Stephen King says that if you want to be a writer, there are two things you must do: read a lot and write a lot. This is about the “read a lot” part. I include reading lists and book reviews that will help you do business more effectively and write better for business.
In this post, I point you to reviews of Peak Performance: Lessons in Leadership from Mountain Guides, How to Stop Worrying and Start Living, and The Outward Mindset: Seeing Beyond Ourselves.
From Wharton: Peak Performance: Lessons in Leadership from Mountain Guides
“Business leaders can find lessons even from unlikely sources such as mountain guides, who follow principles that apply in business settings, says Christopher I. Maxwell. He is a senior fellow at the Wharton Center for Leadership and Change Management and an adjunct professor at the school. Maxwell, an avid mountain climber, found that guides display six leadership traits — such as social intelligence and adaptability — that empower other climbers. He distilled these lessons in a new book, Lead Like a Guide: How World-Class Mountain Guides Inspire Us to Be Better Leaders.”
From Steve Keating: Submarine Your Stress!
“Most people have at least heard the phase How to Win Friends and Influence People. It’s not just a saying, it’s actually the title of one of the greatest books ever written. It was written in 1936 by the legendary Dale Carnegie. It has been a best seller forever, translated into more languages than virtually any other book. It is truly a life changing book, to this very day. But many people who know Dale Carnegie’s work well would tell you it’s not his most impactful book.”
From Michael McKinney: The Outward Mindset: Seeing Beyond Ourselves
“In The Outward Mindset, the Arbinger Institute reports that ‘the biggest lever for change is not a change in self-belief but a fundamental change in the way one sees and regards one’s connections with and obligations to others.’”
Reading recommendations are a regular feature of this blog. Want more recommendations about what to read? Check out my Three Star Leadership blog, Michael McKinney’s LeadingBlog, and Bob Morris’ Blogging on Business.