Following are the top books that I think every high-performance coach-consultant should read (in no particular order):
- The Principles of Product Development Flow: Second Generation Lean Product Development [Reinertsen, Donald G.]
- The Art of Action: How Leaders Close the Gaps between Plans, Actions and Results [Bungay, Stephen]
- How to Measure Anything: Finding the Value of “Intangibles” in Business [Hubbard, Douglas W.]
- The Art of Agile Development [Shore, James]
- The Fifth Discipline: The Art & Practice of The Learning Organization [Senge, Peter M.]
- Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience [Csikszentmihalyi, Mihaly]
- The Goal: A Process of Ongoing Improvement [Goldratt, Eliyahu M.]
- Inspired: How to Create Tech Products Customers Love [Cagan, Marty]
- Reinventing Organizations: A Guide to Creating Organizations Inspired by the Next Stage of Human Consciousness [Laloux, Frederic]
- Primed to Perform: How to Build the Highest Performing Cultures Through the Science of Total Motivation [Doshi, Neel]
- The Fearless Organization: Creating Psychological Safety in the Workplace for Learning, Innovation, and Growth [Edmondson, Amy C.]
* And yes, I realize that I listed 11.
Honorable mention:
- Turn the Ship Around!: A True Story of Turning Followers into Leaders [Marquet, L. David]
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