In Keep Stepping, Joy Marsden provides practical tips and exercises to develop a growth mindset and take action towards personal and professional goals.
Book Review: Keep Stepping by Joy Marsden
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Book Club
Free Time by Jenny Blake
As someone constantly on the go, I was intrigued by the title of Jenny Blake's latest book, Free Time. In today's fast-paced world, it seems like free time is a luxury that few of us can afford. I was curious to see what Blake had to say on the topic and whether...
Grit, by Angela Duckworth, a review
A compelling case for perseverance and passion as the keys to success in any field. Angela Duckworth makes a compelling case for focus.
THE TRANSFORMATIONAL COACH
The Transformational Coach addresses a number of mindset shifts that the author has identified for coaches who want to become masters.
Be More Kid.
A review of Be More Kid by Ed James, Mark Taylor and Nicky Taylor. Learn about finding joy from embracing your inner child.
The real problem with books…
Book clubs generally work to a formula, but not the un-book group. It’s all about saving you the time it takes to read a book and yet still get all the value.
Content Fortress
A review of “Content Fortress” – a content marketing book covering 8 pillars that support any business that needs to communicate to others.
“Get There, Love Here!” by Kate Trafford
Kate’s book is “the busy professional’s guide to authentic, enjoyable success”. It’s aimed squarely at business leaders who know that their success, whilst present today, will be greater in the future.
“Creative Acts for Curious People” by Sarah Stein Greenberg
This is a book that invites you to be active; it invites you to undertake exercises as part of assignments (collections of actions that lead to a specific outcome) within its pages that you can work through.
“Influence” by Robert Cialdini
Influence by Dr Robert Cialdini is a seminal work. It’s been cited by business people in the 40 or so years since it was originally published.
Upstream by Dan Heath
The subtitle of this book is “how to solve problems before they happen”, and the book is devoted to clarifying what we can each do to eliminate problems before they arise. It is a very thought-provoking work that provides many examples to draw insight and inspiration.
Intentional Mastery by William Buist
This month’s book review is written by Paul Laughlin and first appeared on Customer Insight Leader.
This book review will be particularly relevant for those running their own businesses, but developing intentional mastery can also be for all leaders.
Radical Candor by Kim Scott
Radical Candor is a strong, conceptually robust, idea. The purpose of the book is you demonstrate to people how to be both clear, direct and effective. The basic idea is relatively easy to grasp for anyone with experience in working with groups of people.
The Busy Person’s Guide to Great Presenting by Lee Warren
You can’t get away from it – this is a book about communication that communicates its message better than any other that I have read. In many ways the book is more like a conversation than a text yet gold dust within it paragraphs is sprinkled liberally throughout.
How to Begin by Michael Bungay Stanier
At some point you may not understand the process to go through for the most important projects, or you cannot determine what you should do to start all of the things that you wish to start. For that reason, I think this book is one that every small business owner should, at some point, read.
Dare to Lead by Brené Brown
This is an important book, a book that will leave you with questions as well as answers. It is a book that demands thought and provides the substance to let those thoughts develop.
The Infinite Game by Simon Sinek
Too often business is played as a finite game when there is a determination to hit a particular target by a particular date, or to beat the growth rate of your nearest competitor. Playing an infinite game will open opportunities that affect the way that we both do and think about business for the future.
Soft Skills Hard Results by Anne Taylor
Anne Taylor’s book comes well recommended, having won its category in the Business Book Awards for business self-development books in 2021.The book outlines 10 principles in four areas: Inside (about you, the leader); Outside (about others); Between (about where they overlap); and Beyond (about your whole life). Through applying the principles within its pages, you will be able to become a reasonable leadership Practitioner.
Mental Wealth by Mike Pagan
Mike Pagan’s book Mental Wealth is subtitled “Unlock Your Potential, Enrich Your Life”.
Mental Wealth is about creating the environment in your own life where you’re able to build the mental resilience and emotional awareness through the support of others, to enable you to perform at your best. To literally unlock your potential.
Deep Work by Cal Newport
I think Deep Work is one of those books which is really talking about a single idea, but breaks it down into what actually proves to be quite complex and interesting elements of neuroscience – why we get distracted, what we can do about distractions and so on.