Books that empower teams…

The Culture Code

Author : Daniel Coyle

How to build teams that collaborate. The answer lies in group culture.

Brave New Work

Author : Aaron Dignan

How an organisation can run to get the most from employees – not bosses. Practical advice.

The Fearless Organisation

Author : Amy Edmundson

How to create psychological safety in teams.  

The Power of Habit

Author : Charles Duhigg

Insight that can help you change habits in your organisation . 

Books that will help you with leadership…

Humble Leadership

Authors : Schein & Schein

A book for a new age of leadership that works to a people first model.

Turn the Ship Around

Author : L David Marquet

A true story of turning followers into leaders.  

Dare to Lead

Author : Brene Brown

Switching from blaming and shaming to authentic leadership.

Speak Up

Authors : Megan Reitz and John Higgins

How to use your power to enable others to speak up.

Books that help you understand human behaviour…

Emotional Intelligence

Author : Daniel Goleman

Why it matters more than IQ

Mindset

Author : Carol Dweck

How we all need to move from a fixed to a growth mindset.

Games People Play

Author : Eric Berne

How we get locked into patterns of behavior. 

The Psychology of Interpersonal Behaviour

Author : Michael Argyle

A social psychology classic

Books that help change the way you think…

Nudge

Authors : Thaler & Sunstein

Kicked off the interest in Nudge theory.

Thinking Fast & Slow

Author : Daniel Kahneman

Explains the two systems that drive the way we think.

Don’t Think of an Elephant

Author : George Lakoff

All about how frames influence our thinking.

Diversify

Author : June Sarpong

How to challenge inequality and why we should.

Books that get people engaged in change…

The Tipping Point

Author : Malcolm Gladwell

An interesting book about why some ideas spread like ‘social epidemics’ when others don’t.

Made to Stick

Authors : Chip & Dan Heath

How to win over an audience and make sure they remember your ideas.

Start With Why

Author : Simon Sinek

Excellent advice about how leaders need to start with the ‘why’.

The Pyramid Principle

Author : Barbara Minto

Structure ideas so they ‘jump off the page’ and get to the point much quicker.

Books that help you master storytelling…

Leaders Guide to Storytelling

Author : Stephen Denning

How leaders need to use storytelling to create a new narrative.

Knowledge is Beautiful

Author : David McCandless

Great inspiration for the power of visual representation to tell a story.

Dataclysm – Who We Are

Author : Christian Rudder

Stories told through data. Will make you think.

The Social Animal

Author : David Brooks

A story to explain many psychological concepts through the lives of Erica and Harold.