Inspiration

This is an all-time favourite and I love the premise. People and teams are paid for the quality of their thinking and subsequent action. What Nancy discovered is that the quality of the attention we give each other has a huge effect on the quality of thinking. If you listen well as a leader and give people your full undivided attention they will perform better!!

When you think of it most of organisational life and particularly leadership is about a series of conversations. We all know that conversations can either be great or ….. frankly awful. This book gives you the tools to transform those conversations central to your success and to fiercely, honestly, and carefully cut through the noise and clutter

In my view one of the best books on leadership. It helps leaders understand how their approach and style and emotional connection convert into tangible business results.

For anybody wanting to know what stops organisations and individuals making the changes they want or need to this makes essential reading. As an Immunity to Change Coach, this book is central to the work I do with clients in this area.

There are heaps of books to help leaders shift into new roles quickly and for me, this is the best. Simple, succinct, and with practical steps it's guaranteed to support any leader wanting to hit the ground running.

So so easy to read and completely engrossing. This brilliant book helps leaders understand that they don’t need to have all the answers to lead well but they do need the courage to lean into the associated vulnerability that comes with leadership and not knowing.

In my view, all leaders should be able to answer this simple question and it's often how I start leadership development programmes. The central and simple theme is around being yourself with skill - to engage and inspire others

This book really changed the way I thought about what is truly important. It challenges our thinking around how we spend our time and to what extent we genuinely focus on the things that are absolutely essential. It's full of great stories and a practical guide for become more intentional with how we spend our time.

This fascinating stories of Pixar and Disney are brought to life and illustrate the essential role leaders play in creating cultures for innovation and creativity

This is an accumulation of Amy Edmondson’s work on psychological safety. It make the concept completely accessible, providing practical tools and guidance for leaders to build psychologically safe environments

ALL the people I coach are incredibly busy, struggling to prioritise what really matters and many are close to burnout. This new and exciting book gives hope and a claim to claw back a full day from your week; and then how to optimise this. Surely worth a read!!

Following on from Black Box Thinking, this great book provides the strongest case yet for the need for diversity. As leaders, we can often spend our time looking for confirmation of our beliefs to have them amplified rather than seeking different opinions and perspectives.