These are a Few of My Favourite Books

We love books. We love reading books, We love recommending books. We love it when people recommend books to us. Here's a list of some of the books that we read and recommend over and over!  

Good to Great - Why Some Companies Make the Leap...And Others Don’t by Jim Collins

This book describes how companies transition from being good companies to great companies, and how most companies fail to make the transition. "Greatness" is defined as financial performance several multiples better than the market average over a sustained period. Using tough benchmarks, Collins and his research team identified a set of elite companies that made the leap to great results and sustained those results for at least fifteen years. Collins finds the main reason certain companies become great is they narrowly focus the company’s resources on their field of key competence.

The Speed of Trust by Stephen M.R. Covey

Written by Stephen R. Covey's eldest son, this book guides business leaders and their organizations towards unprecedented productivity and satisfaction. Covey shows you how to inspire immediate trust in everyone you encounter - colleagues, constituents, the marketplace - allowing you to forego the time-killing and energy-draining check and balance bureaucracies that are so often relied upon in lieu of actual trust.

Traction - Get a Grip on Your Business by Gino Wickman

Traction is basis of our coaching program. It is a business strategy that guides leaders of entrepreneurial organizations on how to gain control of their business through the Entrepreneurial Operating System. 

The Great Game of Business by Jack Stack

The Great Game of Business is teaching employees to think and act like owners, using open-book management techniques developed by Jack Stack.

The 6 Types of Working Genius by Patrick Lencioni

This is one you've heard about from us a lot lately. We love what this book has taught us about ourselves and our team and how we can all excel and enjoy work better when we work in our area of genius. To read our full review of the book, click HERE.

Crucial Conversations by Kerry Patterson, Joseph Grenny, Ron McMillan & Al Switzler

“Crucial Conversations draws our attention to those defining moments that literally shape our lives, our relationships, and our world. . . . This book deserves to take its place as one of the key thought leadership contributions of our time.” (From the forward by Steven R. Covey)

Crucial Conversations gives you the tools to prepare for high-stakes situations, transform anger and hurt feelings into powerful dialogue, make it safe to talk about almost anything and be persuasive, not abrasive.

We love this book so much that we've created a 3-part webinar series on it. To learn more about that, click HERE.

“Not all readers are leaders, but all leaders are readers” – Harry S Truman