Leadership and motivation Books

Become a more effective leader.Leadership has never been more challenging. Your colleagues disagree, their emotions run high, and your way forward through the everchanging, complex work environment would confound even the most seasoned leader.InYou're...

When the storm hits, you have three choices: give up and become a victim; do what you can to survive; or learn to thrive.You don't need to have exceptional talents or resources to overcome adversity, be resilient, and achieve extraordinary goals. You are...

Collaborator. Communicator. Connector. Coach.As a mid-level manager, you're being tasked with more than ever before. You're expected to lead innovation, develop talent, execute on strategy, create an inclusive culture, and help your...

Designed to help readers break free from the glorified non-stop hustle and hack their brains to refocus their mindsets, push through brain fog, and overcome imposter syndrome, Unstoppable delivers a 90-day roadmap to becoming a better...

The National Hockey League is at its apex in terms of its business success. Even a global pandemic could not slow it down. The league generates more than $5 billion annually, its revenues and media deals continue to grow, and its properties are...

An essential work on teams - now updated with new research and tools and a new preface - X-Teams shows how an externally focused team model is the key to fuelling innovation and your organisation's success.You build a team around top-notch...

Grow Your Business will provide you with all the tools and blueprints you need to take your business from startup to scale-up.You've sown the seeds, it's time for the fruits of your labor to start producing! With Grow Your Business, Eric Butow and the...

Put your strategy into action.Even the best competitive strategies mean nothing if they aren't executed well. Yet many organisations struggle when they move from defining a strategy to actually applying it. Somehow, all the careful planning...

Get ready to make the biggest jump of your career.The chasm separating managers from leaders is widening as the skills required to be an effective leader grow in number and complexity. But you're ambitious. You want to cross that chasm. And your...

Executive leadership is a team sport.As part of an executive team, you wear many hats. Not only are you responsible for working with other senior leaders to establish strategic goals and ensure their execution, you're also making tough...

We all have an inner voice shouting "Fuck it!" at expectations and standards. An inkling that the rules might just be the things holding us back. Amanda King teaches you to screw the standards and let your inner "fuck it" out for the world to hear.Are...

2022 INDIES WinnerGold, Career (Adult Nonfiction)The world is on fire and in desperate need of volunteer firefighters.If you've ever wondered if you have a purpose, if there's a place in the world in need of your unique genius, the answer is yes. And the...

"We humans make our lives painfully complex." Following the bestselling book, Unbreakable: A Navy SEAL's Way of Life, Thom Shea shares the process and method he developed over thirty years in the SEAL teams and business consulting to overcome chaos by...

This book is raw, real and politically incorrect, it will threaten and challenge your ideas of what does it mean to be a man and how to better serve your purpose. What does it mean to be a man in the modern world? Throughout history, being a man has...

The Center for Talent Innovation's new study, Mission Critical: Unlocking the Value of Veterans in the Workforce, reveals how companies can ensure their veteran talent thrives in the corporate world. Veterans represent a highly desirable talent pool when...

Life is not what you get out of it . . . it's what you put back in. Yet our current means for summarizing life's work, from resumes to salaries, are devoid of what matters most. This is why the work we do is often bad for our wellbeing, when it...

When it comes to recruiting, motivating, and creating great teams, Patty McCord says most companies have it all wrong. McCord helped create the unique and high-performing culture at Netflix, where she was chief talent officer. In her new...

 For nearly 80 years, Yvon Chouinard has followed his own advice, pursuing, with equal fervor, sports adventures, business excellence, and environmental activism. Since 1950, he has captured the lessons and revelations he's learned in articles...

Increasingly, we experience high-conflict people especially narcissists in the workplace. Angry customers. Undercutting coworkers. Bullying managers. Destructive business owners. This book helps you manage...

2022 PORCHLIGHT LEADERSHIP STRATEGY BOOK OF THE YEARA 2023 THINKERS50 BEST NEW MANAGEMENT BOOKA transformational book for trying times, Dare to Un-Lead will challenge the way you think and feel about the role of leadership in your life.What is revered as...

Organizational resilience and adaptability have never beenmore important; however, few leaders are truly prepared to lead through crisis. Rise Up: Leadership Habits for Turbulent Times is acall to action for leaders to accept that many of their habits...

EXPERT IN THE FIELD: Carolyn Stern combines an academic foundation (she is a university professor) with practical hands-on experience to provide a to provide an encompassing system for improving ones leadership skill through understanding emotions. She...

Companies and organizations around the world are being confronted with alarming challenges-a global pandemic, market shocks, climate change, political instability. But in these unsettled times, organizational analyst Jane McConnell reveals that managers...

While it may not occur to us on a daily basis, there is a widespread cultural tendency toward quick decisions and quick action. This pattern has resulted in many of our society's greatest successes, but even more of its failures. Though the root cause is...

