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Reading on management

• Some books and article that I and others have found useful.

Communication

• Thanks for the Feedback by Stone and Heen - https://amzn.to/3b7ZTyC
• Difficult Conversations: how to discuss what matters most by Stone, Patton and Heen - https://amzn.to/3pR3XHN
• Dare to Lead: Brave Work. Tough Conversations. Whole Hearts by Brené Brown - https://amzn.to/3952Sp4
• Non-Violent Communication by Rosenberg - https://amzn.to/3pKmN3a
• Getting to Yes by Fisher - https://amzn.to/3bex5V0
• Crucial Conversations Tools for Talking When Stakes Are High (recommended by Nora B) - https://amzn.to/2Od2H45

Presence / Imposter Syndrome

• Presence by Amy Cuddy - https://amzn.to/3K8TouG
• Leadership Presence (HBR Emotional Intelligence Series) - https://amzn.to/31PWthF

Strategic Management

• Good Strategy, Bad Strategy by Richard Rumelt - https://amzn.to/3b7Bw3V
• Strategy in Practice by Cliff Bowman - https://amzn.to/3rT9ajR

Change Management

• Creating a Guiding Coalition by Kotter - https://www.bcs.org/articles-opinion-and-research/create-the-guiding-coalition
• Managing Change by Balogun - https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0024630106000033
• Leading Change: Why Transformation Efforts Fail by Kotter - https://heeoe.hee.nhs.uk/sites/default/files/leading_change_why_transformation_efforts_fail.pdf

Inspiration

• Black Box Thinking by Matthew Syed - https://amzn.to/38Vy2PC
• Start with Why by Simon Sinek - https://amzn.to/3b5phVD
• Leaders Eat Last: Why Some Teams Pull Together and Others Don’t by Simon Sinek - https://amzn.to/3rPONEr
• Legacy by James Kerr - https://amzn.to/3StANOV

Emotional Intelligence

• What makes a leader by Daniel Golman - https://amzn.to/355KX02
• Working with emotional intelligence by Golman - https://amzn.to/37EB4b7
• Reading and Carrying by James and Arroba - https://www.researchgate.net/publication/247748475_Reading_and_Carrying

Coaching / Mentoring

• The Coaching Habit: Say Less, Ask More & Change the Way Your Lead Forever by Stanier - https://amzn.to/3pGf2v0
• Co-Active Leadership by Kimsey-House - https://amzn.to/3pSZmF3
• Teaching Smart People How to Learn by Argyris - https://hbr.org/1991/05/teaching-smart-people-how-to-learn

How other companies are run

• No Rules Rules: Netflix and the Culture of Reinvention by Reed Hastings and Erin Myer - https://amzn.to/2ZGbApa

Organising Teams

• Team Topologies: Organizing Business and Technology Teams for Fast Flow by Skelton & Pais - https://amzn.to/3SsgKQB

Organising

• Atomic Habits: An Easy and Proven Way to Build Good Habits and Break Bad Ones by James Clear - https://amzn.to/39NYdIR

Technology Leadership

• PeopleWare: Productive Projects & Teams by Tom DeMarco & Tim Lister - https://amzn.to/3SK6qos
• The Phoenix Project by Gene Kim & Kevin Behr - https://amzn.to/3UnWPFj
• The Manager’s Path: A Guide for Tech Leaders Navigating Growth and Change by Camille Fournier - https://amzn.to/3HJPDvy

DEI

• The Good Immigrant: 21 writers reflect on race in contemporary Britain by Nikesh Shukla - https://amzn.eu/d/aI0SaNe