Our Holiday Reading List

 

The best business leaders never stop learning.  Always have a hunger for knowledge and learning.  Always look to improve yourself.  You may have heard that great business leaders like, Steve Jobs and Bill Gates are college drop outs.  In fact, many successful business leaders are college drop outs.  That doesn’t mean that weren’t students.  They continued to study and learn throughout their lives.  Now as the holidays approach you’re likely to find yourself with some time off.  Take his time to dive into a good book and expand your knowledge. Here is a list of some of our favorite books and why we love them.

The Success System – Learn to Manage Like a Boss!

 

Shameless plug here!  This is a phenomenal book for long time leaders or brand new leaders.  It will walk you through our Success System management system.  This is a management system that we’ve used when we managed Billions of dollars in sales and revenue.  The system helped focus on the right outcomes and drive performance to the next level.  We’ve also taught and helped countless others implement the Success System within their own teams.  Whenever a team or took the system to heart and executed it, they saw near immediate results.

Get the paperback here: The Success System - Learn to Manage Like a Boss - Paperback

First Break All the Rules

 

 This book is a phenomenal resource for both the leader and their team.  We recommend that you use this book as part of a reading club and walk through it with your teams after you’ve read it yourself.  It will go in depth into the science behind how to select talent and put that talent into work after the right actions.  It also explains how to understand where people should be positioned for success.  Every individual has their own talents and as a leader you can identify those talents and get the most out of your team.  The book also includes a free Strengths identification tool.  Use it with your team to understand their talents today.

 

Get the book here: First Break all the Rules

Who Moved My Cheese

 

Are you working to manage through change?  Whether you are having trouble managing change or you have a team that struggles to work through change, this book is for you.  It’s told as the story of 2 rats and 2 people.  Each has their own personality and reaction to change.  Some work and some don’t.  This book will walk you through the principles of how to feel about and react to change.  This has helped us and many clients work through difficult times in their businesses and come out stronger on the other side.

 

Get the book here: Who Moved My Cheese

Extreme Ownership: How U.S. Navy SEALs Lead and Win

 

Extreme Ownership has revolutionized leadership development and set a new standard for literature on the subject. Required reading for many of the most successful organizations, it has become an integral part of the official leadership training programs for scores of business teams, military units, and first responders. Detailing the mindset and principles that enable SEAL units to accomplish the most difficult combat missions, Extreme Ownership demonstrates how to apply them to any team or organization, in any leadership environment. A compelling narrative with powerful instruction and direct application, Extreme Ownership challenges leaders everywhere to fulfill their ultimate purpose: lead and win.

 

Get the book here: Extreme Ownership: How U.S. Navy SEALs Lead and Win

The Dichotomy of Leadership

 

Mastering the Dichotomy of Leadership requires understanding when to lead and when to follow; when to aggressively maneuver and when to pause and let things develop; when to detach and let the team run and when to dive into the details and micromanage. In addition, every leader must: Take Extreme Ownership of everything that impacts their mission, yet utilize Decentralize Command by giving ownership to their team.Care deeply about their people and their individual success and livelihoods, yet look out for the good of the overall team and above all accomplish the strategic mission. Exhibit the most important quality in a leader―humility, but also be willing to speak up and push back against questionable decisions that could hurt the team and the mission.

 

Get the book here: The Dichotomy of Leadership

What books are on your holiday reading list?  Comment below!