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Written by Andi Roberts
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Monday, 06 July 2009 10:51 |
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I was recently working on a "Graduate Development Programme" for a client and was asked by several people to recomend some books for them to read to help them with their work in general. Here is a list of some of the books that I consider essential "management" reads:
1) The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People - Covey ( A must read)
2) What Got You Here Won't Get You There - Goldsmith (influence & career success)
3) De Bono's Thinking Course - De Bono (Thinking tools)
4) The Wisdom of Teams - Katzenbach et al (basics of teamwork)
5) The Mind Map Book - Buzan (thinking tool)
6) Play to Win - Wilson ( Great self coaching)
7) NLP at Work - Knight (Great practical NLP book)
8) The Back of the Napkin - Roam (visual problem solving)
9) Inner Game of work - Gallwey (great techniques for focus / self coaching)
10) StrengthsFinder 2.0 - Rath (Great survey included and helps you work to your best strengths)
11) Getting things done - Allen (Time management)
I could add more books, but if these 11 are read and the ideas implemented the people will become strong business contributers!
Clearly my choice if influenced by my thinking preferences - I am an iNTj on the MBTI 
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