Here you will find a curated hub of some of the best business-related books written, hand picked and recommended for you. Please soak up and enjoy some awesome books written by those that failed and succeeded at building great companies and becoming better humans.
No time to read? In each link you’ll find a “back cover” description of the book so you can decide if it is one you would enjoy or not. You will also find links to summaries of each book (e.g. ➡️ this one). You can also check out apps like Blinkist for audio book summaries. If this helps you get started or makes the commute feel shorter then it’s a great place to start!
Great management and leadership starts with the ability to manage yourself. Clarity, self-awareness and an ability to cut through the noise to focus on what matters and get shit done.
This is a list of books to help you on your own journey to outstanding your own personal effectiveness that (hopefully!) also comes along with high intrinsic energy levels, enjoyment and a real sense of purpose to what you are doing at work.
(Side effects include getting off mindless scrolling of social media 😵💫)
Managing a team comes with a new responsibility - how do you coach, challenge, support and stretch people to achieve in themselves things they thought impossible?
This list brings frameworks of how great leaders and managers have designed their environments and led teams to outstanding achievements. List also includes personal stories of leaders that have built great companies (also see the Building Great Companies booklist, lots of overlap)
Getting Things Done, David Allen
Surrounded by Idiots, Thomas Erikson
Feel Good Productivity, Ali Abdaal
It Doesn't Have to be Crazy at Work, David Heinemeier Hansson
The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, Stephen Covey
First Things First, Stephen Covey
The Pyramid Principle, Barbara Minto
Be Useful, Arnold Schwarzenegger
High Output Management, Andrew Grove
High Growth Handbook, Elad Gil
The Score Takes Care of Itself, Bill Walsh
The Manager’s Handbook, Alex MacCaw
The Great CEO Within, Matt Mochary
[What You Do Is Who You Are, Ben Horowitz](https://pollen-attic-d95.notion.site/What-You-Do-Is-Who-You-Are-Ben-Horowitz-120afdd83643810aae3ce01fb18c69e5)
How to Be a Great Boss, Gino Wickman
There are some serious A game leaders in the world. People that have achieved what seemed impossible, built companies that smashed it in performance. Some of these unicorns have written down their playbooks for us mere mortals to learn from. From the macro to the micro on building a high performance organisation from scratch, this list has it all.
And if you’ve never worked in a startup before, start with The Lean Startup which is the operating system used by startups all over the world (including CredibleX) use to build and scale.
[Crossing the Chasm, Geoffrey A Moore](https://pollen-attic-d95.notion.site/Crossing-the-Chasm-Geoffrey-A-Moore-120afdd83643814bbb8dfe997326b05f)
From Impossible to Inevitable, Aaron Ross
The Hard Thing About Hard Things
No Rules Rules: Netflix and the Culture of Reinvention, Reid Hoffman
Working Backwards, Colin Bryar and Bill Carr
Setting the table, Danny Meyer
Money. The thing that ultimately makes a for-profit business succeed or fail. The best culture in the world does not replace a product that no one wants to buy at a price that you need to sell it at to make a profit. Often sales is seen as a dirty word and folks outside of a sales role think sales is not for them. This is incorrect. Great sales is about delivering a transaction that brings value to enough customers at a price that is higher than your costs. It’s about understanding the customer, understanding how (or if) your business adds value and making sure you deliver on promises, We all sell every day - your ideas to your boss, your goals to your team, the new car you want to your partner. The ability to sell matters to everyone as it’s fundamentally about understanding people.
The Sales Acceleration Formula, Mark Roberge
The Only Sales Guide You’ll Ever Need, Anthony Iannarino
Never Split The Difference, Chris Voss
Getting to Yes, Roger Fisher and William Ury
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