Books
The Right It
Alberto Savoia
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Concept: Pretotyping
Why I like it: Test the market before you build something no one wants.
Reinventing Organizations
Frederic Laloux
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Concept: Teal Organizational Paradigm
Why I like it: Value People over Profit – build the next generation of organization.
Who Do We Choose To Be?
Margaret J. Wheatley
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Concept: Teal Concepts on other levels
Why I like it: We must look at where we are in history and then chart where we really want to be and who we choose to be inside these times.
Paradigms: The Business of Discovering the Future
Joel A. Barker
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Concept: Paradigm Shifting – Also Teal Concepts
Why I like it: We are the consciousness that continues to evolve from Joel’s work in the 1980s and 1990s.
The Five Dysfunctions of a Team
Patrick Lencioni
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Concept: Team Development
Why I like it: Shows the initial five concepts of Team Dysfunctions
Silos, Politics and Turf Wars
Patrick Lencioni
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Concept: Team Development – and Why We NEED Teal!
Why I like it: Shows the problems that are inherent in Amber and Orange Organizational Structures.
Death by Meeting
Patrick Lencioni
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Concept: Amber and Orange problems
Why I like it: Team and organization development. More of this is fixed inside Teal organizations
The New One Minute Manager
Ken Blanchard and Spencer Johnson
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Concept: Good business management book for Amber and Orange orgs that may become Teal at some point.
Why I like it: Precursor to Teal
Leadership and the One Minute Manager
Ken Blanchard, Patricia Zigarmi, Drea Zigarmi
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Concept: Good business management book for Amber and Orange orgs that may become Teal at some point.
Why I like it: Precursor to Teal
Conversational Intelligence
Judith E. Glaser
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Concept: Team Development method/tool
Why I like it: Because we need to honor each other
12: The Elements of Great Managing (A Gallup book)
Rodd Wagner and James K. Harter
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Concept: Management, CliftonStrengths and BP10 Coaching for Managers
Why I like it: We need GOOD Managers who love their people and want to develop them.
It’s the Manager (A Gallup book)
Jim Clifton and Jim Harter
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Concept: Team Development, Manager Development
Why I like it: The next evolution of 12: (see above).
Wellbeing: The Essential Elements (A Gallup book)
Tom Rath and Jim Harter
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Concept: CliftonStrengths, Wellbeing
Why I like it: Because we Need Wellbeing in every aspect of life.
How Full is your Bucket (A Gallup book)
Tom Rath and Don Clifton
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Concept: CliftonStrengths
Why I like it: For people with high positivity – they need the refill of their positivity before they can give it out.
Transitions
William Bridges
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Concept: Self Development inside tragic times
Why I like it: We need to understand how to navigate our Transitional periods in life.
Hell in the Hallway, Light at the Door
Ellen Debenport
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Concept: For transitional times
Why I like it: Help us navigate life changes.
The 2-Hour Job Search – 2nd Edn.
Steve Dalton
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Concept: Job Transition
Why I like it: THE METHODOLOGY OF HEROES!
LinkedIn for the Savvy Executive – 2nd Edn
Carol Kaemmerer
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Concept: The consummate LinkedIn Guide for your profile.
Why I like it: Because she is AMAZING!!!
The 20-Minute Networking Meeting
Marcia Ballinger and Nathan Perez
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Concept: Know how to have Informational Interviews or Networking Meetings? If not, get this book!
Why I like it: Because we need to know how to navigate getting our next jobs.
Winning the Executive Interview
Marcia Ballinger and Kevin Johnson
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Concept: Job Transition
Why I like it: Learn how to get this coveted interview.
The Job Closer
Steve Dalton
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Concept: Job Transition
Why I like it: The next book by the exalted Steve Dalton!
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