
There you have it the 6 books that I enjoyed reading recently. Thanks for reading this post. The views expressed here are my own and do not represent my organization.
Contagious You by Anese Cavanaugh – This is an excellent book on leadership. It has also been selected to be one of the best business books of 2020. It is worth a peek for sure. I had reviewed her earlier book Contagious Culture here Contagious Culture. There is a concept which she has called Intentional energetic presence. For every interaction you can ask what your intention is, what impact you are having and the energy you are bringing to it. The key to the whole book is we should engage in self-care and we are contagious with our emotions and energy. All of us can be more aware of the effect our emotions and energy has on others. You can read my review here. Contagious You
Life's Great Question and It's not about you by Tom Rath – Both of these books were a quick read on how to find your true purpose in life. The main theme is life is not about you but what you do for others. To put it another way it is about how you make others feel in your presence. It also asks the readers to focus on strengths. The takeaway is to find purpose in whatever work you do and connect to a higher calling. Here is my review. It's not about you and Life's great question
Leadership is a language by David Marquet – He wrote another wonderful book Turn the ship around. This one is equally good. There is a lot of focus on collaboration which is the key to leadership success. The first step is to control the clock to ensure your time is spent on the right things and it is first step towards better collaboration. The next step is collaborate which is all engaging in debate and also ensuring dissent is not penalized. Commitment follows collaboration and this involves discretionary effort. The next step is complete which is a sense of progress and accomplishment. We all feel great when we complete projects and are making progress. The final is improve which is all about learning everything you can about what happened and reflect to make sure we make things better.
Leadership Strategy and Tactics by Jocko Willink – I have read his other books as well including Extreme Ownership. There is some overlap between the latter book and this. Here is my review of Extreme Ownership. Extreme Ownership. Cover and Move is the first principle discussed here. The main point of this principle is team work. Ensure the team is clear on the mission. Give clear objectives to your team and ensure the team morale is high.
The Values Compass by Dr Mandeep Rai – If you are interested in learning about the world this book is wonderful. The author has taken 101 countries as an example of how purpose, life and leadership are implemented in each country. Of course we can skip chapters as well and just read about the countries we are interested in.
There you have it the 6 books that I enjoyed reading recently. Thanks for reading this post. The views expressed here are my own and do not represent my organization.
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