High Growth Handbook is the playbook for growing your startup into a global brand.Global technology executive, serial entrepreneur, and angel investor Elad Gil has worked with high-growth tech companies including Airbnb, Twitter, Google, Stripe, and...

Servant Leadership Lessons from the Leadership ArboretumFrom the tradition of Servant Leadership comes a young, new, voice for the movement.Iron sharpens iron, and conscientious reflection-after-action has the possibility to turn experiences into wisdom...

This memoir contains memorable stories and hard learned lessons from a woman in leadership. With honesty, humility, and humor, the author shares the paths she took and the choices she made over her six decades of life. Everyone has a story that has...

Valderrama has managed to accumulate numerous reflections based on manyreal experiences. There are several chapters will move readers to reflect and criticize.This book is a compilation of the thoughts and practical conclusions built going through the...

Manage your energy-and your mood.How to be human at work. HBR's Emotional Intelligence Series features smart, essential reading on the human side of professional life from the pages of Harvard Business Review. Each book in the series offers proven...

Business success begins with trust.Trust is the basis for all that we do as leaders and as organisations. Employees who trust their employers are more productive and creative. Businesses that earn their customers' trust maintain better...

In the face of ever more complex societal challenges, this book provides an essential new model for transforming the public sector and getting things done.Pandemics. Climate change. Refugee resettlement. Global supply chains. We face a new generation of...

Improve the way you work - and feel - by forming better habits.We all have habits. Some of them we've carefully established; others we may have simply fallen into. Some help us get our work done; others hold us back.This book explores how to...

Find success in a workplace dominated by men.Sexism. Self-doubt. Invisibility. When you're one of the only women in your workplace, it can be difficult to gain your footing. Organizations need to change, but in the meantime, women can find...

Invest in your most valuable resource: your people.Top talent is hard to come by. And seeing your stars walk out the door is painful - and expensive. You need to take steps to ensure that you attract, develop, and retain your best people.If you read...

Tackle complex situations with critical thinking.You're facing a problem at work. There are many ways you can approach the situation, but each comes with its own pros and cons. How do you sort through all the information so that you know...

Push through when procrastination calls.Some days you're on fire at work; other days you're burned out and easily distracted. How can you maintain your drive, make consistent progress, and expend your energy wisely?This book will help...

From MIT professor and pre-eminent voice on Good Jobs comes a leadership guide for choosing excellence and providing good jobs that offer a living wage, dignity, and opportunities for growth.From healthcare facilities to call centers, fulfillment centers...

Pfizer's trailblazing communications leader, Sally Susman, reveals how we can break through the noise to get our message across and make positive change.A global pandemic. A roller-coaster economy. Political tensions ready to ignite, and common...

The best leaders, in the biggest moments, know how to read the situation, respond in the most effective way possible, and move forward. You can, too.The hardest part of leadership is mastering the inevitable high-risk, high-stakes challenges you will...

Named one of "10 Must-Read Career and Leadership Books For 2022" by ForbesThe ultimate guide to the essentials of strategy and management, from one of the world's top business thinkers.Over a stellar career, Roger Martin has...

To be a top performer in the digital economy - to become truly future ready - you need a playbook. Now you have one.It seems like almost every company you can think of - including your own - has embarked on a 'digital transformation'...

Former IBM CEO Ginni Rometty delivers a powerful combination of memoir, leadership lessons, and big ideas on how we can all drive meaningful change.Ginni Rometty led one of the world's most iconic companies, and in Good Power she recounts her...

Gender equity can't happen without racial equity. We need Shared Sisterhood.Bias persists in organisations and society. Despite efforts that have been made in the last few decades, gender and racioethnic equity still hasn't been achieved...

A timely and compelling guide to managing the anxiety that comes with succeeding and leading - from entrepreneur, mental health advocate, and top-rated podcaster Morra Aarons-Mele.Anxiety disorders are the most common mental illnesses in the world. But...

If you read nothing else on communicating effectively, read these definitive articles from Harvard Business Review.The best leaders know how to communicate clearly and persuasively. How do you stack up? HBR's 10 Must Reads on Communication 2-Volume...

Are you a good boss - or a great one?Good bosses can handle the day-to-day work of running a team. Great bosses go beyond that, finding ways to help employees become better versions of themselves as people and professionals. But as a manager, how do you...

Two world-renowned strategists detail the seven leadership imperatives for transforming companies in the new digital era.Digital transformation is critical. But winning in today's world requires more than digitisation. It requires understanding...

It's time for female leaders to stand out.Women often aren't seen for their leadership potential. We face a double bind, forced to choose whether to be liked or respected, while neither one alone is enough to secure a seat at the table...