I like to read and I am always on the look out for some good books. From time to time, I enjoy a few thrillers, but the big portion I read is also business and / or leadership related. I would say I quite compiled a list of business books over the recent years - so please find below my top list!
My top business / leadership books
The books below are part of my top group - don't take it as a ranking.
I was quite skeptical when it was recommended to me. But I was wrong. Agree, the case studies might be a little bit outdated by now - but the outlined principles still hold true in my opinion. When working for a company, I often wonder what the "Flywheel" could be for this particular company. Also the emphasize on having the right people on board - figuring out who to get into the bus before where to drive captured my attention. Worth reading.
I've read them all - "Getting to Yes"; "Bargaining for Advantage" etc.; but none of these books could offer me true and pragmatic insights into negotiations. When I stumbled upon "Never split the difference", I thought, ok I will give it a last try! Fortunately I did! No doubt - best book on negotiations. Pragmatic concepts (effective pauses, mirroring, labelling, paraphrasing and much more). At every point in the book, it gets clear that Chris Voss faced the most toughest challenges as an FBI negotiator. Go for it!
An eye-opener for me regarding leadership. Reading it, it became obvious for me when I performed best in the past - when my boss was a secure base leader. Subsequently I try to incorporate this behavior in my own leadership style and act as a secure base leader. A further big takeaway was the importance of bonding - a thing I did underestimate very much in the past. Further concepts I often return to for my work are "directing the mind's eye" and "put that fish on the table"! A great read on leadership!
P.s.: George Kohlrieser is a professor at IMD in Switzerland, I went on to do his online course to deepen the topic.
The book received quite some praise, therefore catching my attention. So I give it a shot! It's actually well written, on a neutral, sometimes personal note, not a "you should do that and then it will work"- kind of advisory book. It reinforced to me the importance of stamina and endurance as well as having a theory / philosophy. I like how she agreed with her children that they could do whatever sport / music instruments they want but are required to stick to it for a certain time, not just giving it up after a short period. This actually helps me to keep going with my blog. Whenever I am short in time, I remind me that I wanted to give it a try for at least one year!
Wouldn't consider this a typical book I normally read. But it was suggested to me from a person I respect quite a bit, so I gave it a try. It's an easy read and I took a few key points out of it. Amongst them the value of consistency, that small but regular actions may matter more than Big Bangs and the importance of tracking! It also contains quite some good quotes you could put up your personal goal board.
As said, these are my top business and/or leadership books.
Below a laundry list of further books I recently read but somehow not convinced.
Trillion dollar coach - Eric Schmidt Got a lot of praise, but I could not really distill some actionable insights out of it for me.
The power of habit - Charles Duhigg Somehow it's concept of "cue - routine - reward" did not stick with me.
To sell is human - Daniel Pink I thought I wanna read a sales-related book and researched Daniel Pink as a key author in this space. It was an ok read, but it was somehow also too obvious for me, I did not get too much out of it.
Dollars and sense - Dan Ariely Was sold by the concept of mixing psychology and money. Thought I could apply some strategies to investing or my procurement spend endeavors. But it ended up to be too academic for me.
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