Books
Below you can find the list of the books that I recommend to read. For leaders and those who wants to get better and get better teams:
The Almanac of Naval Ravikant
Organized by Eric Jorgenson, a summary of logic and wisdom of Naval in his own words, based mostly on famous How to Get Rich “tweetstorm”.
Skin in the Game
By Nassim Nicholas Taleb, the book explains in a very specific, controversial and also logical way, what is the model of our world and how humans operate.
The Five Disfunctions of a TEAM
By Patrick Lencioni, a classic book for those who want to create a great team. Trust, Conflict, Commitment, Accountability, Results are the building blocks.
The Culture Code
This book by Daniel Coyle, goes much deeper on the three team’s characteristics: Safety, Vulnerability and Purpose.
Creativity, Inc.
Ed Catmul, the CEO of Pixar and later Disney explains the unique culture built inside Pixar that became the gamechanger for the company we all know.
The Invention of Good and Evil
Hanno Sauer takes us on a ride to the beginnings of good and evil. There should be “good” within the team, but what does it mean?
Start with WHY
No story about Teams cannot be fully told without quoting Simon Sinek and his famous TED talk explaining the need of WHY, the need of Purpose.
Drive
Daniel Pink takes a magnifying glass to explore motivation! Autonomy, Purpose and Mastery are the key fundaments for it!
You2
The great teams are exponential. And you can be exponential too. Price Pritchett shares the fundamental wisdom in a short 30pages notebook!
Radical Candor
Care personally, Challenge directly. A definition of honesty. Kim Scott shares the framework straight from the Silicon Valley environment.
Outliers
Best teams are outliers. But what defines those “out of distribution” elements? Malcolm Gladwell tries to find an answer to this question.
Exponential Organizations 2.0
Why some organizations grow exponential, while others are stuck? Salim and Peter and Michael explain how to grow exponentially.
CEO Excellence
Written by McKinsey partners, examples and stories about CEOs but also their approach to create the great teams!
Supercommunicators
We often hear that communication is key. Good teams communicate automatically, even have its own language. Charles Duhigg explore why..
Change your questions, Change your life
You can assume one of two roles. Either you judge or you learn. And the best teams are full of learners and learning is their mindset…
Toyota KATA
Mike Rother unveils the hidden part of the Toyota Production System. Improvement and Coaching Katas make that team great!
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