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12 Books You Should Add To Your Reading List

Joseph Lalonde

There’s been must-read fiction books that I’ve devoured. And business books that have given me new insights. With the new year just kicking into gear, I thought it would be a perfect time to share my list of books you should add to your reading list this year. So many books only skim the surface.

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Leadership and Management Book Talk—Our Favorite Little-Known Reads

Art Petty

Wally Bock and Art Petty connect to talk about their favorite, unknown books on this latest episode of the Leadership and Management Book Talk podcast. The post Leadership and Management Book Talk—Our Favorite Little-Known Reads appeared first on Management Excellence by Art Petty.

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43 Best Leadership Books to Skyrocket Your Career

Miles Anthony Smith

Do Leadership Books Really Help Advance Your Life and Career? Leadership books aren't a magic cure-all that turns you into a great leader overnight. Don't just take my word for it, Mike Vardy is a believer in leadership books as well. If you read, absorb, and apply the advice in these best leadership books, they will help you.

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5 Leadership Roles To Get Your Team Walking Through Brick Walls

Terry Starbucker

Conversely, when things go well, the praise is always on them (Think Jim Collins and his concept of the Level 5 leader in his book “Good to Great”). The blame is never on the team – it’s on the leader.

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Refuse to be Offended (Justin Maust)

Let's Grow Leaders

One simple tactic to give your team an edge. In Good to Great , Jim Collins writes about the Level 5 Executive. Pat Lencioni writes about humility in his book, The Ideal Team Player. Sometimes a leader needs to be the hammer. You strike a nail to put it in its proper place so that it can hold a structure together for decades.

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Great by Choice

Leading Blog

We cannot control much of what happens around us, but the choices we make, as Jim Collins and Morten Hansen’s research confirms, determine our success. Tactics change from situation to situation, whereas SMaC practices can last for decades and apply across a wide range of circumstances. Luck, both good and bad happen to us all.

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A Culture of Discipline: Ignition Points for CEOs Serious About Scaling Up Their Business

Sales Wolf Blog

Chances are you have heard of Jim Collins’ groundbreaking framework, ' A Culture of Discipline.' Include Jim Collins' timeless book Good to Great as well. Following is an excerpt from Jim Collin's 'A Culture of Discipline'. Jim Collins is famous for advocating - "get the right people on the bus" (Good to Great).

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