1Marshall Goldsmith's Top Book Recommendations
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1The Book of Mistakes: 9 Secrets to Creating a Successful Future
What if the world's most accomplished people are so successful because they avoid nine pitfalls in life that the rest of us are not aware of? In this self-help wrapped in fiction tale, Skip Prichard introduces a young man named David who with each passing day is becoming more disheartened and stressed. His life isn't turning out the way he thought it would. Despite having a decent job, apartment and friends, his life just feels hollow...until one day he meets a mysterious young woman and everything starts to change. David will meet nine people who have each discovered a core truth of achieving a successful and satisfying life by recognizing a key mistake they were making.
Like David, most of us are repeating the same mistakes, and while we may learn from them it is often too late and the lesson comes with a good dose of pain. But what if we could identify the mistakes before we made them? This little parable is packed with wisdom that will help you discover and follow your personal purpose, push beyond your perceived capabilities and achieve more than you ever dreamed possible.
The Leadership Challenge: How to Make Extraordinary Things Happen in Organizations
A good leader gets things done; a great leader aspires, inspires, and achieves more. This book highlights the differences between good and great, and shows you how to bridge the chasm between getting things done and making things happen.
Gain deep insight into leadership's critical role in organizational health Navigate the shift toward team-oriented work relationships Motivate and inspire to break through the pervasive new cynicism Leverage the electronic global village to deliver better results Business is evolving at an increasingly rapid rate, and leaders must keep pace with the changes or risk stagnation. People work differently, are motivated differently, and have different expectations today--business as usual is quickly losing its effectiveness. The Leadership Challenge helps you stay current, relevant, and effective in the modern workplace.
Elevate: Push Beyond Your Limits and Unlock Success in Yourself and Others
What are your limits? Care to break them?
To inspire change in yourself and your team, you must break free from what's holding you down.
In Elevate, Robert Glazer reveals four life-changing principles -- or capacities -- that will allow you to overcome self-limiting beliefs, establish positive habits, and find your "why." As we look to elevate ourselves, we mean so much more than beating the competition. After all, our greatest competition is ourselves! We need to find ways to consistently outperform ourselves and our own expectations.
Robert Glazer has built a career on accelerating productivity and careers. ELEVATE is based on his five foundational elements necessary for increasing our capacity: Finding Your Why, Overcoming Self-Limiting Beliefs, Setting Goals and Creating Accountability, Maintaining Health and Wellness, and Establishing Routine and Positive Habits.
The key is elevating yourself beyond the edge of your current abilities. Challenge yourself, and the result will inspire others to rise along with you. It's time to break free of your limits.
The best leaders are dedicated to helping people improve, and inspiring them to learn from others. With Elevate, Robert Glazer gives the inspiration and tools to help anyone expand their capacity, achieve their goals and lead the people around them to take the same path. [source]
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If you've been looking for a mentor - someone to increase your spiritual, intellectual, and emotional capacities - here it is in book form. ELEVATE will help you set the right goals for a well-rounded life, then equip you with the skills and attitudes to achieve them. [source]
Looking for a new book? @robert_glazer's "Elevate" is a fascinating read on success and drive. It offers a clear framework for anyone looking to build their capacity & reach their potential. Check it out: https://t.co/HuqATXsTpQ https://t.co/fEOa84r6Tv [source]
Hesselbein on Leadership
Frances Hesselbein (New York, NY) is the Chairman of the Peter F. Drucker Foundation for Nonprofit Management and Editor in Chief of Leader to Leader, the premier leadership journal. She is a recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom and the coeditor of numerous books on leadership including The Leader of the Future (Jossey-Bass: 0-7879-5204-4) and The Organization of the Future, The Community of the Future (Jossey-Bass: 0-7879-5203-6).
Management of Organizational Behavior: Leading Human Resources
The Lemonade Life: How to Fuel Success, Create Happiness, and Conquer Anything
No matter who you are, where you come from, what you do for a living, or how much money you have, everyone has a shot at greatness.
Zack Friedman has inspired millions with his powerful insights, including more than fourteen million who have read his advice in Forbes.
In his ground breaking new book, The Lemonade Life, Friedman starts with a fundamental question: What drives success? It's not only hard work, talent, and skill. The most successful people have one thing in common, the power to flip five internal "switches." We all have these five switches, and when activated, they are the secret to fuel success, create happiness, and conquer anything.
The Lemonade Life is filled with inspirational and practical advice that will teach you:
Why you should write yourself a $10 million check
Why your career depends on the Greek alphabet
Why you need ikigai in your life
How Judge Judy can help you have better work meetings
How these twenty questions will change your life
Learn from the entrepreneur who failed 5,126 times before becoming a billionaire, the fourteenth-century German monk who helped reinvent Domino's Pizza, the technology visionary who asked himself the same question every morning, the country music icon who bought more than one hundred million books, and the ice cream truck driver who made $110,237 in less than one hour.
With powerful stories and actionable lessons, this book will profoundly change the way you live, lead, and work. Your path to greatness starts with a simple choice. Everyday, you're choosing to live one of two lives: the Lemon Life or the Lemonade Life. Which life will you lead?
Zack Friedman is an inspirational leader for the next generation. In The Lemonade Life, Zack shows you clearly how to change your perspectives, behaviors and actions to lead your life with greater purpose. If you want to experience powerful transformation, read this book. [source]
Author, Marketer, Entrepreneur
Practical, heartfelt, simple wisdom for people at any stage of their career (or life). [source]
CFO of Lyft
Zack Friedman has the mind of Tim Ferriss, the passion of Gary Vaynerchuk, and the heart of Tony Robbins. The Lemonade Life is the must-read book of the year for entrepreneurs and leaders. It will change the way you see the world. [source]
Helping People Change
What is the secret to creating genuine, lasting change in people's lives? With compelling research, keen insight, and practical guidance, Boyatzis, Smith, and Van Oosten show that great coaching is not about fixing someone's problems but about tapping into their inspiring personal vision. A landmark book. [source]
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At last, a science-based answer to that all-important question, How can I help? Whether you are a teacher, manager, parent, healthcare provider, or coach--from Little League to the executive suite--Helping People Change will give you solid guidance. [source]
Director of People's Operations/Google
Not just another book on coaching. Grounded in three decades of research, Helping People Change tells inspiring stories of 'coaching with compassion' to illustrate how the power of our dreams is the key to making positive change. A playbook for helping professionals at all levels in the organization. [source]